Psychiatry

A once-monthly injectable treatment significantly reduces psychiatric hospitalization for schizophrenia compared to daily oral antipsychotics.

A study published in BMJ explains the long-term risks of opioid treatment in the postoperative setting.

What do you crave: food, material possessions, love, attention, sex, sugar, chocolate, drugs, alcohol, praise, or power? For hundreds of thousands of people around the world, the answer is dirt.

Although the first clinical case associating acromegaly with schizophrenia was reported more than 60 years ago, researchers continue to ponder the association between the 2 disorders.

Adopting new best-practice approaches to dementia care would decrease caregiver burden, rule out onerous treatments, and improve the quality of care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease, but the current primary care structure is an obstacle to implementation.

ADHD in childhood is associated with an increased likelihood of obesity and physical inactivity during adolescence, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients have similar interneuron levels, which may provide further clues into the pathology of the mental illnesses, according to research published in the April issue of Schizophrenia Research.

Medication adherence can be improved with increased patient knowledge, according to a study published in Diabetes Care.

While previous research has tied Golgi fragmentation to Alzheimer's disease (AD), an excess of Abeta peptides are behind the mechanism, according to a study published on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' website. The study also provided methods to rescue damaged cells.

Clinical trial data show Topamax (topiramate) safely and effectively reduces the frequency of migraine in adolescents compared to placebo.

Sleep deprivation and sleep disturbances are tied to an early onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the February issue of the Neurobiology of Aging.

The latest US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report estimated one in 68 children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder - an increase of 23% from the 2008 study.

With the skyrocketing demand for cosmetic procedures, are plastic surgeons doing enough to prescreen clients?

Empathy is not an explanation for contagious yawning, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.

While the peak of the opioid epidemic may now have been reached (according to some), we are not out of the woods. Every decision to start or continue opioid therapy must be careful, deliberate, and weigh benefit against risk, while keeping in mind that risk is not constant/static, but dynamic and evolves through time.

Infants with autism who were fed soy-based formula had more seizures than their counterparts fed dairy-based formulas, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.

Patients undergoing two-year gonadotrophin treatment reported significantly improved physical, social, and psychological quality of life scores.

With mounting evidence in support of long-suspected mind-body connections, psychiatrists must consider physical activity as both prevention and treatment.

Quitting smoking is associated with improved mood and reduced depression, anxiety, and stress.

Inconsistencies between ClinicalTrials.gov and medical journals' reporting are raising questions about the editing and disseminating process.

Reading and language skills development are slowed by high levels of metabolites glutamate and choline in the brain, according to a study published in the

As evidenced in brain scans after abstaining from smoking for 24 hours, smokers were likely to show weakened interconnectivity between brain networks, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Since family physicians are more likely to adhere to a patient-centered biopsychosocial model than specialist physicians who treat chronic pain, primary care seems to be the logical "home" for its treatment.

Citing the propensity of being abused, the US Drug Enforcement Agency recommended reclassifying hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) from a schedule III to a schedule II drug.

Osteoarthritis (OA) patients who experienced pain had brain mechanisms similar to fibromyalgia (FM) patients, according to a study published in the European Journal of Neuroscience.

Free birth control does not increase the likelihood of multiple sexual partners or promote risky behavior, according to a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Researchers have identified cannabinoid receptors in the region of the brain that regulates anxiety and the flight-or-fight response.

Atypical development in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder can be detected as early as 12 months old.

About 1% of the Alzheimer's disease population is infected by the genetic form of the illness, but biomarkers in the brain may be able to predict when patients' symptoms begin.

Reducing high-dose opioid therapy does not worsen pain severity, functional ability, or aberrant drug-related behaviors in chronic pain patients when concurrent biopsychosocial services are offered.