Antipsychotic use among Medicaid-insured children from low- or very-low-income families skyrocketed in just under a decade, new research shows. Investigators from the University of Maryland in ...

Trazodone is linked to better outcomes among older adults hospitalized with delirium than commonly used antipsychotic medications | Drug Discovery And Development ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rate of residents receiving antipsychotic medication in Maine nursing homes has stayed the same despite efforts to reduce use ...

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 ...

August 9, 2012 — Antipsychotic use in the United States is growing significantly faster among children and adolescents than among adults, a new study shows. The study also showed that only a small ...

(Reuters Health) - A growing number of teens and young adults are being prescribed antipsychotics, a new study suggests. In particular, it appears they’re being used to treat attention deficit and ...

Prescribing antipsychotics for older people with dementia can be a balancing act for clinicians who aim to provide quality care while mitigating the health risks of these drugs. A new study ...

A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Antipsychotic use in children aged 2 to 17 years dropped between 2008 and 2016. Declines were present across ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Strong warnings about the dangers of giving antipsychotic drugs to patients with dementia have reduced use of the drugs in these patients by a "modest" 19 percent, U.S. researchers ...

Maine has the 12th highest rate of long-term nursing home residents on antipsychotics, which carry health risks.