A recent study published in the British Medical Journal stated that all types of antipsychotics increase the risk of strokes in all patients, not just dementia patients, as previously thought. Patients without dementia taking any sort of antipsychotic had a 40% increase in risk. The latest...

The prescription of antipsychotics by GPs has almost doubled between 1992 and 2005, most notably in children aged 7 to 12 years of age. The findings have sparked off fears amoungst experts who warn that antipsychotics should be used with great caution in children due to their developing...

Antipsychotics are prescribed to around 60% of Alzheimers patients in nursing homes to control behaviour. Research showed that antipsychotics actually have no beneficial effects and actually reduced the patient's verbal fluency over a 6 month period. Read more...

Some types of antipsychotic can be used to treat a brain virus named progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy or PML. It affects people with weakened immune systems, such as people with Aids or organ transplant patients. Three antipsychotic drugs were tested, and clozapine appeared to be most...