Psychotropic medications treat a variety of conditions. They can affect a person’s mood, behavior, perception, and thoughts. Types of psychotropic medications include antidepressants, antianxiety ...

Earlier this year, Utah became the seventh state to allow psychologists with the proper training to prescribe psychotropic medications, giving supporters reason to hope that more states might support ...

When singer Noah Cyrus first took Xanax, she was just 18 and hoping to bond with her then-boyfriend. But Cyrus quickly entered what she describes as a "dark pit" of being addicted to the substance.

For many mental health conditions, clinicians frequently recommend the use of psychotropic medications—those that influence a person’s mental state, such as antidepressants—as a treatment option and a ...

The widespread use of psychotropic drugs to treat people experiencing mental illness does not always correspond to their effectiveness or real need. Driving this is a complex web of factors including ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be increasing its oversight of the use of psychotropic drugs to pay closer attention to certain classes, warned the lead author of a federal report ...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), more than one in five adults (about 20%) in the United States has a mental health condition. Treatments for mental health conditions are ...