After electroconvulsive therapy for patients with depression, researchers suggest that an increase in the thickness of the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex was linked to a significantly greater antidepressant effect.
Researchers found data that showed using a combination of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV Text Revision to identify early psychosis has incremental validity over using the MMPI-2 alone.
Investigators believe that their data show that the Decision Tool Unipolar Depression fills the gap from presentation in a primary care physician’s office to high-intensity treatment in patients with major depressive disorder.
Researchers believe that their data show that nerve growth factor might be a biomarker for early detection of conversion to bipolar disorder in women with major depressive disorder.
Hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia and alcohol use disorder harbor resistant organisms less frequently than patients without alcohol use disorder.
Danish investigators found that children who have a parent with schizophrenia should be monitored by clinicians and school professionals for signs of deficits in the areas of language, social responsiveness, and adaptive social functioning, but children with a parent who has bipolar disorder were not found to be at risk for these deficits.
Researchers in the eCaesar study found that computerized cognitive training in patients with schizophrenia was not beneficial.
Patients with ankylosing spondylitis showed a significantly higher prevalence of overall dementia and Alzheimer dementia.
Investigators surveyed adults with TSC to evaluate their perception of disease severity, presence of anxiety and depression, and the use and barriers toward mental health services.
Positive but weak associations were found between childhood atopic dermatitis and maternal history of depression, maternal alcohol abuse, and maternal illicit drug use.
