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.
Schizoaffective Disorder
Interaction Observed Between Age, Treatment Outcomes for Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Medications
Researchers investigated subgroup responses to long-acting injectable medications haloperidol decanoate and paliperidone palmitate.
Readmission Risk for Schizophrenia Associated With Younger Age
For patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, younger age was significantly associated with an increased rate of readmission.
Late Teen Emotional Stability Inversely Tied to Mental Illness
Emotional stability assessed in late adolescence is inversely associated with serious mental illness.
Greater Cognitive Decline in Individuals at Risk for Bipolar Disorder With Obesity
The burden of illness associated with bipolar disorder warrants early preemption.
Negative Outcomes in Bipolar, Schizoaffective Disorder Linked to Irritability
Irritability may have wide-ranging impacts on symptomatic, functional, and social elements of quality of life.
Underlying Mechanism of Auditory Impairment in Schizophrenia Reveals Potential Therapeutic Path
Benefits of NMDA receptor agonists in patients with schizophrenia include improvements with memory and reading.
The Effect of Cognitive Remediation Training on Functional Connectivity and Social Cognition in Schizophrenia
Study provides further evidence for the effects of cognitive enhancement intervention on brain functional connectivity and cognitive performance in patients with schizophrenia.
Effort Allocation Influences Upon Cognition in Schizophrenia
Researchers studied social cognition and social problem solving in patients with schizophrenia by employing a validated test designed to assess emotion recognition abilities.
White Matter Abnormalities and Clinical Symptom Severity in Schizophrenia
New findings provide an insight about the association between white matter microstructure and the severity of schizophrenia clinical symptoms.
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