Taking certain antidepressants for depression is linked to a heightened risk of subsequent mania and bipolar disorder, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open. The strongest association seemed to be for …
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Psych News Alert: High Benzodiazepine Use for Schizophrenia …
Chronic, high-dose use of benzodiazepines among patients with schizophrenia appears to be associated with a markedly higher overall mortality rate than is seen in patients with schizophrenia who have not been exposed to …
Possible mechanism for specific symptoms in bipolar disorder …
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, and the Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University in Sweden have identified a gene variant linked to psychotic symptoms and cognitive impairment in people with bipolar disorder.
The Politics of Mental Illness: Chicken Soup for the Mind | World of …
Want a bigger head scratcher than your daily Sudoku game? Presidential candidates' ambivalence toward mental health. Forget defunding Planned Parenthood or denouncing the Syrian refugee crisis, presidential …
Exposure to Bullying Linked to Later Mental Illness | Psych Central …
A new study of Finnish children has found that exposure to bullying as a child was associated with psychiatric disorders in adulthood that required.