News tagged with psychotropic medications
Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decades-old controversy
Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?"
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Other mental health medications no safer than atypical antipsychotics in nursing home residents
Conventional antipsychotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines often administered to nursing home residents are no safer than atypical antipsychotics and may carry increased risks, according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Psychotropic medication and youth in foster care report
The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) today issued a landmark report from a multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care. Led by Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH at Tufts CTSI, Christopher ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Danish children at risk from psychotropic medicines
Between 1998 and 2007, psychotropic medications were associated with 429 adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children under 17 in Denmark. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Research Notes found that more than h ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Study cautions: Psychotropic medications overprescribed to children
A new study from the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy warns of the dramatic rise in the use of psychotropic medications for children. One in every fifty Americans is now considered permanently disabled by mental illnes ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Study: Youth now have more mental health issues
(AP) -- A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues than youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression ...
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Jan 11, 2010 |
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Antidepressant use increasing in the United States
A marked and broad expansion in antidepressant treatment occurred among Americans older than 6 years between 1996 and 2005, although treatment rates remain low among racial and ethnic minorities, according to a report in ...
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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Widespread stress among vets
Veterinarians frequently suffer psychosocial stress and demoralization associated with heavy workloads. Research published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology analyses the extent ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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