Psychopharmacology shows promise in dermatology care. Read more to find out how mental health treatments improve skin disease ...

While the U.S. has seen a decline in the overall number of overdose deaths, the news on drug use is not all trending ...

Up to 1 in 3 people with Parkinson's disease use at least one psychotropic medication, a recent study from the University of ...

Psychotropic medications, including short-acting benzodiazepines, have been linked to a significantly increased risk for frequent falls in the elderly and should be avoided in this vulnerable ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Dozens of prescription medicine bottles in a jumble. This collection of pill bottles is symbolic of the many medications senior adults and chronically ill people ...

Psychotropic drugs, also known as psychiatric medications, are a class of drugs that affect mental function, behavior, and experience. They treat various mental health conditions, including depression ...

WASHINGTON – One-third of foster children on psychotropic drugs in a sampling of U.S. states received no treatment planning or medication monitoring, federal investigators said in a new study. The ...

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The use of psychotropic prescription medications to treat ADHD, mood disorders, anxiety and other mental health disorders in very young children appears to have leveled off. The use of psychotropic ...

Antidepressants and other psychiatric medications are associated with an almost doubled risk of premature death in patients with heart conditions, according to research published today in the European ...

October 4, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) — More than a third of pain patients prescribed opioids also test positive for prescribed psychotropic medications, such as antidepressants and anxiolytics, ...