Objective sleep measures fail to predict depression
Poor self-reported sleep quality, but not objectively measured sleep quality, predicts future depression in older men, indicates a large, follow-up study. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychologic model highlights bipolar subtypes
Studying the Behavioral Activation System in patients with bipolar disorder reveals important differences between the bipolar I and II disorder subtypes, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Tasks identify cognitive deficit targets in schizophrenia
Researchers have identified three measures of neurocognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia that stand up to repeated assessment, making them suitable for intervention studies. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Pediatric mania rarely persists
Most children with symptoms of mania improve rapidly and are unlikely to be diagnosed with a bipolar spectrum disorder, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive outweighs clinical insight for predicting psychosis outcome
Cognitive insight, rather than clinical insight, may be a useful prognostic indicator of future psychopathology in patients experiencing their first psychotic episode, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - July 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
