A systematic review and network meta-analysis of 68 studies has found no clear evidence that any specific antipsychotic significantly improves cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia ...

June 4, 2009 — The latest results from the European First Episode Schizophrenia Trial (EUFEST) show that when it comes to improving cognition in patients with schizophrenia, there is little difference ...

First-Generation Antipsychotic Drugs By Jonathan Scheff This table lists selected first-generation antipsychotic drugs. For a table of atypical agents, click here. For a table of the next generation ...

Since the first antipsychotic medication, chlorpromazine, was developed in the early 1950s, it could be argued that not all that much has changed in the pharmacological treatment of psychotic ...

The use of antipsychotics among US adults aged 65 years or older increased by 52% from 2015 to 2024, a new study showed. Although antipsychotic prescriptions from psychiatrists decreased during the ...

While any patients taking an anti-dopaminergic agent may develop tardive dyskinesia (TD) -- a movement disorder hallmarked by abnormal and involuntary tics of the face, trunk, and limbs -- older ...