Substance use and self-poisoning in schizophrenia: 11-year findings from a national clinical survey of suicide in mental health patients in England - Mulligan LD, Bojani ć L, Hunt IM, Baird A, Turnbull P, Kapur N, Appleby L, Shaw J.
Suicide is the leading cause of unnatural death among people with schizophrenia. Substance use is a highly prevalent comorbid feature of schizophrenia and a modifiable risk factor for suicide. However, no studies have examined changes in the frequency of s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
MEG reveals how the brain processes face-like images
A brain imaging technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG) has identified a neural network that plays a key role in face pareidolia – a tendency to see faces in nonface images, according to neuroscientists in Germany.
The finding provides a framework for further research in patients with mental and neurological conditions, such as autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s disease, noted study lead Marina Pavlova, PhD, of Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.
“Gaining knowledge about the specific patterns of possible alterations in brain communication in these patient populations will provide un...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: MRI Advanced Visualization Source Type: news
French-led team unveils 11.7 tesla MRI scans of human brain
A research group based in Saclay, near Paris, has taken the wraps off what it claims are the world's first MRI scans of the human brain in vivo taken at a field strength of 11.7 tesla. President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated the researchers on social media.
"The first images surpassed our expectations, giving after just four minutes, mind-blowing brain images without any artifacts, with superb tissue contrast and resolution, which represents a volume equivalent to a few thousand neurons," Denis Le Bihan, PhD, founding director of the NeuroSpin research facility and founder of Iseult Project of the French Alternative E...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Philip Ward Tags: MRI Source Type: news
Fanapt OK'd for Bipolar; First Depression App Cleared; Keto Diet for Schizophrenia
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved iloperidone (Fanapt) for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes in adults with bipolar I disorder, said maker Vanda Pharmaceuticals. The agent was first approved in 2009 for schizophrenia.
In other regulatory... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - April 4, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Could the Keto Diet Help Ease Psychiatric Conditions?
TUESDAY, April 2, 2024 -- Patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder tend to see their conditions ease after four months on the ketogenic ( " keto " ) diet, a small pilot study finds. While no one is saying the diet should replace standard... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
FDA Approves Risvan (risperidone) for the Treatment of Schizophrenia
Madrid– 2 April, 2024– Today, Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Rovi, S.A. (“ROVI” or the“Company”) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the marketing of Risvan®... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - April 2, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Association between cytokines and suicidality in patients with psychosis: a multicentre longitudinal analysis - Hoprekstad GE, Skrede S, Bartz-Johannessen C, Joa I, Reitan SK, Steen VM, Torsvik A, Johnsen E, Kroken RA, Rettenbacher M.
Suicide is a common cause of death in all phases of schizophrenia spectrum disorder, particularly in the youngest patients. Clinical measures have demonstrated limited value in suicide prediction, spurring the search for potential biomarkers. The causes of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Insomnia and aggression in stable schizophrenic patients: the mediating role of quality of life - Zhou R, Ye M, Ouyang X, Zhang SF, Zheng SY, Wang R, Cao P, Yang K, Zhou X.
This study aimed to explore the potential mediating role... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
MRI reveals effects of risk factors on vulnerable brain regions
MRI shows the effects particular risk factors such as diabetes, air pollution, and frequency of alcohol use have on "higher-order" brain regions located in the cerebral cortex, researchers have found.
A team led by Jordi Manuello, PhD, of the University of Oxford in the U.K. reported that these risk factors further increase an individual's vulnerability to conditions such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. The group's findings were published March 27 in Nature Communications.
"[Our] results provide a comprehensive picture of the role played by genetic and modifiable risk factors on these fragile parts of the brain...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Medication non-adherence and self-inflicted violence behaviors among 185,800 patients with schizophrenia in the community: a 12-year cohort study - Zuo C, Yang X, Wu X, Fan R, Liu J, Xiang H, Li Y, Zhao X, Liu X, Liu Y.
BACKGROUND: Despite the importance of medication adherence in treatment effectiveness, little is known about the association between medication non-adherence and self-inflicted violence behaviors. We aimed to assess whether medication non-adherence increas... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
When do drugs trigger criminal behavior? A machine learning analysis of offenders and non-offenders with schizophrenia and comorbid substance use disorder - Bender EM, Machetanz L, von K änel R, Euler S, Kirchebner J, Günther MP.
The objective of this study is to explore the most distinguishing factors between offending and non-offending... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Suicide among healthcare workers: risk factors, prevention, and challenges - Qattan Y, Almarzooq H, Khoj R, Alzahrani A, Alotibi B, Areeshi W, Albakestani M, Alrohaili A, Alantar A, Alsughayir A, Alhumoud Z.
Mental health disorders, contributing considerably to the global disease burden, have seen a marked increase due to urbanization, economic challenges, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These disorders, encompassing a spectrum from anxiety to schizophrenia, signif... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Rare Condition Makes Others' Faces Appear'Demonic '
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 -- Some people diagnosed with schizophrenia might instead be suffering from a rare visual condition that can cause other people ’s faces to appear “demonic,” a new study argues.The condition, called prosopometamorphopsia... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
TMS Promising for Psychomotor Slowing in Schizophrenia TMS Promising for Psychomotor Slowing in Schizophrenia
Inhibitory repetitive TMS was associated with significant improvement in psychomotor slowing in schizophrenia, a new study suggested.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
EXPRESS: The relationship of the methylation status and polymorphism of glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) with attempted suicide or non-suicidal self-injury patients in schizophrenia - Oyaci Y, Yildirim YE, Aytac HM, Pehlivan S, Cetinay Aydin P.
We aim to investigate the methylation of NR3C1 gene promotor and NR3C1 BclI polymorphism in schizophrenia (SCZ) patients with attempted suicide or non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). A sample of 112 patients with SCZ were included in the study. SCID-I was use... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
