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Epstein R.A., Bobo W.V., Shelton R.C., Arbogast P.G., Morrow J.A., Cooper W.O. Increasing use of atypical antipsychotics and anticonvulsants during pregnancy ...

Management of adverse events is a major concern of clinicians who use antipsychotic drugs. The incidence of motor side effects is dose dependent. Atypical antipsychotic drugs are less likely to induce ...

Dr Doraiswamy is concerned that we may have underestimated the effects of past use of typical antipsychotics on pituitary volume in the patients defined as ‘drug-free’ (ie, drug-free for at least 3 ...

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Medical evidence suggests that psychiatric drugs known as atypical antipsychotics are effective in reducing symptoms for some off-label conditions, but not others, according to a new RAND Corporation ...

Objective: To compare persistence, compliance, and psychiatric treatment costs in patients who were initiated on atypical antipsychotics. Methods: Medical and pharmacy claims data were used to compare ...

Second-generation antipsychotics appeared to curb COVID-19 infection in those with serious mental illness, a retrospective study showed. Looking at adults hospitalized long-term in the New York ...

Bipolar disorder is a recurrent and sometimes long-term mental illness that can seriously affect the lives of patients and their families. The lifetime prevalence of bipolar I disorder, the most ...

Patients with schizophrenia are known to show impaired prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex response, which correlates with their general inability to screen out irrelevant sensory input. A ...

A study lead by the Economic Evaluation of Chronic Diseases group of Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute has revealed the relationship between the use of antipsychotics in dementia and socioeconomic ...

Pharmaceutical companies have recently paid out the largest legal settlements in U.S. history — including the largest criminal fines ever imposed on corporations — for illegally marketing ...