According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), more than one in five adults (about 20%) in the United States has a mental health condition. Treatments for mental health conditions are ...

Only a certified, licensed clinician can prescribe psychotropic medications to children and youth in foster care. The prescribing clinician must explain the purpose for and the side effects of the ...

When singer Noah Cyrus first took Xanax, she was just 18 and hoping to bond with her then-boyfriend. But Cyrus quickly entered what she describes as a "dark pit" of being addicted to the substance.

The choice is between psychosocial interventions and drug therapy. Most children with psychiatric disorders do not receive appropriate evaluation and treatment. A practice parameter offers guidance.

Many of the psychiatric medications have side effects. Weight gain is a common one. Atypical or second-generation antipsychotics are notorious for causing weight gain. Atypical antipsychotics are ...

Psychotropic medication is an important part of the treatment plans for some aviation personnel with mental health disorders. However, in the aviation population, medication use is highly regulated, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be increasing its oversight of the use of psychotropic drugs to pay closer attention to certain classes, warned the lead author of a federal report ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jackie Juarez remembers taking pills – lots of pills. “They would make me sleepy, and I would throw up every night,” Juarez told the courtroom, recounting memories from her seven years ...