Children of parents with BD are at greater risk of developing psychiatric...
Bipolar disorder (BD) is among the 10 most burdensome medical conditions, according to the World Health Organization. The disorder is known for its dramatic highs of extreme euphoria, racing thoughts...
View ArticleAdolescents seek care from family doctors after visiting school psychologist
After initially visiting a school psychologist, adolescents in the United States with a mental disorder often go to seek care from their pediatricians or family doctors.
View ArticleViewpoints: VA fix comes with big pricetag; safety outside abortion clinics;...
As an example of how the normally sclerotic Congress can act extremely quickly when properly motivated, both chambers passed bills this week to ameliorate the Veterans Affairs health services scandal.
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine receives NIH grant to establish...
The University of Maryland School of Medicine's Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, a research center in the School's Department of Psychiatry, was awarded a $10.7 million grant from the National...
View ArticleInsight has ‘trait-like properties’ in psychosis
Poor insight persists in many patients after their first episode of psychosis and is predicted by insight at baseline, report researchers.
View ArticleSchizophrenia-linked genetic variations and the developing brain: an...
How much is currently known about what happens in the developing brain that puts people at risk of schizophrenia?
View ArticleStudy sheds new light on sleep drunkenness disorder
A study is shining new light on a sleep disorder called "sleep drunkenness". The disorder may be as prevalent as affecting one in every seven people. The research is published in the August 26, 2014,...
View ArticleStages of symptoms in schizophrenia: an interview with Dr. Mark Opler, ProPhase
I think there's a perception that schizophrenia is principally a disorder that involves hallucinations such as hearing voices, seeing things and believing things that aren't real. These are indeed part...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins scientists identify genetic marker associated with development...
A group of researchers led by Johns Hopkins scientists say they have identified a genetic marker that may be associated with the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), whose causes and...
View ArticleNew international consortium to advance GPCR research for drug development
The generation of high-resolution pictures of hundreds of medically important proteins known as G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) will be the goal of an ambitious new international partnership....
View ArticleMortality gap persists for elderly men with severe mental disorders
The excess mortality experienced by men with severe mental disorders, compared with their mentally healthy peers, does not decrease with age, Australian research shows.
View ArticleLow subjective social status linked to mental disorder risk
Researchers report an inverse association between people’s subjective social status (SSS) and the likelihood of them having a psychiatric disorder.
View ArticleADHD information on social media: an interview with Gemma Ryan
It came about through the implementation of another ADHD project called One Stop Shop, which is a collaborative project with Leicestershire Partnership NHS trust (LPT) and ADHD Solutions, a charitable...
View ArticlePeople with first-episode psychosis may benefit from medication treatment...
Many patients with first-episode psychosis receive medications that do not comply with recommended guidelines for first-episode treatment, researchers have found. Current guidelines emphasize low doses...
View ArticlePrimary care can help tackle mental health care disparities among ethnic...
Primary care that includes mental health screenings and treatments that take into account a patient's language and cultural background can help address mental health care disparities among ethnic...
View ArticleReclassification of PTSD diagnosis potentially excludes soldiers diagnosed...
A new head-to-head comparison of screening questionnaires for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, shows a worrying discordance between the previous version...
View ArticleNew UCLA study sheds light on why some people develop PTSD
Why do some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA discovery may shed light on the answer.
View ArticleEvery third teenager reports one mental disorder, one chronic physical disease
Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease. These co-occurrences come in specific associations: More often than average, depression occurs together with...
View ArticleBroader use of psychological testing may improve process for social security...
Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the U.S. Social Security Administration should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability...
View ArticleNew scanning methods could help predict people vulnerable to schizophrenia
New scanning methods which map the wiring of the brain could provide a valuable new tool to predict people at risk of schizophrenia, according to a new study.
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