
What can philosophy learn from madness?
What can philosophy learn from madness?
In addressing mood disorders associated with infertility, sometimes the cure may be worse than the disease.
Antipsychotic medications for young children are not being prescribed appropriately, according to a recent study.
Patients with difficult conditions such as delusional parasitosis tend to resist the notion that a psychiatric problem underlies their symptoms.
Marijuana-related problems fall well within the scope of psychiatric practice: many patients use marijuana, which is likely to affect their psychiatric symptoms and response to treatment.
Which patients are at greatest risk for premature death following discharge?
The Psychiatric Transition Program at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego is a specialized first-episode psychosis program that provides coordinated specialty care to active-duty service members with serious mental illness.
Are antipsychotics associated with an increased risk of breast cancer?
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The year 2016 marks a critical time in our understanding of and approaches to treating schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
What an exciting time to be involved in understanding and providing care for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders!
Culture-the way people make meaning and live their lives in particular social worlds-matters in psychosis. The authors explore how a patient's cultural background should influence the way clinicians think about treatment and care.
A review of the distinction between depressive and psychotic symptom domains, current knowledge about the etiology and neurobiology of depression and psychosis, and how this knowledge can inform the treatment of patients with features of both.
What should you do when patients with preexisting psychosis express an interest in lengthy travel?
What is the risk of symptom recurrence after antipsychotic discontinuation in first-episode psychosis?
Did this woman have (untreated) postpartum psychosis when she became pregnant a second time-- or was this a separate, rare case of prepartum psychosis?
Is clozapine still the gold standard for treatment-resistant schizophrenia?
An introduction to our 2-part Special Report on eating disorders, including neurobiology of eating disorders, nutritional needs of patients, clinical response to psychosis, and more.
The identification of a genetic risk factor has shed light on the underlying neurobiology of the disorder.
The first episode of psychosis represents a critical juncture in the treatment of schizophrenia. Here: A synopsis of 2-year outcomes from the NIMH Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) Early Treatment Program.
Deficits in emotion recognition among at-risk patients may predict eventual transition to schizophrenia.
In psychosis, the mind disposes of or deflects certain (real) information. Is that so different from a “nonpsychotic” mind?
Treatment with a selective estrogen receptor modulator in adjunct to antipsychotics was associated with improvements in attention and memory in men and women with schizophrenia in a recent trial.
A recent study from the Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network on Intermediate Phenotypes (B-SNIP) investigated the genetics of the auditory event-related potential, a putative psychosis biomarker.
Can schizophrenia be distinguished from bipolar disorder via gray matter volume?