A novel drug, evenamide, quieted overactive brain circuits in an animal model of schizophrenia, improving memory, social interaction, and dopamine balance, offering hope for tackling symptoms that ...

Investigators at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that brain scans can be used to predict patients' response to antipsychotic drug treatment. The findings are published ...

The use of antipsychotic drugs was associated with dysregulated glucose control (homeostasis) independent of weight gain compared with use of placebo, with increased levels of fasting glucose, insulin ...

Schizophrenia affects 1% of the global population and is caused by a complex interplay between at least 280 genes and environmental factors like childhood trauma and early cannabis use. Patients with ...

A study analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022. It found that residents who were given antipsychotic medications showed a ...

For over a hundred years, the specter of a schizophrenia diagnosis has frightened patients and their families. Yet it confers ...

A new study of nearly 500,000 nursing home residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications has found an increase in negative behaviors compared to those who were not given such drugs. The ...

The use of antipsychotic medications for purposes other than those officially approved is common among older adults in Finland. This emerges from a large registry study conducted by the University of ...