Antipsychotic Agents

"Antipsychotic Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Agents that control agitated psychotic behavior, alleviate acute psychotic states, reduce psychotic symptoms, and exert a quieting effect. They are used in SCHIZOPHRENIA; senile dementia; transient psychosis following surgery; or MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; etc. These drugs are often referred to as neuroleptics alluding to the tendency to produce neurological side effects, but not all antipsychotics are likely to produce such effects. Many of these drugs may also be effective against nausea, emesis, and pruritus.

Descriptor ID	D014150
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.696.277.950.040 D27.505.954.427.210.950.040 D27.505.954.427.700.872.331
Concept/Terms	Antipsychotic Agents Antipsychotic Agents Agents, Antipsychotic Antipsychotics Major Tranquilizers Tranquilizers, Major Tranquillizing Agents, Major Agents, Major Tranquillizing Major Tranquillizing Agents Neuroleptic Drugs Drugs, Neuroleptic Neuroleptics Tranquilizing Agents, Major Agents, Major Tranquilizing Major Tranquilizing Agents Antipsychotic Drugs Drugs, Antipsychotic Neuroleptic Agents Agents, Neuroleptic Antipsychotic Effect Antipsychotic Effect Effect, Antipsychotic Antipsychotic Effects Effects, Antipsychotic

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Antipsychotic Agents".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Physiological Effects of Drugs [D27.505.696]
Central Nervous System Depressants [D27.505.696.277]
Tranquilizing Agents [D27.505.696.277.950]
Antipsychotic Agents [D27.505.696.277.950.040]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Central Nervous System Agents [D27.505.954.427]
Central Nervous System Depressants [D27.505.954.427.210]
Tranquilizing Agents [D27.505.954.427.210.950]
Antipsychotic Agents [D27.505.954.427.210.950.040]
Psychotropic Drugs [D27.505.954.427.700]
Tranquilizing Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.872]
Antipsychotic Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.872.331]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Antipsychotic Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Antipsychotic Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 55 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2005 and 2008 and 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	1	2	3
1998	1	0	1
1999	2	0	2
2000	1	1	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	2	1	3
2003	1	1	2
2004	3	0	3
2005	4	0	4
2006	1	1	2
2008	4	0	4
2009	1	1	2
2010	2	0	2
2011	1	1	2
2013	3	1	4
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	3	0	3
2017	2	0	2
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	2	3
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2023	2	0	2

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Kelly DL, Glassman M, Wonodi I, Vyas G, Richardson CM, Nwulia E, Wehring HJ, Oduguwa T, Mackowick M, Hipolito MMS, Peters O, Rai N, Park J, Adebayo AO, Gorelick DA, Weiner E, Liu F, Kearns AM, Adams HA, Love RC, Chen S, Olaniyan A, Ambulos N, McKoy D, Nallani MC, Lanzkron S, Mengistab M, Barr B, Davis E, Lawal R, Buchanan RW, Adebayo R. Clozapine and neutrophil response in patients of African descent: A six-month, multinational, prospective, open-label clinical trial. Schizophr Res. 2024 06; 268:312-322.

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Schnier C, McCarthy A, Morales DR, Akbari A, Sofat R, Dale C, Takhar R, Mamas MA, Khunti K, Zaccardi F, Sudlow CL, Wilkinson T. Antipsychotic drug prescribing and mortality in people with dementia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study in Wales, UK. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2023 08; 4(8):e421-e430.

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Edelsohn GA, Abright AR. Editorial: Safer Use of Antipsychotics in Youth (SUAY): Should Treatment Be Guided by Symptoms? J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 01; 61(1):34-36.

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McEvoy JP, Kremens DE. Early Recognition and Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia in Patients With Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia. J Clin Psychiatry. 2020 Jan 28; 81(1).

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Kremens DE. Treatment Strategies for Tardive Dyskinesia. J Clin Psychiatry. 2019 12 24; 81(1).

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Kremens DE. Earlier Diagnosis of Tardive Dyskinesia. J Clin Psychiatry. 2019 12 10; 81(1).

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Edelsohn GA. Editorial: Making Use of What We Know: Medical Decision-Making and Antipsychotics. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 11; 58(11):1051-1053.

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Black KJ, Nasrallah H, Isaacson S, Stacy M, Pahwa R, Adler CH, Alva G, Cooney JW, Kremens D, Menza MA, Meyer JM, Patkar AA, Simuni T, Morrissette DA, Stahl SM. Guidance for switching from off-label antipsychotics to pimavanserin for Parkinson's disease psychosis: an expert consensus. CNS Spectr. 2018 12; 23(6):402-413.

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Denysenko L, Sica N, Penders TM, Philbrick KL, Walker A, Shaffer S, Zimbrean P, Freudenreich O, Rex N, Carroll BT, Francis A. Catatonia in the medically ill: Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. The Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Evidence-Based Medicine Subcommittee Monograph. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2018 05; 30(2):140-155.

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Hock LE, Karnik NS. Should Clinicians Medicate against Structural Violence? Potential Iatrogenic Risks and the Need for Social Interventions. AMA J Ethics. 2017 Aug 01; 19(8):753-761.

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