Biotypes outperform symptoms in parsing psychosis subgroups
Three biomarker-based categories, called biotypes, outperformed traditional diagnoses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis, in sorting psychosis cases into distinct subgroups on...
View ArticleThe term “the mentally ill” should not be used: Ohio State study
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Even subtle differences in how you refer to people with mental illness can affect levels of tolerance, a new study has found. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers...
View ArticleRepeated traumatic experiences throughout infancy multiplies by 7 the risk of...
50 pairs of siblings (one of them suffered psychosis while the other didn’t) participated in this research, published in the renowned Journal of Psychiatric Research magazine A research carried out...
View ArticleExercise helps young people with psychosis symptoms, study shows
An exercise programme devised by researchers at the University of Manchester has dramatically reduced symptoms among young people with first-episode psychosis. The long-term prospects for young people...
View ArticleLengthy ER visits for psychiatric patients often result in transfer, not...
PHILADELPHIA — Cutbacks in capacity at state and county mental hospitals have forced more and more psychiatric patients to seek treatment in Emergency Rooms. But a new study led by the Perelman School...
View ArticlePostpartum Psychosis Big Risk for Mothers with Bipolar Disorder
CHICAGO — Pregnant women with bipolar disorder and their families and physicians should be aware of a significantly higher risk for developing postpartum psychosis, according to a new Northwestern...
View ArticlePsychosis prediction, intervention getting better
Newswise — Mental health researchers have made a promising breakthrough in the early detection of the risk of psychosis, with the eventual hope that patients could be given appropriate treatments...
View ArticleNeurocognitive deficits may be a red flag for psychosis
BOSTON – While schizophrenia is best known for episodes of psychosis – a break with reality during which an individual may experience delusions and hallucinations – it is also marked by chronic...
View ArticleStress vaccine in development at Columbia
As far back as 1936, scientists noted the connection between stress and ulcers, high blood pressure, allergic reactions, and other maladies. Analyzing the lives of children born to mothers who were...
View ArticleHelp Change the Direction of Mental Health
By: Paolo del Vecchio, M.S.W., Director, SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services and Marla Hendriksson, M.P.M., Director, SAMHSA Office of Communications Mental health does not discriminate, whether...
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