Tag: Schizophrenia
Late Teen Emotional Stability Inversely Tied to Mental Illness
With unique U-shaped association seen for bipolar disorder and social maturity
Patients With Schizophrenia More Susceptible to Infections
Schizophrenia patients 63 percent more likely to suffer serious infection than the general population
Blood Test Promising for ID of Early Depression, Schizophrenia
NMDA receptor signaling increased in patients with depression, reduced in those with schizophrenia
Gestational Weight Gain Linked to Psychosis Risk in Children
Insufficient weight gain linked to increased risk for schizophrenia in offspring later in life
Exenatide Does Not Promote Weight Loss in Schizophrenia
No significant difference in weight loss for obese patients treated with exenatide, placebo
Antipsychotic Polypharmacy Has Prevalence of 12 Percent
Diagnosis of schizophrenia, length of stay of 90 days or more are strongest predictors of polypharmacy
Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Schizophrenia Risk for Child
Findings based on analysis of maternal levels of cotinine
Clozapine Benefits Those With Tx-Resistant Schizophrenia
Clozapine already approved for use after other antipsychotics don't work
FDA OKs Long-Acting Atypical Antipsychotic for Schizophrenia
Aristada (aripiprazole lauroxil) is injected every four-to-six weeks
fMRI May Take Guesswork Out of Schizophrenia Rx
Personalized approach could eliminate trial-and-error, hasten critical time to treatment
