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Long delays mean missed opportunities for early intervention to reduce the severity of episodes of bipolar disorder. Crucial opportunities to manage bipolar disorder early are being lost because individuals are waiting an average of almost six years after the onset … Continue reading →

Brain scans have revealed how a genetic mutation linked to major psychiatric disorders affects the structure, function and chemistry of the brain. The study offers further clues about how the mutation increases the risk of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder anddepression. Experts … Continue reading →

In research using patient medical records, investigators from Johns Hopkins and Sheppard Pratt Health System report that people with serious mental disorders who were hospitalized for mania were more likely to be on antibiotics to treat active infections than a … Continue reading →

The findings were recently presented at the 28th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The study researchers analyzed 2,811 individuals with depressionwho were a part of the Bridge-II-MIX study – an international study of depression and … Continue reading →

Broadly speaking, psychosis means a loss of contact with reality; it is a symptom of mental illness rather than a medical condition in its own right. Generally, there are two types of psychiatric disorder that produce psychotic symptoms: schizophrenia and … Continue reading →