Details of the psychotropic medication prescribed for 625 children and young people staying in 73 mental health units were recorded on one day in September 2022, and questionnaires from 142 children ...

Explore integrative strategies to ease the transition off psychotropic medications, supporting detox, sleep, and nutrition for a safer, more balanced journey.

Psychotropic medications are used to treat a wide variety of mental health disorders. Learn about the different types, their uses, side effects, and more.

The lawsuit alleges the government "routinely" places migrant children on psychotropic drugs without parental consent "in utter disregard of state laws." ...

Banks’ spree of violence followed about six months of “well-documented decompensation” as Banks refused to take his psychotropic medications despite a violent criminal history when off his ...

There's limited evidence to back up the widespread and increasing rates of prescribing mood-altering drugs (psychotropics) as the mainstay of mental health treatment for children and young people ...

In recent years, the normalization of anxiety medication has significantly reshaped the landscape of mental health treatment. Previously, discussions about psychotropic medication were often ...

The main exposure parameter was psychotropic drugs. To characterise the serious ADEs, we checked for use of PRN, polypharmacy, and use of parenteral psychotropic drugs, the latter either in the form ...

Children in the U.S. child welfare system are more likely than other children with Medicaid to receive psychotropic medication (i.e., a drug to help with behavior or mood disorders like anxiety ...

More than 1 in 3 Florida foster kids over 13 is taking psychotropic medications, but the state often doesn't follow rules requiring it to keep records.