Brain aging extends beyond schizophrenia
Accelerated brain aging may be a common feature of psychiatric disorders, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 29, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychosis prediction model could facilitate early intervention
A integrated model has shown “outstanding” ability to predict the transition to psychosis in clinically high-risk patients, report investigators in Schizophrenia Bulletin. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Autoimmune link to schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia have an increased risk for developing autoimmune diseases, especially if they contract an infection, shows a registry-based study. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Specific antibody patterns predict schizophrenia risk
The presence of antibodies to multiple foods and infectious agents is a risk marker for new-onset schizophrenia, a case-control study suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Gender differences in involuntary schizophrenia inpatients
The clinical characteristics of men and women who are involuntarily hospitalized for schizophrenia treatment differ from each other, leading to different management approaches, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizophrenic hippocampal abnormalities blamed on glutamate
Elevated glutamate levels correlate with reduced tissue volume in the hippocampus of patients with schizophrenia, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cardiometabolic risk high for schizophrenia patients
The risk for abdominal obesity may be increased as much as fourfold for patients with multi-episode schizophrenia compared with the rest of the population, reveal findings from a meta-analysis. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychotic symptoms alone denote medical health risk
People with symptoms of psychosis have an increased rate of medical comorbidities and unhealthy lifestyle habits even if they do not have a psychiatric diagnosis, shows a worldwide study. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
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 - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 15, 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 - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - 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 - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - 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 - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 9, 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 - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 8, 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 - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - 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 - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
