Patients with schizophrenia who participated in a telephone intervention problem-solving program were found to have higher rates of medication adherence compared with patients who received routine hospital care for schizophrenia.
Researchers analyzed pregnant women in the BASIC cohort to determine whether certain lifestyle and background characteristics are linked to an increased risk of developing depression at a specific stage of the perinatal period.
Analyzing personality characteristics and risk behaviors of youth who use synthetic cannabinoids may prevent addiction and adverse effects associated with drug use.
Compared with controls, eHealth interventions were found to be associated with significantly lower anxiety scores for women during the perinatal period.
A greater number of early adverse life events as well as more severe traumatic experiences were found to be associated with an increased risk for developing irritable bowel syndrome.
For patients with both physical and mental health-related long-term conditions, missing healthcare appointments is associated with an increased risk of multimorbidity.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other antidepressants, such as tricyclic antidepressants, are associated with increased adverse outcomes in patients aged 20 to 64 years diagnosed with depression.
Depressive symptoms and apathy were independently associated with incident dementia in community-dwelling older adults.
Higher BMI was linked to an increased risk of dementia when weight was measured 20 years before dementia diagnosis.
In Minnesota, about 50 health care employees have been fired for refusing to receive the influenza vaccination.
