Psychopharmacology

The classic symptoms of schizophrenia – paranoia, hallucinations, the inability to function socially—can be managed with antipsychotic drugs. But exactly...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines national trends in antidepressant...

Older people taking new generation antidepressants are at more risk of dying or suffering from a range of serious health...

Despite warnings about borrowing medication prescribed to other people, past studies have demonstrated that many Americans say they have used...

Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the...

Prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, especially during the first trimester, is associated with a modest increase the risk...

Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that a clinical trial of the epilepsy drug gabapentin may have been a...

The Royal College of Psychiatrists of London has published a report related primarily to problems of unrecognized alcohol misuse among...

Deaths related to prescription opioid therapy are under intense scrutiny, prompting those in pain medicine—clinicians, patient advocates, and regulators—to understand...

Migraine is a neurovascular disease that affects about 15% of the western population. Compounds in foods and beverages (chocolate, wine,...

A recent survey, led by McGill Psychiatry Professor and Senior Lady Davis Institute Researcher Amir Raz, reports that one in...

The results of a unique study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show that personality has an impact on how...

People take billions of doses of over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol every year, but many do not pay attention to...

Taking two medications for depression does not hasten recovery from the condition that affects 19 million Americans each year, researchers...

Max Planck scientists were able to show for the first time that physiologically measurable changes can be observed in the...