Patients with autoimmune Addison disease (AAD) showed increased use of hypnotics/sedatives, anxiolytics, and antidepressants in the year before diagnosis, suggesting potential misdiagnosis of early ...

Laura Delano walked away from the treatments that defined her teens and 20s. Now, she’s hoping to create a road map for others to follow. Between the ages of 13 and 27, Laura Delano was prescribed 19 ...

Early onset IBD activity correlates with higher psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication use. Active IBD patients have increased odds of developing major depressive disorder, anxiety, and ...

The widespread use of psychotropic drugs to treat people experiencing mental illness does not always correspond to their effectiveness or real need. Driving this is a complex web of factors including ...

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 ...

BUDAPEST — Low- to moderate-intensity physical exercise in patients with severe mental illness is linked to improved medication adherence, regardless of medication type or duration of illness, new ...

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 (MND).

And doctors tend to add new drugs when old ones aren't working, without withdrawing the old ones. This irrational polypharmacy adds to the risks of drug- drug interactions and increases the burden of ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is most commonly treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which help regulate serotonin levels. They tend to be effective, especially when ...