Penn researchers say this treatment strategy can cause fatigue, sedation and serious drug interactions like abnormal heart rhythms.

Boosting Medication Adherence with Psychotropic Drugs Nonadherence to psychotropic medications poses one of the greatest challenges in the treatment of patients with psychiatric illness. Nonadherence ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Patients with autoimmune Addison disease (AAD) showed increased use of hypnotics/sedatives, anxiolytics, and antidepressants in the year before diagnosis, suggesting potential misdiagnosis of early ...

BUDAPEST — Low- to moderate-intensity physical exercise in patients with severe mental illness is linked to improved medication adherence, regardless of medication type or duration of illness, new ...

The use of medicines to address mental health or behavioral conditions climbed from 2001 until 2020, analysis showed, but the increase has led to safety concerns ...

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 ...