Neurocognition, negative symptom effects in psychotic prodrome clarified
The contribution of neurocognition and negative symptoms to impaired social and role functioning in patients at clinical high risk of psychosis is important enough to warrant targeting both with therapeutic interventions, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Parents with bipolar disorder feel control by monitoring kids' moods
The majority of parents with bipolar disorder monitor their children's moods, which helps them feel in control of their child's wellbeing, show US study results. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Inflammation and stress combine in bipolar and schizophrenia subtypes
Researchers have found that some individuals with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia have combined stress response and immune dysfunctions. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Community care helps schizophrenia patients in resource-poor settings
Collaborative care delivered by community health workers can improve outcomes among patients with schizophrenia receiving facility-based case in resource-poor settings, shows a study in The Lancet. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Diagnostic errors common among patients with bipolar disorder
Russian study data bolster the existing body of evidence showing that bipolar disorder is often misdiagnosed as depression. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Drug abuse does not always lead to psychosis readmission
Cannabis or stimulant abuse disorders do not necessarily predict a negative outcome for patients with first-episode psychosis, Australian researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cancer contributes to schizophrenia mortality
Study findings confirm the increased risk of death from physical diseases among patients with schizophrenia, and reveal cancer mortality as an issue among middle-aged patients. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
More support for interhemispheric disconnectivity in bipolar disorder
A UK study supports a role for interhemispheric disconnectivity in bipolar disorder, showing reduced corpus callosum area and thickness in patients with the condition. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - March 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
BDNF abnormalities may predict bipolar disorder
Patients with bipolar disorder show abnormalities in the conversion of pro-brain derived neurotrophic factor to the mature form, which may be used to aid diagnosis of the condition. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Elevated homocysteine not gender-specific in schizophrenia
Japanese researchers have demonstrated that both men and women with schizophrenia have significantly higher plasma homocysteine levels than healthy controls. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Advanced paternal age effects extend to several psychiatric disorders
The effect of advanced paternal age at childbearing on the psychiatric morbidity risk of their children extends to several psychiatric disorders and particularly bipolar disorder, findings from a sibling-comparison study show. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Further support for hippocampal volume as psychosis biomarker
Findings from the Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes provide further evidence that reduced hippocampal volume is a consistent feature of schizophrenia. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Residual symptoms linked to poor functioning in euthymic bipolar disorder
Residual symptoms are associated with functional impairment in euthymic individuals with bipolar disorder, a large observational study has shown. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Attitudinal beliefs feed negative schizophrenia symptoms
Dysfunctional attitudes and low self-efficacy are associated with poorer functioning in patients with early schizophrenia, and this relationship is partly mediated by negative symptoms, shows research. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychoeducation reduces internalised stigmatisation in bipolar patients
A psychoeducation program designed to reduce internalised stigmatisation in patients with bipolar disease resulted in a significant decrease in total mean scores on the Internalized Stigmatization Scale of Mental Illness compared with a control group, a Turkish study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - February 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
