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Pneumonia risk increased in schizophrenia

Patients with schizophrenia are at an increased risk for developing pneumonia, results from a large Taiwanese study show.

16 Jan 2013

MPAs may reflect genetic risk for schizophrenia

Minor physical anomalies are more common in schizophrenia patients and their unaffected siblings than in mentally healthy individuals without a family history of the disorder, research shows.

16 Jan 2013

Fifteen established scientists to receive NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) announced the latest recipients of its highly competitive NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants.

16 Jan 2013

Stroke survivors with depression more likely to die

People who are depressed after a stroke may have a tripled risk of dying early and four times the risk of death from stroke than people who have not experienced a stroke or depression, according to a study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, March 16 to 23, 2013.

16 Jan 2013

Reviva Pharmaceuticals completes enrollment in RP5063 phase 2 trial for schizophrenia

Reviva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held drug discovery and development company, today announces completion of patient enrollment in the phase 2 clinical trial of RP5063 for the treatment of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.

16 Jan 2013

Viewpoints: $4,000 a night for a 'cozy' hospital room; Texas effort to provide women's health care falls short

Call it the $55,000 cat bite. That's the rough total in medical costs (so far) for a cat bite on my hand that turned into an infection that turned into surgery that turned into a week in the hospital.

16 Jan 2013

Vanderbilt University, AstraZeneca partner to identify candidate drugs for major brain diseases

Today, AstraZeneca and Vanderbilt University announced they have signed a research collaboration agreement to identify candidate drugs aimed at treating psychosis and other neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with major brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.

16 Jan 2013

Genetics researchers identify 25 additional copy number variations associated with autism

Genetics researchers have identified 25 additional copy number variations (CNVs)—missing or duplicated stretches of DNA—that occur in some patients with autism. These CNVs, say the researchers, are "high impact": although individually rare, each has a strong effect in raising an individual's risk for autism.

16 Jan 2013

Study explains how Timothy syndrome mutation causes wiring defects that underlie cognition

A new finding in neuroscience for the first time points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder, Timothy syndrome, and observed defects in brain wiring, according to a study led by scientist Ricardo Dolmetsch and published online yesterday in Nature Neuroscience.

16 Jan 2013

Viewpoints: Health law's 'sticker shock;' Changing Medicare eligibility age is not a simple solution

President Obama said a fair bit during the fiscal-cliff negotiations - speaking for 45 minutes in one 50-minute meeting, for example - but today let's zero in on the claim he kept repeating: "We don't have a spending problem. We have a health-care problem." For our money - and yours - those are two of the most remarkable sentences our Orator in Chief has ever strung together.

15 Jan 2013

Obese youngsters at far greater risk than had been supposed

While a great deal of research on childhood obesity has spotlighted the long-term health problems that emerge in adulthood, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition's immediate consequences and shows that obese youngsters are at far greater risk than had been supposed.

15 Jan 2013

Waxman urges Biden to consider mental health in gun violence talks; Mentally ill missing from background check system

As the nation grapples with mental health issues in the wake of recent violence, issues related to restricting gun ownership for the mentally ill take shape on Capitol Hill.

15 Jan 2013

Spirituality associated with poor mental health

Individuals who describe themselves as spiritual are more likely to have used drugs, or be dependent on drugs, and also more likely to have generalized anxiety and neurotic disorders than those who are neither spiritual nor religious, research shows.

15 Jan 2013

Dizziness does not hamper neck pain therapy

Neck pain patients with dizziness may suffer more pain and disability than their peers without dizziness, but they are no less likely to improve with chiropractic treatment, study findings indicate.

15 Jan 2013

Cannabis use may worsen illness course in bipolar disorder

Cannabis use disorder is associated with a more severe illness course among patients with bipolar disorder, researchers report.

15 Jan 2013

Depression, mania in BD I have differential social adjustment effects

Results from a UK study show that depression and mania symptoms have specific and differential effects on social adjustment in patients with bipolar disorder.

15 Jan 2013

Dementia care services: an interview with Sue McLean

The term 'dementia' is used to describe symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy Bodies or Korsakoff’s syndrome.

From Community Integrated Care 15 Jan 2013

State highlights: Calif. governor earmarks money for Medi-Cal expansion; Mental health reforms take shape in Kan., Colo.

Brown earmarked $350 million in his spending plan to help enroll more Californians in Medi-Cal, the state's health insurance program for the poor. Under the proposal, enrollment rules would be simplified to cover residents who are currently eligible but not enrolled.

15 Jan 2013

Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Results from a large UK study suggest that people with severe mental illness are not at increased risk for developing common cancers.

14 Jan 2013

Obesity not linked to bipolar disorder course

Obesity is not significantly associated with psychiatric disease course in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), Canadian researchers report.

14 Jan 2013

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Pneumonia risk increased in schizophrenia

MPAs may reflect genetic risk for schizophrenia

Fifteen established scientists to receive NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants

Stroke survivors with depression more likely to die

Reviva Pharmaceuticals completes enrollment in RP5063 phase 2 trial for schizophrenia

Viewpoints: $4,000 a night for a 'cozy' hospital room; Texas effort to provide women's health care falls short

Vanderbilt University, AstraZeneca partner to identify candidate drugs for major brain diseases

Genetics researchers identify 25 additional copy number variations associated with autism

Study explains how Timothy syndrome mutation causes wiring defects that underlie cognition

Viewpoints: Health law's 'sticker shock;' Changing Medicare eligibility age is not a simple solution

Obese youngsters at far greater risk than had been supposed

Waxman urges Biden to consider mental health in gun violence talks; Mentally ill missing from background check system

Spirituality associated with poor mental health

Dizziness does not hamper neck pain therapy

Cannabis use may worsen illness course in bipolar disorder

Depression, mania in BD I have differential social adjustment effects

Dementia care services: an interview with Sue McLean

State highlights: Calif. governor earmarks money for Medi-Cal expansion; Mental health reforms take shape in Kan., Colo.

Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Obesity not linked to bipolar disorder course

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