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December 4th 2023
Mothers with mood disorders—either bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder— or schizophrenia/ schizoaffective disorder are not associated with their offspring’s risk for type 1 diabetes. Results suggest mothers with bipolar disorder tend to develop type 1 diabetes, but data is not clinically significant.
Investigators Identify Risk Factors for Drug-Induced Parkinsonism for Schizophrenia Patients
Various psychiatric symptoms, including more severe negative symptoms, lower cognition status, and lower excited symptoms were significantly linked to drug-induced parkinsonism induction.
Long-Acting Injectables Reduce Disease Relapse in Schizophrenia
Patients treated with LAIAs had a lower risk of hospitalization for any cause, hospitalizations for psychiatric disorders, hospitalizations for schizophrenia, and incident suicide attempts compared to patients treated with oral antipsychotics.
Patient Factors Associated with Schizophrenia
Henry Nasrallah, MD, discusses patient factors that lead to long-acting injectable treatment in patients with schizophrenia.