6 Medicine Groups Linked to Fatal Overdoses in Bipolar Disorder
In a Finnish registry study, recent prescriptions for 6 medicine groups were linked to higher odds of fatal poisoning in bipolar disorder. Lithium was not.
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Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia Affects 28.6% of Assessed Inpatients in Japan
A 2026 nationwide study in Japan found that 28.6% of hospitalized patients with schizophrenia who were checked for treatment resistance met the criteria.1 Nearly half of those patients left …
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Quetiapine Linked to Better Working Memory Scores in Schizophrenia
A 2026 German-Austrian cohort analysis found that people with schizophrenia who were taking quetiapine scored modestly higher on demanding working-memory tests than sex- and age-matched pati…
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Top-Ranked Treatments for Schizophrenia Aggression: Clozapine, Paliperidone and Olanzapine
A 2026 analysis of 41 randomized studies involving 21,025 adults with schizophrenia found the largest estimated reductions in hostility and aggression for clozapine (standardized mean differ…
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Drug-Induced Dystonia: Metoclopramide and Antipsychotics Lead FAERS
A 2026 FAERS pharmacovigilance study of 28,938 dystonia reports found the strongest reporting signal for metoclopramide, while antipsychotics dominated the high-volume psychiatric medication…
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Early Clozapine in Schizophrenia: 34% Lower Relapse Risk
Clozapine has been the most effective antipsychotic in schizophrenia for almost 40 years, yet it is still routinely held back until patients have failed multiple alternatives over many years…
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Aripiprazole Oculogyric Crisis in Tourette Tics: 2 Cases at 20-30 mg
A 2026 Neurological Sciences brief communication added 2 Tourette syndrome cases of aripiprazole-related oculogyric crisis — sustained, involuntary upward eye deviation from extraocular-musc…
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