Category Archives: Psychosis

Medicalising, differentiating between major depressive and bipolar …

Many patients with bipolar disorder, a debilitating mental condition that can take a person from the sluggishness of severe depression to super-human energy levels, are often misdiagnosed as having major depressive …

Piper Meyer-Kalos: Prompt, focused treatment after psychosis is key …

PMK: It was a cluster-randomized trial that was offered at a number of community-based treatment centers in over 20 states across the U.S. that serve people with serious and persistent mental illness. We randomized our …

Neuroimaging Parses Networks Tied to Schizophrenia Symptoms …

New brain imaging research has shown how different brain networks contribute to distinct sub-symptoms of schizophrenia — distinctions that are not recognizable.

Mental Health First Aid Program Comes to NYC | Al Jazeera America

A daylong training program that teaches volunteers to recognize and respond to mental health crises will soon be offered to a quarter of a million New Yorkers, in a bid to make such training as common as that for CPR or first …

Neurological underpinnings of schizophrenia just as complex as the …

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder affecting about one in 100 people, is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat, in large part because it manifests differently in different people. A new study …