People take antipsychotics to treat schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. Your doctor will work with you to monitor your side effects and dosing schedule. Over the past few decades, access ...

Antipsychotics are the best defense against relapse in schizophrenia, even though that protection often comes at the expense of cognitive function. Which drugs offer the greatest benefit with the ...

A systematic review and network meta-analysis of 68 studies has found no clear evidence that any specific antipsychotic significantly improves cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia ...

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Antipsychotic use for schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders is associated with increased risk for severe COVID-19 or other respiratory infection and related hospitalization, a new retrospective ...

Taking an antipsychotic can be difficult due to the cultural stigma about serious mental illness, psychosis, and the actual drugs themselves. It was so complicated for me to accept using an ...

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Older, first-generation antipsychotics, like chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and haloperidol (Haldol), usually cause movement-related side effects, such as tremors, says Randall Turner, DO, a psychiatrist ...