Mental Health
News
Experts propose new definition and recommendations for Alzheimer’s-like disorder
Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) has been coined as a new term to raise awareness and spur research into this recently...
Conference Coverage
More data point to potency of genes in development of psychosis
ORLANDO – A genetic profile that’s considered risky for psychosis matters more for patients who come from an environmental background that is...
Opinion
Bipolar disorder during pregnancy: Lessons learned
Sustaining euthymia is perhaps the single most critical principle in managing bipolar women during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Article
Does your patient have postpartum OCD?
This article includes effective methods to help identify OCD in postpartum women, and suggests how to implement an individualized treatment...
Conference Coverage
Early childhood infections tied to psychosis risk
ORLANDO – Researchers examining data from 647,000 people in Sweden found that infections before the age of 4 are linked to the risk of...
News
Perceived Physical Functioning Predicts Mortality
It seems to be self-evident that how you feel about your health affects your health, but what affects those feelings?
News
Which Comes First: The Mood Disorder or the Inflammation?
In a classic “chicken or the egg” scenario, researchers examined the connection of cardiovascular inflammation and mood disorders in which comes...
Conference Coverage
Smartphone interventions benefit schizophrenia patients
ORLANDO - "Do they own phones? Do they use phones? Absolutely, they do."
News
TMS is associated with improved recollection in older adults
Behavioral and neural correlates of recollection changed after five sessions of hippocampal-cortical network stimulation, but recognition was...
News
Text messaging may help patients with schizophrenia
Improving medication adherence in resource-poor areas can prove difficult, but recruiting lay health support and using mobile health can help.