The HCPLive Psychiatry condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and insights on mental illnesses. This page consists of interviews, articles, podcasts, and videos on the research, treatment and development of therapies for depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and more.
October 3rd 2024
A study reveals that individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders experience high rates of comorbid mental health conditions and receive minimally adequate treatment.
September 26th 2024
September 20th 2024
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What are the Obama Administration’s Plans for Healthcare?
February 18th 2009Reforming healthcare often took center stage during the presidential campaign. Having won the election, President Obama continues to tout healthcare reform as one of the top issues he wants addressed his first year in office.
SAMHSA Offers New Series of Informational Kits to Promote Evidenced-based Mental Health Practices
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced last week the offering of a new Assertive Community Treatment Knowledge Informing Transformation packet.
MRI Shows Lack of Grey Matter Linked to Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Using MRI to detect changes in adolescents� brain structure, scientists found lower levels of grey matter in the brains of those who were experiencing a first psychosis outbreak, compared with healthy counterparts.
fMRI Finds that Expectant Brains Predict Response to Anxiety Treatment
Researchers report that high levels of activity in the amygdala "reflect patients' hypersensitivity to anticipation of adverse events," while high activity in the anterior cingulated cortex is associated with "a positive clinical response to a common antidepressant medication."
Functional MRI Shows Stress Affects Brain’s Memory Processing
With the help of functional MRI (fMRI), Italian researchers at the University of Udine have found that in patients who suffer from stress-related psychiatric disorders, the neural circuitry that links the prefrontal cortex to the hippocampus is dysfunctional, hampering memory suppression.
PDAs Aid Communication with Borderline Personality Disorder Patients
When used as electronic diaries for recording and analyzing mood variability in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), personal digital assistants (PDAs), or handhelds, help bridge a gap in communication between therapists and patients, according to the results of a recent University of Missouri study.
Deep Brain Stimulation Improves with the Latest Technology
Although deep brain stimulation (DBS) is typically used as a last resort treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease (and other neurological and psychiatric disorders), it is important that technology and research companies remain up to date on recent developments to make it easier to treat patients with these diseases.
Pain is Linked to Suicidal Thoughts
November 24th 2008Study results published in the most recent issue of General Hospital Psychiatry indicate that "patients with chronic pain are more prone than others are to consider suicide. The increased risk remained even when study authors took the possible influence of mental illness into account."
Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Antipsychotics
November 21st 2008Certain antipsychotics, particularly olanzapine and quetiapine, are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), whereas others—like perphenazine, risperidone and ziprasidone—lead to a decreased risk of CHD, results of a new study in the Journal of Schizophrenia Research show.
Sleepless Children at Risk for Becoming Overweight
Most parents will tell you that their child/children have had at least one sleep-related problem from the time they are born to about six years old. It’s a common occurrence, with the most frequent issues being night terrors, bed wetting, and grinding teeth.
Depressed African-Americans at Greater Risk of Death Following MI
November 16th 2008African-American patients hospitalized for myocardial infarction (MI) with a history of depression who are considered depressed at the time of the MI are at an increased risk for death afterward, new research has found.