In our book Demystifying Psychiatry, we define psychiatry as “the medical specialty that deals with disorders affecting the ...

Certain medications — like antidepressants — cause excessive sweating as a side effect, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Other medications make people more sensitive to the sun, meaning they should ...

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Florida’s current step therapy for those on Medicaid prioritizes potential cost savings over patient needs, critics say. John Roberge KRT As a longtime advocate for mental health, working alongside ...

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Families should have truthful conversations with children to help process feelings related to ongoing immigration raids.

The widespread acceptance of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) as a treatment for psychoses in the 1950s represented a change in ...

Use of common psychiatric medications (anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, and antidepressants) is linked to a higher risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and poorer outcomes ...

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Introduction. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined essential medicines (EMs) as “those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population” ().In 1977, the National EMs List (NEML) ...