Cash rewards encourage antipsychotic injection adherence
Offering “modest” financial incentives to patients receiving maintenance antipsychotic treatment by depot injection can encourage them to adhere to the regimen, shows a randomized trial. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
DSM-IV insufficient for bipolar disorder diagnosis
Research findings support concerns that the text revision of the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is too restrictive for diagnosing bipolar disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Kraepelin distinctions back in favor
Modern statistical methods support Kraepelin’s original distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but not the more recent schizoaffective disorder category, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Antisocial path to violence in psychosis
People are at particular risk for violent behavior during a first episode of psychosis if they have displayed antisocial behavior since childhood, show findings from the UK National EDEN Study. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring
A case–control study suggests that people have an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder if their mothers smoked during pregnancy. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Self-management toolkit helps relatives of people with new-onset psychosis
Findings from a recent real-world clinical study indicate that relatives of people with recent-onset psychosis benefit from supported self-management interventions to help with outcomes such as distress and negative feelings around caregiving. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
High bipolar medication adherence not elusive
Researchers have found “remarkably” high medication adherence rates among patients with bipolar disorder participating in a comparative effectiveness trial. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar disorder ‘distinct’ from borderline personality disorder
Researchers say that there are clear clinical differences between depressed patients with bipolar II disorder and those with borderline personality disorder, which supports the two being treated as distinct conditions. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
‘Targeted’ motivational interviewing may improve antipsychotic adherence
Motivational interviewing may help specific subgroups of patients with schizophrenia to adhere to their antipsychotic medication, a study suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Alcohol use disorders prevalent in bipolar disorder patients
Alcohol use disorders have a high rate of comorbidity with bipolar disorder in both men and women, according to findings from a recent systematic meta-analysis of both epidemiologic and clinical studies. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Altered brain activity shores up memory in at-risk psychosis patients
Patients at ultra-high risk for psychosis have altered brain activation during working memory tasks, despite equivalent performance to that of mentally healthy people, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Comorbid anxiety warns of bipolar psychotherapy need
Comorbid anxiety may flag those patients with bipolar depression who are in particular need of intensive psychotherapy, suggest findings from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Parkinsonism predicts schizophrenia cognitive course
Parkinsonism is common in patients with first-episode psychosis and is predictive of cognitive impairment, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Adolescent psychotic experiences lack uniformity
Psychotic experiences in adolescence appear to be quite distinct and vary widely from individual to individual, study findings indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Affective dimensions aid bipolar disorder diagnosis
Measuring affective dimensions can help clinicians diagnose bipolar disorder in patients with first-episode psychosis, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
