A new guideline recommends prescribing metformin when initiating an antipsychotic to help mitigate weight gain in certain ...

Four children who were allegedly “over-medicated” after being referred to South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health ...

Counsel for the children Pearse Sreenan SC instructed by Padraig J O’Connell solicitors told the High Court the cases ...

This review found atypical antipsychotics to be as effective as the classic ones and more advantageous in many aspects. Conclusion: Atypical antipsychotics such as risperidone, ziprasidone, and ...

Risperidone is also a potent antagonist at 5-hydroxytryptamine type 2 (5-HT 2) receptors. This may result in a reduced propensity to cause EPSs. [7,27] Risperidone has a high affinity for both 5 ...

Your doctor will decide on the dose of RISPERDAL CONSTA that is right for you. Because risperidone is released gradually into your body, you will need an injection only every two weeks.

Mental health conditions are complex, and research is critical to helping us understand more about them and how they affect people. There are many different types of research and ways for the public ...