Nearly one in four long-term care residents in Canada were prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs without a diagnosis of psychosis in 2024-2025, according to a new report that spotlights a worrying ...

Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Vanda Pharmaceuticals' (VNDA.O), opens new tab drug for the treatment of two serious mental health conditions, the company said on ...

Singapore's polytechnics are transforming lecture halls into collaborative spaces, reflecting a shift towards blended learning and student-centric approaches. Examples include SP's green screen studio ...

A Bristol Myers Squibb drug whose landmark FDA approval introduced the first novel mechanism for treating schizophrenia in decades has failed a pivotal test intended to support expanding its use, a ...

A free community lecture by a national expert on schizophrenia treatment will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Dec. 10 at Peak Vista Community Health Centers, 2828 International Circle, Suite 120, in ...

While any patients taking an anti-dopaminergic agent may develop tardive dyskinesia (TD) -- a movement disorder hallmarked by abnormal and involuntary tics of the face, trunk, and limbs -- older ...

The use of antipsychotic drugs was associated with dysregulated glucose control (homeostasis) independent of weight gain compared with use of placebo, with increased levels of fasting glucose, insulin ...

Schizophrenia patients on antipsychotics lost significantly more weight and had a greater reduction in HbA1c with 1 mg semaglutide than placebo. Patients with severe psychiatric disorders and those ...

Think about your expectations when you sit down in a lecture hall to hear a talk or watch a performance. Most likely, you’re not going to interact with the person on stage. Even if you like the topic, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced new strategies to help decrease the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medication in nursing homes. Those include updates to the State ...

A research group in the Department of Pharmacology of the University of the Basque Country has investigated the adverse reactions that antipsychotics can cause in the mouth. The study was based on ...