Seventy-two years after the first antipsychotic, Thorazine, was approved, psychiatry is now seriously discussing the need to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for schizophrenia with a new mechanism of action for the first time in over 70 years. The treatment offers hope to thousands of patients ...

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CNN — The US Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the sales and marketing of a drug approved three years ago to help treat Parkinson's patients suffering from debilitating ...

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May 13 (UPI) --ADHD stimulant meds don't increase children's risk of psychosis, a new study says. Analyses of stimulant prescriptions among nearly 8,400 kids with attention deficit/hyperactivity ...

Flyysoulja of the Island Boys was going through a drug-induced psychotic episode leading up to his detainment and mental health evaluation in Florida over the weekend ... TMZ has learned. The rapper ...

Richard Pryor's widow, Jennifer Pryor, claimed that he once threatened to kill her during a drug-fueled psychosis. Jennifer appeared on Howie Mandel's podcast, "Howie Mandel Does Stuff," in an episode ...

Auditory and visual hallucinations are hallmark symptoms of psychosis, but in the prodromal stage, a patient might describe hearing whispers or footsteps or notice brief distortions when looking at ...