Psychotropic medications are drugs that affect the mind, emotions, and behavior. The broad categories of psychotropic medications, which we will break down further, include: antidepressants, ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jackie Juarez remembers taking pills – lots of pills. “They would make me sleepy, and I would throw up every night,” Juarez told the courtroom, recounting memories from her seven years ...

And doctors tend to add new drugs when old ones aren't working, without withdrawing the old ones. This irrational polypharmacy adds to the risks of drug- drug interactions and increases the burden of ...

The Trump administration's plans to study the "threat” posed by psychiatric medications in children have medical societies and mental health professionals concerned that the administration may be ...

Laura Delano walked away from the treatments that defined her teens and 20s. Now, she’s hoping to create a road map for others to follow. Between the ages of 13 and 27, Laura Delano was prescribed 19 ...

A 52-year-old patient came to see me about two years ago for a severe depressive episode that was triggered by a marital crisis. He had a textbook case of major depression: sad mood, lack of pleasure, ...