Mental Health Medications
Mental Health MedicationsMedications are used to treat the symptoms of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder (sometimes called manic-depressive illness), anxiety...
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What medications are used to treat schizophrenia? Antipsychotic medications are used to treat schizophrenia and schizophrenia-related disorders. Some of these medications have been available since the...
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What medications are used to treat depression? Depression is commonly treated with antidepressant medications. Antidepressants work to balance some of the natural chemicals in our brains. These...
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The Most Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs
When Xanax hit the U.S. market in 1981, it wasn’t clear it would be a hit. It was a me-too successor to Valium, the anxiety drug that was the most popular drug in America for most of the 1970s. Maker...
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Why do people have withdrawal problems?
Why do people have withdrawal problems? Most psychiatric drugs work on body chemicals called neurotransmitters, which carry messages between nerves, or between nerves and muscles, glands or other...
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Withdrawal effects
Withdrawal effects How can I tell the difference between withdrawal problems and relapse? There are three ways to tell if symptoms are the result of withdrawal, according to one expert, David Healy,...
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Reducing Drug Dosage Safely
Reducing Drug Dosage Safely The following are general considerations, and no single pattern fits everyone: Usually it is best to go slow and taper gradually. Though some people are able to...
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How can medication help?
How can medication help? Many people find neuroleptic medication helpful, particularly in acute crises when experiences can feel overwhelming. They can reduce the intensity of experiences and help...
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Stopping Antidepressants – The Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome
Stopping Antidepressants – The Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome Discontinuation symptoms may occur after stopping many drugs including antidepressants. ‘Discontinuation syndrome’ is the...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Depression
Frequently Asked Questions about Depression Q: What is depression? A: Life is full of ups and downs. But when the down times last for weeks or months at a time or keep you from your regular...
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What is depression? What are the medications for depression?
What is depression? What are the medications for depression? What is a depressive disorder? The word ‘depression’ is commonly used to describe the feelings of sadness that all of us experience at...
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What is Schizophrenia? What are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia?
What is Schizophrenia? What are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia? What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts. Although...
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Drugs Used to Stabilise Moods
Drugs Used to Stabilise Moods Introduction Mood stabilisers are used primarily to reduce the severity of mood swings in bipolar disorders, depression and other mood disorders. Besides Lithium, the...
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Pregnancy and Medicines
Pregnancy and Medicines Q: Is it safe to use medicine while I am pregnant? A: There is no clear-cut answer to this question. Before you start or stop any medicine, it is always best to speak with ...
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Psychotropic Drug List Sorted by Generic Name
Psychotropic Drug List Sorted by Generic Name Generic Name Brand Name Therapeutic Class Alprazolam Alprax Antianxiety, Hypnotic Alprazolam Alprazolam Antianxiety, Hypnotic Alprazolam Kalma...
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Psychotropic Drug List Sorted by Brand Name
Psychotropic Drug List Sorted by Brand Name Brand Name Generic Name Therapeutic Class Abilify Aripiprazole Antipsychotic Alepam Oxazepam Antianxiety, Hypnotic Allegron Nortriptyline Antidepressant...
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Psychotropic Drug List Sorted by Therapeutic Class
Psychotropic Drug List Sorted by Therapeutic Class Therapeutic Class Generic Name Brand Name Antianxiety, Hypnotic Alprazolam Alprax Antianxiety, Hypnotic Alprazolam Alprazolam Antianxiety, Hypnotic...
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Staying on Psychiatric Drugs and Harm Reduction
Staying on Psychiatric Drugs and Harm Reduction You may decide that, given the degree of crisis you are facing and the obstacles to workable alternatives, you want to continue psychiatric medication....
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Mental Health Medications
Mental Health Medications Overview Medications can play a role in treating several mental disorders and conditions. Treatment may also include psychotherapy (also called “talk therapy”) and brain...
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Selected Facts about Mental Health in the United States
Selected Facts about Mental Health in the United States Overview An estimated 61.5 million Americans—about one in four adults—suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. About 13.6...
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