This week, Mad in America examines four new studies around harms linked to psychiatric drug use. The first finds that ...

Antipsychotics are used to treat schizophrenia, along with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. However, these ...

Lumateperone and pimavanserin both skip D2 blockade for 5-HT2A activity, but only one expanded to three indications. Here's what to know before prescribing either.

With clozapine's REMS eliminated, the real differentiator among nine D2/5-HT2A antagonist SGAs is metabolic and QTc risk, not access.

Before defining a network meta-analysis, Dr. Citrome walks through the statistical fundamentals that make one useful. He ...

Fewer than one in five young people with first episode psychosis filled enough antipsychotic prescriptions to be considered ...

Antipsychotics come from a long line of accidents. In 1876, German chemists created a textile dye called methylene blue, which happened to also dye cells. It meandered into biology labs and, soon ...

My first experience with antipsychotic medication was in the early 1960s, shortly after they were introduced. As is usual with new treatments, benefits were appreciated before harms were realized.

When you hear about dementia, the chances are you think about memory problems. But other common symptoms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, can be even more troublesome to patients and their families ...

This is the latest, and perhaps last, of several debates with Bob Whitaker on the role of antipsychotics in treating psychotic symptoms. It was triggered by a recent email exchange that clarified our ...

Antipsychotic medication is typically licensed in the UK for people with serious mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia. But in recent years, some antipsychotic drugs have been prescribed ...