In addition, the chemistry, pharmacokinetics, metabolism and mechanism of action of aripiprazole will be reviewed. Until recently, risperidone was the most studied and the only psychotropic ...

An antipsychotic medication often prescribed to people with schizophrenia or bipolar is in short supply. Pharmacists and doctors have told the ABC they were not made aware of supply issues until ...

A joint research group team led by Sayuri Tsukahara and Tetsuji Kakutani of the University of Tokyo has clarified a mechanism of how retrotransposons, genetic elements that can "jump around ...

In a guideline published online Dec. 9 in Schizophrenia Bulletin, recommendations are presented for the use of metformin to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG). Aoife Carolan ...

If these were the obvious successes, a personal underrated favourite from 2024 has to be The Atypical Family. It is hard to pigeonhole this 12-episode show which delved into romance, relationships ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo demonstrates that antipsychotic medications significantly worsened behavior in nursing home residents. “The proportion of long-term care ...

Despite the availability of numerous antidepressant treatments (ADTs) targeting different molecular mechanisms ... is distinguished from other atypical antipsychotics by its selective action on the D3 ...

Antipsychotic drugs are effective in relieving positive symptoms of psychosis including AVHs, but the mechanisms of action are only fragmentarily understood. Pharmacological fMRI may reveal ...