Psychiatry

The virtual version of cognitive behavioral therapy could yield significant healthcare cost savings.

New research suggests the presence of either condition can wreak havoc on an older adult's ability for movement, self-care, and household activities.

Despite patients being off treatment for an average of 23 months, patients treated with Eisai’s BAN2401 remained amyloid PET negative in an open-label extension preliminary analysis.

Social distancing measures could increase the risk of psychotic symptoms.

Because symptoms can manifest differently in each patient, some individuals with schizophrenia have handled social isolation better than others.

The findings highlight the importance of improving emergency department preparedness.

A combination of medications and therapy is viewed as the most effective method of treating schizophrenia.

A physician's assistant for Oasis Lifecare discusses some of the new and promissing treatments for schizophrenia.

Flortaucipir PET tracer’s can identify high levels of neuropathologic changes and neurofibrillary tangles.

A new study finds a multitude of factors involving organizational, interpersonal, and intrapersonal influences lead to trauma in frontline caregivers.

An assessment of survey data show patients with severe depressive or psychological symptoms are more likely to be dissatisfied with their dermatologist.

Disruption at home linked to an increase in the risk of developing major depression.

Older patients with worse sleep patterns who are treated for depression need further clinical attention.

Telemedicine could eliminate some of the distance barriers in rural areas.

Patients with depolarizations only had sporadic events that induced cortical spreading depression of spontaneous electrical activity.

Children born to mothers who suffered from depression during pregnancy are at a greater risk of adolescent depression and psychosis.

There were no significant differences observed in mood episodes for bipolar patients in either AISR therapy or standard treatment.

Response does not favor more or less baseline symptom severity according to a new study.

Since 2005, opioid use has increased amongst older dementia patients.

Patients with adolescent disruption of cognitive developed had more severe symptoms following a schizophrenia diagnosis.

Investigators are currently working on a new algorithm that can present a time window in which an individual might develop suicidal behavior.

A meta-analysis of the online CBT programs shows promising benefits, with the addition of anonymity for patients.

Jesse Wright, MD, PhD, discusses the convenience of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jesse Wright, MD, PhD, suggests clinicians and patients have a list of triggers and social networks for patients who might be at risk of suicide.

New research from investigators in Europe is shedding light on the impact of mental stress on risk of peripheral artery disease