Utah recently became the seventh state to allow trained psychologists to prescribe psychotropics, sparking hope among ...

Given the limited literature on the safety of psychotropic medications during nursing, physicians and parents face a difficult decision with regard to breast-feeding. Educating patients to ...

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) today published an updated Practice Guideline for Treatment of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. The guideline provides recommendations on ...

While medication can provide symptom relief, it does not necessarily address underlying maladaptive behaviors, and is therefore considered by many clinicians and adjunct to treatment, rather than ...

The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) records a nationwide increase in sales of injected ketamine, a prescribed ...

As part of the settlement, the state will develop a new portable health records system, create informed consent procedures and implement additional reviews.

Jeffrey Friedman, CEO of the nonprofit Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling Services in Hicksville, said many pediatricians "feel very uncomfortable having to prescribe psychotropic medications to ...