Antipsychotics are theorized to bring relief in some types of psychoses via dopamine blockade, specifically of the D2 receptor located in the nucleus accumbens, a deep part of the brain's limbic ...

Credit: Getty Images. Extrapyramidal symptoms that developed in patients with schizophrenia after initiation of treatment with atypical antipsychotic agents were associated with increased healthcare ...

Ending the common, but unsanctioned, practice of long-term anticholinergic use to head off extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) associated with antipsychotic medications in patients with serious mental ...

In every state across America, Medicaid programs are under serious budgetary pressure. The need to contain costs has led to various forms of restriction in the coverage for drug therapy, including ...