Schizophrenia/Psychosis

A recent longitudinal, retrospective study aimed to examine antipsychotic prescribing and rehospitalization rates in a forensic psychiatric sample.

Researchers investigated the link between psychosis, criminal sanctions, and mortality rates following discharge from a hospital for acute psychosis.

Negative symptoms pose significant challenges for individuals with schizophrenia and their caregivers.

Psychiatry: one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving specialties in medicine.

New research links reduced synaptic density,early psychosis, and cannabis use, offering insights into negative symptoms and potential interventions.

The presentation of catatonia can vary, making its management challenging, particularly in resource-limited settings in South Africa.

Let's look back on a year marked by advancements and ongoing challenges in psychiatry.

Learn more about best practices when treating comorbid trauma and psychosis.

In a new study, researchers found the subtype of childhood trauma impacts the effectiveness of antipsychotic medications.

What does the clozapine REMS recommendations from the FDA Advisory Committees mean for clinical care?

Gordon Lavigne, MEd, CEO of the Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance, talk about the joint FDA committee's vote on clozapine REMS.

Calling it a barrier to care, FDA committees decide to end clozapine REMS.

How is the study of muscarinic receptors transforming schizophrenia treatment?

How can you best discuss long-acting injectable options with your patients living with schizophrenia?

Traumatic life events are common among individuals who experience psychosis. Here's how best to assess and treat.

Emraclidine once-daily, oral monotherapy treatment for adults with schizophrenia experiencing acute psychotic symptoms, failed to meet the primary endpoints in the 2 phase 2 EMPOWER trials.

The medication treatment of schizophrenia has finally diversified to a novel neurotransmitter system: the muscarinic cholinergic system.

The authors of the Clinician's Corner column discuss the latest FDA-approved treatment for schizophrenia.

New positive results demonstrate the efficacy and safety of lumateperone (Caplyta) 42 mg for the prevention of relapse in adult patients with schizophrenia.

A new collaboration to address sleep disturbances associated with cognitive impairment, an unmet need.

Posters from Psych Congress confirm the durability of long-term treatment with xanomeline/trospium (Cobenfy).

Here's what you need to know about the latest FDA-approved schizophrenia treatment.

Check out this unique approach to foster positive and trusting relationships via natural interactions in the community and minimize the stigma related to psychosis.

Postpartum psychosis has a complicated presentation and is often misdiagnosed or missed in patients.

The first episode of schizophrenia is a critical period of illness.

Learn more about the new positive efficacy, safety, tolerability data from the phase 3 SOLARIS trial, which were presented at the 37th Annual European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress.

New data shared at ECNP Congress informs clinicians of how best to switch patients from a once-monthly subcutaneous injection of Perseris to risperidone (Uzedy).

Jelena Kunovac, MD, MS, discusses last week's approval of Cobenfy, an agent with a novel mechanism of action that could revolutionize schizophrenia treatment.

After 30+ years of clinical experience with clozapine, it is time for professional psychiatry to demand an end to this discriminatory clozapine REMS program.

The vice president of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Mental Health at Boehringer Ingelheim shares why it is such an unprecedented moment for schizophrenia research.