Maine has the 12th highest rate of long-term nursing home residents on antipsychotics, which carry health risks.

While all medications carry potential side effects, certain types have been shown to increase the risk of falls, confusion ...

Analysis from a Columbia and Rutgers Health team finds long-term antipsychotic use rose 65% from 2015 to 2024.

Many seniors with dementia are being put at risk by brain-altering medications linked to falls, confusion and hospitalization ...

Antipsychotic medication is used in schizophrenia, severe depression, elation (in bipolar disorder), and other conditions. These medications offer many benefits provided they are used with care and ...

In a recent British Medical Journal study, researchers assess the adverse effects associated with the use of antipsychotic drugs in people with dementia. Study: Multiple adverse outcomes associated ...

Schizophrenia medication falls under two main categories: older, first-generation, or "typical" antipsychotics and newer drugs for schizophrenia known as second-generation or "atypical" antipsychotics ...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Atypical antipsychotics, though not typically considered drugs of abuse, are now being used to enhance the effects of other drugs or as a way to counter the adverse effects of ...

Dr. Drew Pinsky has weighed in on the disturbing case involving Nick Reiner and the brutal killings of his parents, Rob ...