Psychiatry

Sleep and epilepsy have been described as "unfortunate bedfellows" due to the complex relationship, and yet caretakers report a lack of support managing these issues commonly experienced by children.

Based on the identified biomarkers, it was possible to distinguish patients with a good predictive value for pain, sleep, and anxiety.

The potential mediating role of inflammation at 9 years, measured by CRP and IL-6, was investigated in the relationship between sleep and ADHD.

Participants in the iPCIT group had significantly lower levels of externalizing problems and higher levels of compliance to caregiver direction compared to the referrals as usual group.

Children definite motor problems were more likely to have psychotic experiences compared to children with no definite motor problems.

Patients with late-onset depression died on average 1 year earlier than those with early-onset depression or those without late-life depression.

Parenting stress, negative parenting practices, broken parental partnership, critical life events, parental psychopathologies, socioeconomic status, and single-parent family were all significantly associated with ADHD symptom severity.

A new cross-sectional analysis suggest there are few options available for patients with schizophrenia or a serious mood disorder.

Pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder are commonly treated with methadone.

Neither finasteride nor dutasteride were linked to an increased risk of suicide.

There was a decrease in relapse observed for low-risk participants, but not high-risk individuals.

Some in the industry expect the Adderall shortage to possibly last until March 2023.

Serotonin syndrome occurred in less than 0.5% of patients, while the number of serotonin syndrome cases was fewer in the antidepressant group.

TRD episodes resulted in more inpatient bed-days and lost workdays compared to non-TRD episodes.

The indication expands the marketed use of the atypical antipsychotic drug to be used with antidepressants in adult patients.

The investigators also found an increase in the proportions of monthly hospitalizations during the pandemic for a number of disorders, including anxiety, depression, and suicidality or self-injury.

They also found no statistically significant associations found for specific cardiovascular outcomes in relation to cardiac arrest or arrhythmias, cerebrovascular diseases, or myocardial infarction.

Data show an enhanced, auditory alert driving simulator may reduce distraction and inconsistent driving among teenagers with ADHD.

The strongest confounders were family income, caregiver education, and ADHD polygenic risk scores for ADHD clinical range diagnoses.

The most frequent psychiatric disorder that appeared in patients with ADHD was substance use disorder, followed by mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders.

New phase 2 data show a synthetic, proprietary 25 mg dose from COMPASS may fare better for adult patients than a 10 mg dose.

There is no evidence in the value of screening for depression in individuals aged 11 years and younger.

A retrospective analysis of controlled drug dispensation shows conflicting rates of prescriptions to teenagers and young adults.

The results also show a bigger increase among adults between 2012-2017, which could be due to increased sensitivity of diagnosis.

A new analysis suggests raise levels of zinc, iron, lead and aluminum—linked to cigarette use—is positively correlated with insomnia.