Consensus Offers Clinicians Structured Guidance on When and How to Reassess, Taper, or Discontinue Psychotropic ...

A new consensus statement from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology offers guidance on when — and whether — to discontinue psychotropic medications.

New recommendations detail key points of deprescribing ...

Psychotropic medications are used to treat mental health disorders. There are five main types of psychotropic medications, and each type has its own specific uses, benefits, and side effects. Your ...

Psychopharmacology is the study of the use of medications in treating mental disorders. Generally, any physician or psychiatrist who treats patients with psychotropic medication is considered a ...

A new study that explores deficiency-of-care citations in nursing homes offers a wealth of lessons on reducing overreliance on psychotropics in residents with dementia, according to researchers from ...

A federal judge approved a "groundbreaking" settlement last week designed to ensure that children in foster care in Missouri are administered psychotropic medications only when safe and necessary, ...

"Dr. Solberg is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist who completed her residency training in Adult Psychiatry at The University of California, Los Angeles. She went to medical school at UCLA and also ...

Antidepressants and other psychiatric medications are associated with an almost doubled risk of premature death in patients with heart conditions, according to research published today in the European ...

Psychotropic medications treat a variety of conditions. They can affect a person’s mood, behavior, perception, and thoughts. Types of psychotropic medications include antidepressants, antianxiety ...