Bipolar disorder treatment nonadherence ‘needs more attention’
More than half of patients with bipolar disorder fail to take their medication as prescribed, a study of Finnish inpatients and outpatients has found. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Teenage bereavement linked to asthma hospitalization risk
Research shows that children who experience bereavement during late adolescence are at increased risk for asthma hospitalizations. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cerebral basis for positive psychosis symptoms pinpointed
Altered activation in the secondary somatosensory cortex during sensorimotor experiences may underlie the flawed judgments resulting in positive schizophrenia symptoms, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Postpartum psychiatric risk varies with birth order
The elevated postpartum risk for a first-time psychiatric episode, particularly of bipolar disorder, is most marked after a first delivery, shows a population-based study. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Older age key to suicide risk in Asian patients with early psychosis
Suicide risk among patients with first-episode psychosis appears to be greatest for older individuals with severe symptoms that have gone untreated for a long time, Asian study findings indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Men’s cognitive advantage maintained in early bipolar disorder
Patients in the early stages of bipolar disorder show the same gender differences in cognitive functioning as mentally healthy individuals, findings from the STOP-EM trial show. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Gray matter changes reflect psychosis burden
Changes in gray matter volume may be associated with psychosis burden rather than clinical diagnosis, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Switching focus underlies attention problems in schizophrenia
Impaired attention in patients with schizophrenia is related to difficulties in switching the focus of attention rather than in maintaining attention, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
White matter integrity supports heritability of bipolar disorder
Researchers have detected widespread white matter integrity reductions in patients with bipolar disorder, which extend to their unaffected siblings. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obesity, bipolarity may have common mechanisms
The presence of obesity in patients with major depression could be a sign of underlying bipolarity, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Novel approach confirms dysfunctional energy production in schizophrenia
A method of directly assessing creatine kinase in the brain provides “direct and compelling” evidence for abnormal bioenergetics in the brains of patients with schizophrenia, say the study authors. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Insomnia hurts job performance of depressed patients
Sleep disturbances in patients with current depressive or anxiety disorders are associated with poor work performance and absenteeism, a subanalysis of the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mood disorder subtypes remain in the family
Psychosis, mania, and depression are unlikely to have shared hereditary causes, report researchers in Molecular Psychiatry. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
COPD linked to mild cognitive impairment risk
Research shows that elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are nearly twice as likely as those without to have mild cognitive impairment. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Adherence to suicide risk assessment urged for schizophrenia patients
Many patients with schizophrenia who attempt suicide after hospital discharge missed out on a pre-discharge suicide risk assessment, shows a study from Denmark.
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Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
