Initial prescriptions for medications affecting cognition, such as antipsychotics, are disproportionately likelier to come from acute and post-acute settings such as emergency rooms, hospitals, and ...

Derived from Mitragyna speciosa, a tree that grows across Southeast Asia, kratom is a psychoactive substance with a long ...

The Written Informed Consent Act would mandate that veterans receive clear and comprehensive information about ...

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 one in three people with Parkinson's disease use at least one psychotropic medication, a recent study from the ...

Plans for monitoring a child taking psychotropic medication should be in place from the outset and tailored to the regimen and stage of therapy. More frequent visits will be required initially, ...

In this video interview, Ashley Bradford, PhD, of the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy in Atlanta, discusses her new paper in JAMA Network Open, which assessed how cannabis laws ...

Pills. by Fillmore Photography for WMNF News. A bill introduced in the Florida Senate would require medical examiners to conduct screenings to test for psychotropic drugs on suspects of a mass ...

A large South Korean study published by The BMJ today finds no increased risk of psychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorders, ...