Psychiatry

New report finds that nearly one-quarter of residents in long-term care homes are receiving potentially inappropriate antipsychotic medications. 

Canadian researchers found significant worsening of behaviours after medication use.

The risk of psychosis increased by 81% in individuals with ADHD taking doses of more than 30 mg of amphetamines, U.S. study showed.

Researchers believe assessment tool could help advance knowledge of the gut-brain connection in autism spectrum disorder.

Author of ‘Calm Your Mind with Food’ shares how in her clinical practice she teaches people to eat well in order to feel mentally well.

Helping your older child or children navigate having a new sibling will help set the stage for positive sibling relationships across childhood and beyond.

A multidisciplinary panel of Canadian experts in sleep medicine and insomnia has developed consensus recommendations based on evidence and practical experience.

Themes of delusional ideas are similar from one psychotic episode to another and become even narrower over time—a finding that may help with treatment.