Sentences with phrase «of antipsychotic medications»

This is a source of concern, as practice guidelines caution practitioners on the use of antipsychotic medications for young children in particular.

Known side effects of antipsychotic medications include metabolic problems and weight gain.

397 patients who were 18 — 65 years of age, had a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to DSM - IV criteria, had required intensive psychiatric treatment within 24 months before study entry, had received a stable dose of antipsychotic medication for ≥ 30 days before study entry, had resided at the same address for ≥ 30 days before study entry, and were judged clinically stable by the principal investigator.

From 2012 on, one of my job descriptions was to help reduce the use of antipsychotic medications in the elderly.

Effects of antipsychotic medications on psychosocial functioning in patients with chronic schizophrenia: findings from the NIMH CATIE study

After a 7 week stay at the psychiatric ward, the hospital released our daughter into our care, but she was on very high doses of antipsychotic medications and was not able to function on her own.

Likewise, Heinssen says that «current evidence does not support the use of antipsychotic medications as a prevention strategy in at - risk individuals.»

First, the invention of antipsychotic medication in the 1960s led to a movement to close the many psychiatric hospitals then extant.

The researchers examined more than 400 people with PDP, who were taking part in a separate trial, to assess the impact of antipsychotic medications on their overall health and wellbeing.

With a concern about inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotic medications to children, 31 states have implemented prior authorization policies for atypical antipsychotic prescribing, mostly within the past 5 years, and with most states applying their policies to children younger than 7 years of age, according to a study in the March 3 issue of JAMA.

«Typically, psychiatrists are more familiar with the properties of antipsychotic medications,» continued Schoenbaum.

According to the researchers, more research is needed to determine if off - label use of antipsychotic medications yields substantial clinical benefit and to identify how doctors decide to prescribe these drugs for non-FDA approved conditions.

In order to establish whether symptoms had improved following the first course of antipsychotic medication, responses to treatment were measured at the beginning of the study and 12 weeks later.

Treatment involves a combination of antipsychotic medication, psychological therapies and social support.

During a search of her car incident to arrest, the police officer discovered full bottles of antipsychotic medications.

Although several studies have compared the efficacy and tolerability of different dosages of antipsychotic medications for psychotic relapses, this has been addressed in few relapse prevention studies, and none compared various dosages of haloperidol.

Furthermore, the ketogenic diet could also reverse the weight gain and blood sugar problems which are typical side effects of antipsychotic medications.

Heinssen adds that NIMH is not preparing any clinical trials to investigate the preventive use of antipsychotic medication.

People with long - term schizophrenia are three times more likely than the general population to have diabetes, something which has previously been attributed to poor diet and exercise habits in this group, as well as the use of antipsychotic medication.

«Interestingly, the use of antipsychotic medication was not associated with longitudinal differences in the course of weight gain, nor was the type or availability of antipsychotics,» said Strassnig.

Since 2003, some of the antipsychotic medications have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of other conditions, including irritability in autism and treatment - resistant depression.

Multivariate logistic regression analyses indicated that past adolescent conduct disorder, being younger and male, symptoms of Akathisia (movement disorder, most often develops as a side effect of antipsychotic medications), and particularly drug abuse increase the risk for CJS involvement.