Emotion regulation deficits characterize bipolar and MDD patients
Patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder have increased use of maladaptive and decreased use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
More evidence for glutamate dysregulation in schizophrenia
Levels of glutamine, but not glutamate, are elevated in the dorsal anterior cingulate of patients with established schizophrenia, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Distinct developmental trajectories for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Early diagnoses given to patients with a final diagnosis of bipolar disorder are markedly different from those given to patients with schizophrenia, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cortical thickness changes may contribute to early schizophrenia
Altered cortical thickness is related to the severity of positive symptoms in patients with first-episode schizophrenia, but not to the duration of untreated illness, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cardiovascular conditions may be overlooked in bipolar disorder
Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Early psychoeducation helps schizophrenia carers cope
Psychoeducation should be routinely offered to family members of schizophrenia patients as early as possible following diagnosis, findings from a mixed-method systematic review indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Attenuated psychosis syndrome shows clinical significance
The community prevalence of attenuated psychosis syndrome is sufficient to make it a valid addition to the DSM-5, but only with revisions to the current criteria, findings from the BEAR Study show. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar screening tools not tailored to young people
Current screening tools for bipolar disorder are poorly validated in the age group most at risk for developing the condition, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Long follow-up needed after acute or transient psychotic disorder diagnosis
The validity of the International Classification of Diseases-10 category of acute and transient psychotic disorders is debatable, say researchers who found that around half of patients moved to a different category within a few years. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Support for DSM-5 mixed features specifier
Study findings uphold the value of the DSM-5 mixed features specifier of at least three depressive symptoms during a manic episode for diagnosing and classifying patients with mixed mania. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Substance use ‘dramatically’ high in severe psychosis
Patients with severe psychotic disorders have a risk for smoking, heavy alcohol use, and other drug use that “far exceeds” that documented in patients with mild mental illness, shows a large study. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Aggression treatment needed for patients with bipolar disorder
Patients with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for aggression, particularly when acutely ill, show results from a longitudinal study. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Sleep duration predicts chronic depression and anxiety
Short and long sleep duration, but not insomnia, predict a chronic course of depressive and anxiety disorders independent of symptom severity, research indicates. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
‘First-line’ role for sleep deprivation in suicidal bipolar patients
Chronotherapy, involving total sleep deprivation and light therapy, brings about a rapid reduction in suicidality among patients with bipolar disorder experiencing a phase of major depression. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Negative symptoms and cognition ‘relatively independent’ in schizophrenia
Diminished expression, a core negative symptom in people with schizophrenia, is significantly correlated with an array of cognitive functions, research by a Hong Kong team shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
