Mental Health

Researchers suggest new direction for development of psychotropic drugs

Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, December 31st, 2006

Leading brain and behavior researchers called for a new direction to develop innovative psychotropic drugs to treat mental illness at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

The panel of academic, industry and government representatives concluded that several factors have impeded the development of novel treatments for mental illness including: incomplete understanding of the impact of mental illness on the brain; continued skepticism of results from animal models for certain disorders; an outdated paradigm of treatment and the industry preference toward so-called "me-too" drugs.

"We need to do better when treating...

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Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly (2006-12-31)

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