Nursing homes should audit documentation for all residents with mental health disorders to ensure diagnoses are compliant ...

AHA comments on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services request for information to ensure lawful regulation and unleash innovation to promote better health.

Use of antidepressants, anxiolytics, or sedatives is linked to increased risk for ALS and faster functional decline post-diagnosis vs nonuse, new research shows.

A Clermont County nurse has been indicted on multiple charges following allegations of medication theft at a Batavia Township nursing home.

New research shows that people who take certain psychiatric medications may be more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is the most common form of motor neurone disease ...

As a psychiatrist, I feel it's important to share how we discuss psychiatric medications with patients. Let's demystify how mental health professionals decide to prescribe psychiatric medications.

Laura Delano, author of “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance” raises her personal concerns with psychiatric drugs and how her life has changed without them.

(The Hill) – Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made psychiatric medications a focus of his review of the country’s childhood chronic disease crisis, claiming ...

Washington health care professionals who treat children are bracing as a new commission launched by President Donald Trump’s administration takes aim at psychiatric drugs.

Trump directed a panel headed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to assess “the prevalence of and threat” posed by SSRIs, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs.

As with nearly every medication, medical professionals have debated the protocols for providing children psychiatric and weight-loss drugs, as well as ways to balance the risks and benefits.