Objectives To investigate the perceived risk of psychotropic and mental illness exposures (1) during pregnancy or (2) while breastfeeding on offspring neurodevelopment, and factors associated with ...

“Psychotropic drugs are being used to sedate, restrain, and silence, and, as such, are a tool of oppression. CCHR asserts that this practice meets the legal definition of elder abuse and must be ...

1 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan 2 Department of Regional Studies and Humanities, Faculty of Education and Human Studies, Akita University, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jackie Juarez remembers taking pills – lots of pills. “They would make me sleepy, and I would throw up every night,” Juarez told the courtroom, recounting memories from her seven years ...

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Data, 2020. NOTES Weekly new starts of antidepressant medications from January 1 to August 8. The shaded area represents an ...

Interesting news. Lucy Scientific Discovery Inc, a Canadian psychotropic company, is acquiring iconic cannabis brand High Times' intellectual property. Also included in this deal are existing ...

CMS plans to increase psychotropic drugs oversight – to include targeted audits. These stepped up efforts follow the latest updates to the State Operations Manual surveyors started using October 24, ...

When singer Noah Cyrus first took Xanax, she was just 18 and hoping to bond with her then-boyfriend. But Cyrus quickly entered what she describes as a "dark pit" of being addicted to the substance.

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 ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Older adults taking psychotropic medication before contracting COVID-19 are at increased risk ...