Three weeks after federal officials announced they would begin auditing nursing homes for overuse of schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are still looking for answers about what those investigations ...

Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has been more severe for Black Americans. By Robert Gebeloff The ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) --The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced new initiatives to combat the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medication in nursing homes and expand families' access to ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link At least 21% of nursing home residents across the country have been prescribed antipsychotic drugs, with one in nine residents being diagnosed ...

At least 21 percent of nursing home residents are on antipsychotic drugs, a Times investigation found. By Katie Thomas Robert Gebeloff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg The handwritten doctor’s order was ...

Patients with schizophrenia who participated in a telephone intervention problem-solving program were found to have higher rates of medication adherence compared with patients who received routine ...

Federal health officials said they would take steps to increase oversight of nursing homes that prescribe powerful antipsychotic drugs, and prevent abuse of the medicines. The Centers for Medicare and ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia is still missing three weeks after the St. Louis nursing home where he lived abruptly closed. The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Wednesday ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — "Out of all the illnesses I treat, that has to be the most debilitating," Jessica Wilson, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse referred to schizophrenia. The mental illness ...