Care for social isolation and loneliness in a case with late-onset delusional disorder - Kanemoto H, Kawasaki T.
Late-onset psychosis refers to the development of psychotic symptoms after the age of 40 and can encompass various conditions like schizophrenia, mood disorders with psychotic features, and delusional disorder. Non-pharmacological interventions are critica... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Physical Ills Often Plague People With Schizophrenia, Bipolar
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 -- Severe mental illness can contribute to a decline in a person ’s physical health, with many chronic conditions slowly eroding their wellness, a new review finds.People with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are more than... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Prevalence of multimorbidity in people with and without severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Halstead S, Cao C, H øgnason Mohr G, Ebdrup BH, Pillinger T, McCutcheon RA, Firth J, Siskind D, Warren N.
BACKGROUND: People with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia-spectrum disorder and bipolar disorder, face poorer health outcomes from multiple chronic illnesses. Physical multimorbidity, the coexistence of two or more chronic physical conditions, a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Traumatic brain injury and risk of schizophrenia and other non-mood psychotic disorders: findings from a large inpatient database in the United States - Trivedi C, Reddy P, Rizvi A, Husain K, Brown K, Mansuri Z, Nabi M, Jain S.
BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is linked with an increased risk of schizophrenia and other non-mood psychotic disorders (psychotic disorders), but the prevalence and contributing factors of these psychiatric conditions post-TBI remain unclear. Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Brain structural alterations associated with impulsiveness in male violent patients with schizophrenia - Lu J, Gou N, Sun Q, Huang Y, Guo H, Han D, Zhou J, Wang X.
BACKGROUND: Violence in schizophrenia (SCZ) is a phenomenon associated with neurobiological factors. However, the neural mechanisms of violence in patients with SCZ are not yet sufficiently understood. Thus, this study aimed to explore the structural chang... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Assessing past suicidal behaviour in schizophrenia spectrum disorders using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation: Analysis across the life-span - Al-Chalabi N, Nader G, Gerretsen P, Fischer C, Graff A, Borlido C, Remington G, De Luca V.
This study sought to compare the accuracy of the C-SSRS and the BSS in reporting past suicide attempts in s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Impact of awareness of symptoms on risk in suicidality in schizophrenia patients - Pan Y.
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder which might become more serious if patients recognize their symptoms that would lead to suicidal attempts. In this work, cognitive functions and comorbidity are discussed while analyzing factors contributing to in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Early Evidence Supports Ketogenic Diet for Mental Illness Early Evidence Supports Ketogenic Diet for Mental Illness
A pilot study suggests the ketogenic diet may ease symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and reduce weight gain associated with metabolic syndrome.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Study suggests parasite in bad meat affects memory and learning YEARS after you're sickened
One type of parasitic food poisoning has been linked to dementia, schizophrenia and decreased intelligence. A new study from Prague adds to the evidence. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA pauses Watertown biotech ’s schizophrenia trial
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a clinical hold on a Watertown biotech ’s schizophrenia drug trial after new pre-clinical data showed convulsions in rabbits. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news
Probiotic, Vitamin D Supplementation Tied to Benefits With Schizophrenia
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 -- Supplementation with probiotics and vitamin D may have beneficial effects on cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia, according to a study published online April 10 in Neuropsychopharmacology Reports.
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Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Your brain on genetics
There ’s nothing like seeing new perspectives through the study of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases.Dr. Daniel Geschwind— without getting too philosophical, he promises — is ready to explain why.Geschwind, the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry at UCLA, has been a pioneering neurogeneticist for more than 25 years, during which time a genomics revolution has allowed research, much of which has come out of UCLA, to show that psychiatric disorders have pathology that ties t hem together.In the last 10 years, hundreds of genes that increase s...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Clozapine Underutilized in Black Patients With Schizophrenia Clozapine Underutilized in Black Patients With Schizophrenia
Black patients with schizophrenia are significantly less likely than White patients to be prescribed clozapine, new data showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Probiotic-Vitamin D Combo May Up Cognition in Schizophrenia Probiotic-Vitamin D Combo May Up Cognition in Schizophrenia
Combining probiotics and vitamin D was associated with improved cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia enrolled in a double-blind randomized controlled trial.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Machine Learning for prediction of violent behaviors in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review - Parsaei M, Arvin A, Taebi M, Seyedmirzaei H, Cattarinussi G, Sambataro F, Pigoni A, Brambilla P, Delvecchio G.
BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) can be associated with an increased risk of violent behavior (VB), which can harm patients, others, and properties. Prediction of VB could help reduce the SSD burden on patients and healthcare systems. Som... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
