The socioeconomic character of a neighborhood, as well as accessibility of mental health care services, influence the wellbeing of patients with psychiatric disorders.
Mental health disturbances were found to be common in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
Riluzole was overall well tolerated and associated with nonsignificant but positive effects in multiple psychiatric disorders, including depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
In body dysmorphic disorder, the higher a patient’s readiness to change and confidence in cognitive behavioral therapy, the more likely the intervention will be successful.
Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder are at greater risk for suicide.
For patients who do not respond to pharmacologic and psychological interventions, high-frequency dTMS may reduce symptomology.
Conjunctive cognitive behavioral therapy and SSRI treatment may reduce the symptoms and impaired social functioning associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder more effectively than medication alone.
Reduced fetal growth was associated with a small but significant increase in the general risk for psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Study data found that a single 60-minute interview session may be sufficient for capturing obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth.
A study compared participants with clear diagnoses of either generalized anxiety disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder with each other, as well as with controls, in order to identify cognitive differences between both groups.
