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FDA approves brexanolone for postpartum depression
Brexanolone, which will be marketed under the brand name Zulresso, is the first pharmacotherapy approved for treating postpartum depression.
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Low and high BMI tied to higher postpartum depression risk
“Women in the highest BMI group were only at increased risk for [postpartum depression] if they had no history of depression.”
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Inflammation in schizophrenia tied to poor functioning
Link suggests that targeting inflammation could help improve daily functioning in schizophrenia.
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Poor sleep tied to suicidal behaviors in college students
Watch for specific components of sleep, such as shorter sleep duration and feeling too cold while sleeping, in at-risk college students.
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Targeting obesity could slow brain aging in psychosis
"The brains of participants with [first-episode psychosis] appeared on average 2.64 years older than their chronological age."
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Psychiatric subspecialty is changing its name
A change to consultation-liaison psychiatry from psychosomatic medicine is seen as good for both patients and doctors.
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Disrupted sleep tied to alexithymia
Researchers reported rising rates of alexithymia in patients with psychiatric conditions such as autism, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and...
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Early trauma exposure tied to telomere shortening in men with schizophrenia
“Pathobiology of schizophrenia may lie ... in the mechanisms related to sexual differentiation.”
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Lurasidone approved for bipolar I depression for children aged 10-17
The approval is based on results of a 6-week, randomized phase 3 study of 347 children and adolescents.
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Schizophrenia and gender: Do neurosteroids account for differences?
DHEA and DHEAS serum levels are positively associated with the age of onset in male patients with schizophrenia.
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More evidence backs adjunctive intranasal esketamine for refractory depression
Adjunctive intranasal esketamine leads to remission of treatment-resistant depression, based on changes in MADRS total scores.
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Fat shaming interferes with patients’ medical care, experts say
WASHINGTON – Overweight, obese patients who seek health care face special challenges because of “negative attitudes.”
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Tips for avoiding potentially dangerous patients
WASHINGTON – Taking proactive steps toward staying safe in the office can keep the therapeutic alliance from ending badly, experts say.
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Fat shaming interferes with patients’ medical care, experts say
WASHINGTON – Overweight, obese patients who seek health care face special challenges because of “negative attitudes.”
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Cognitive declines tied to stress in older African Americans
Watch for more rapid declines in episodic memory and visuospatial ability in African Americans aged 65 years and older who report high levels of...