The move from hospital to community-based care can be a frightening and difficult experience for people with severe mental illness (SMI). People with mental health problems may not have networks of support such as family, …
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Newron Initiates U.S. Phase II Trial in Patients with Schizophrenia …
NW-3509 – First voltage-gated sodium channel blocker as add-on therapy for the treatment of schizophrenia. MILAN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–December 2, 2015–. Newron Pharmaceuticals S.p.A. (“Newron”), a research and …
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 …
PTSD and the DSM-5 | Mind the Brain – PLOS Blogs Network
More than thirty-five years after the 1980 recognition of PTSD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the data are unequivocal: Today there can be no doubt about the validity of PTSD as a …