Phenotypic overlap across schizophrenia spectrum
The Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes consortium has found “scant” evidence that phenotypes cluster around the traditional schizophrenia-spectrum diagnoses. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Online resource supports bipolar caregivers
A website providing supportive information has proved popular with caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Diabetes worsens schizophrenia cognitive impairment
Diabetes exacerbates cognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia, particularly in immediate memory and attention, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Clinical antecedents predict first-episode bipolar I type
Researchers have identified psychopathologic phenomena and interventions that may predict initial major psychotic episode type in patients who later present with bipolar I disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mode of onset prognostic in schizophrenia
The speed at which psychosis symptoms develop may be an important determinant of how long patients remain untreated, and their long-term outcomes, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
CSF marker hints at bipolar pathogenesis
Levels of the cerebrospinal fluid marker secretogranin II are reduced in patients with bipolar I disorder, show study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Social cognition link to positive psychotic symptoms
Impaired social cognition in young people is a marker of psychotic, rather than affective, conditions and is specific to positive symptoms, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Neurocognitive measures predict psychosis transition
Working memory and visual learning performance may be useful for predicting which individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis will transition to full psychosis, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Suicidality in pediatric bipolar disorder ‘needs urgent attention’
Suicidality in children with bipolar disorder is common but underinvestigated, suggest meta-analysis findings. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Manic episodes have lasting consequences
Having a history of manic episodes is associated with an increased risk for death later in life, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Antipsychotics may counteract brain dysfunction
Susceptibility to psychosis is associated with impaired brain connectivity in regions involved with working memory, say researchers who found that antipsychotic treatment prevented this effect. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Bipolar course sequence helps guide treatment decisions
Clinicians should look at both initial illness types and course-sequence types when treating patients with bipolar disorder, study findings indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Scrutiny of schizophrenia end-of-life care needed
A population-based study shows that patients with schizophrenia are more likely to die in a nursing home than mentally healthy individuals, raising questions about the adequacy of palliative care they receive in this setting. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Autistic comorbidities take toll in pediatric bipolar disorder
Autistic spectrum disorders may be present in nearly a third of children with bipolar I disorder, further impairing their social functioning, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Stopping antipsychotic drugs early has long-term pay-off
Patients with first-episode psychosis are much more likely to achieve functional recovery in the long term if they reduce or discontinue antipsychotic drugs soon after symptomatic remission, rather than staying on maintenance treatment, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
