Antipsychotic Initiation Raises Risk for Head Injury, TBI in Alzheimer Disease
Individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) initiating antipsychotics have an increased risk for head injuries and traumatic brain injury.
Psychosis
Syndemic Effects May Explain Ethnic Disparities in Psychotic Experiences
Originally conceptualized by medical anthropologist Merrill Singer, a syndemic can be defined as “an aggregation of two or more diseases or other health conditions in a population…that exacerbates the negative health effects of…the diseases.”
More Hospital Days Seen With Antipsychotic Use in Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer disease patients who initiate treatment with antipsychotic medications spend more days hospitalized than those who do not initiate antipsychotics.
Inappropriate Antipsychotics Raise Pneumonia Risk in Older Adults With Parkinson Disease
Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who use inappropriate antipsychotics may be at an increased risk for pneumonia compared with patients with PD who use more appropriate atypical antipsychotics.
ACA Dependent Expansion Linked to Decrease in Public Insurance Coverage for Inpatient Psychosis
Previously, young adults were not covered by their parents’ private insurance plans once they were no longer full-time students, leaving a substantial number of young adults experiencing early-onset psychosis without healthcare coverage.
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and the Psychosis Continuum
Awareness of differences between psychosis in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and varying presentations in patients can assist providers with diagnosis and treatment.
Sertraline Plus Olanzapine Reduces Relapse Risk in Psychotic Depression
Sertraline and adjunctive olanzapine reduced the risk for relapse in patients with psychotic depression; however, patients experienced such adverse effects of olanzapine as weight gain.
Refugees Face Increased Risk for Non-Affective Psychosis
When compared with native populations and non-refugee migrants in a host country, refugees have a particular risk of developing non-affective psychosis.
Frequent Psychotic-Like Experiences in Youth Predict Future Psychiatric Illness
The pattern of increasing psychotic-like experiences, minority status, trauma, and family divorce were predictive of emergent mental disorders in a cohort of Chinese youth.
Trial Investigating Pimavanserin for Dementia-Related Psychosis Stopped Early Due to Positive Findings
A phase 3 trial evaluating pimavanserin (Acadia) for the treatment of dementia-related psychosis has been stopped early due to positive findings in a planned interim efficacy analysis.
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