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The researchers found that psychotropic medication use among youth increased from 5.3% in 2001 to 2004 to 8.3% in 2017 to March 2020 (adjusted time trend, 0.7 percentage points over four years).

The Examining Quality, Use and Impact of Psychotropic (Use) in older adults with intellectual disabilities (EQUIP) study, has revealed that more than half of older adults with intellectual disability ...

Psychotropic medications encompass a broad spectrum of agents acting on the central nervous system to treat conditions such as anxiety, insomnia, depression and psychotic disorders. By modulating ...

The widespread use of psychotropic drugs to treat people experiencing mental illness does not always correspond to their effectiveness or real need. Driving this is a complex web of factors including ...

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The Trump administration's plans to study the "threat” posed by psychiatric medications in children have medical societies and mental health professionals concerned that the administration may be ...

Norway has announced the opening of the first psychiatric hospital where medication will not be used as a means of treatment. This experiment should be acknowledged and applauded. Contemporary Western ...

Psychotropic medications are drugs that affect the mind, emotions, and behavior. The broad categories of psychotropic medications, which we will break down further, include: antidepressants, ...

Credit: Getty Images. The patient had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and suffered from auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, and extreme paranoia. In this month’s case, a state appeals ...