Established drugs were repurposed, “me-too” drugs were approved, and even the few new biological approaches lacked clinical ...

Over the last few years, I’ve described the many cases in which chance observations, often made by persons looking for something else, led to the discovery of psychiatric drugs. Frank Berger, for ...

The widespread use of psychotropic drugs to treat people experiencing mental illness does not always correspond to their effectiveness or real need. Driving this is a complex web of factors including ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Speaker 1: I started taking this little happy pill about, I think a little over ...

The Examining Quality, Use and Impact of Psychotropic (Use) in older adults with intellectual disabilities (EQUIP) study, has revealed that more than half of older adults with intellectual disability ...

I entered the foster care system at a young age, moving many times. My experience was nothing short of a nightmare. I was told that no one loved or wanted me. Without the nurturing environment and ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte An expert editorial suggests that widely used diabetes and obesity drugs may help close the long-standing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made psychiatric medications a focus of his review of the ...