Among patients with schizophrenia, long-term antipsychotic use does not appear to increase severe physical morbidity or somatic hospitalization, and mortality is lower for antipsychotic use compared with no use ...
Intra-Cellular Therapies had quite a journey toward an FDA decision on its antipsychotic contender. It involved mixed clinical data, a canceled advisory committee meeting and a three-month review extension.
Children with intellectual difficulty or autism are more likely to be given antipsychotic medication from a younger age than those without intellectual disability…
The results of the study were said to be concerning because previous research had linked psychotropic drug use among older people and patients with dementia to several adverse events…