Psychiatry

Brain networks of schizophrenia patients are denser than healthy subjects, according to research in JAMA Psychiatry.

Adults who experienced physical or sexual abuse in their lifetime have a higher risk of developing ulcerative colitis (UC).

Study results published in the July-August 2015 issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine suggest a potential association between maternal chemical intolerance and a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in their offspring.

An 8-week online intervention targeting cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social pain determinants appears to improve pain intensity, pain interference, and pain self-efficacy among participants.

Regarding pulmonary and mental health, an emerging study has reported teen marijuana use is not associated to the development of several conditions including depression, psychosis, allergies, headaches, or high blood pressure.

Cardiovascular disease is the most common comorbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the reason behind it may have finally been identified.

Australian research indicates that ultra-brief pulse stimulation is nearly as effective as standard electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for the treatment of severe depression, but with substantially fewer cognitive side effects.

Safe, effective treatments for schizophrenia are well-established in the United States and worldwide, with several second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) approved for use. But earlier schizophrenia studies have shown that several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) – the genetic variations that can underlie differences in susceptibility to disease – are overexpressed in Caucasian patients with schizophrenia but not in their Chinese counterparts, and vice versa.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is challenging to diagnose and treat. As yet, there are no drugs currently licensed for BPD treatment. In fact, guidance from England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that pharmacologic therapy not be used for patients with BPD at all. This is potentially troubling, because those patients typically experience rapid and extreme changes in mood, poor social functioning and have high rates of suicidal behavior.

Self-management for chronic or long-term conditions such as pain, diabetes, asthma, or arthritis is now a common part of long-term care. The same is not true for depression. At least, not yet. As clinicians learn more about depression, it has ceased to be viewed alongside other acute conditions and is now often thought of as chronic or long-term. Research shows that more than half of all people will have at least one further depressive episode after their first.

Inflammation may play an important role in patients with schizophrenia, new research determined, which could lead to improved treatments.

The causes and pathogenesis of schizophrenia are still poorly understood, but new research aimed to find answers by looking at childhood milestones.

A computer model may be able to predict post-traumatic stress disorder on an individual level.

Although a seemingly invisible condition, fibromyalgia (FM) may have an important connection with mental health symptoms.

Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who smoke use it as a distraction from the pain associated with their condition and as a coping mechanism for dealing with the frustrations of living with RA.

Researchers in Brazil recently noted that marijuana use may mitigate some of the more severe psychiatric side effects associated with crack cocaine addiction, potentially making it easier for addicts to stop using the drug.

With funding meant to bolster basic research and help make advances for a variety of conditions the fate of the 21st Century Cure Act is anything but secure even after passage by the US House of Representatives.

Because there are many types of dementia, with many potential underlying causes, diagnosing it properly can be challenging. Two commonly used tests can return negative results for patients who have demonstrated abnormal cognitive test results or unexplained cognitive dysfunction.

Treatment success may be able to be predicted in Alzheimer's disease patients based on gene variant testing.

A recent study published in the British Journal of Dermatology reported a spike in the risk of depression among women afflicted with psoriasis.

Individuals afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), like Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC), are twice as prone to developing generalized anxiety disorder compared to those without IBD.

Studies have shown that major depressive disorder (MDD) has a strong link to genetic factors, and many clinicians and researchers believe the same to be true for obesity.

Study results show that mood, whether positive or negative, may impact the discomfort associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

Psychedelic drugs can reduce negative psychological effects and suicidal thinking, planning, or attempts, according to John Hopkins Medicine researchers.

A clinical trial is evaluating the use of the Kokoro app to deliver a smartphone-based CBT program to patients being treated for depression.

The rapid growth of autism diagnoses in the United States is mostly due to changes in diagnosis patterns, rather than a rapid increase in prevalence, according to a new study.

A study evaluating glycemic response following insulin initiation for type 2 diabetes mellitus found that patients with higher depression parameters or distress at baseline had significantly higher rates of microvascular complications at baseline and higher HbA1c levels.

Patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis frequently have comorbidities such as depression, asthma, cardiovascular events (including myocardial infarction and stroke), solid malignancies, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, among others.

The "thinking problems" frequently experienced by patients with schizophrenia may be due to abnormal brain rhythms, according to research from UC San Francisco.

Pain is prevalent in 63% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a recent study, and psychosocial factors may be key contributors to the severity of that pain.