‘Distinct’ bipolar pathways revealed
A genetic analysis reported in Nature suggests two mechanisms that could lead to bipolar disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychosis prediction model could facilitate early intervention
A integrated model has shown “outstanding” ability to predict the transition to psychosis in clinically high-risk patients, report investigators in Schizophrenia Bulletin. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Multifactorial approach needed for early bipolar detection
At-risk states for bipolar disorder require a multifaceted approach to be identified and appropriately treated, according to preliminary results from the Dresden High-Risk Project. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Autoimmune link to schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia have an increased risk for developing autoimmune diseases, especially if they contract an infection, shows a registry-based study. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Postpartum diagnostic switches likely in depressed women
Women with major depression should be monitored for emerging symptoms of hypomania during the postpartum period, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Specific antibody patterns predict schizophrenia risk
The presence of antibodies to multiple foods and infectious agents is a risk marker for new-onset schizophrenia, a case-control study suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Gender differences in involuntary schizophrenia inpatients
The clinical characteristics of men and women who are involuntarily hospitalized for schizophrenia treatment differ from each other, leading to different management approaches, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Prompt intervention helps young bipolar patients at discharge
Young adults early in the course of bipolar disorder benefit at least as much as older patients from early intervention after hospital discharge, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obesity may aggravate bipolar neuropathology
Being overweight may result in increased white matter loss in key brain regions in patients with bipolar disorder, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizophrenic hippocampal abnormalities blamed on glutamate
Elevated glutamate levels correlate with reduced tissue volume in the hippocampus of patients with schizophrenia, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Manic episodes worsen clinical insight
Patients with bipolar disorder are more likely to have impaired clinical insight after, rather than before, manic exacerbations, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cardiometabolic risk high for schizophrenia patients
The risk for abdominal obesity may be increased as much as fourfold for patients with multi-episode schizophrenia compared with the rest of the population, reveal findings from a meta-analysis. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychotic symptoms alone denote medical health risk
People with symptoms of psychosis have an increased rate of medical comorbidities and unhealthy lifestyle habits even if they do not have a psychiatric diagnosis, shows a worldwide study. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mixed state impedes remission in bipolar depression
Researchers highlight the importance of identifying sub-syndromal manic symptoms in patients experiencing an episode of bipolar depression after finding these less prominent symptoms lengthen the time to remission. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar risk markers identified in depressed ADHD children
Researchers have identified risk markers for bipolar I disorder conversion in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and major depressive disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
