New microlearning video series to support the safer use of psychotropic medications in residential aged care; New ...

This week, Mad in America examines three studies around mental health diagnosis, psychotropic drug use, obesity, and diabetes ...

New recommendations detail key points of deprescribing ...

Findings showed no significant difference in the risk of contraceptive failure between COC + PD users and COC-only users. The risk of contraceptive failure appears to be low in patients taking ...

Clinical circumstances warrant discontinuing certain psychotropic medications, according to a February consensus statement published in JAMA Network Open. “The process should be deliberative, ...

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).

Consensus (defined as at least 75% agreement) was achieved on 44 of 50 final statements (88%). Panelists unanimously agreed that all psychotropic medications should undergo periodic reassessment, at ...

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 ...