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Top 5 abstracts from 2015 Psych Congress

The U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress will begin Friday, October 21 and conclude Monday, October 24.

As the congress approaches, Healio.com/Psychiatry gathered the top 5 abstracts from the 2015 congress.

How to distinguish between malingering, genuine psychosis

SAN DIEGO — At a session on detection of malingering mental illness here at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Phillip Resnick, MD, professor of psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, offered tips on how mental health providers can differentiate between patients feigning mental illness and patients with genuine mental illness. Read more

Start slow, simple to avoid polypharmacy among patients with borderline personality disorder

SAN DIEGO — In a presentation at U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Victor Hong, MD, and Kenneth Silk, MD, of the University of Michigan, discussed how psychiatrists could potentially avoid polypharmacy when treating patients with borderline personality disorder. Read more

Antipsychotic nonadherence may be more common in bipolar disorder, MDD than schizophrenia

SAN DIEGO — Nonadherence to antipsychotic medication and substance misuse may be more common among individuals with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder than among those with schizophrenia, according to data presented at U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress. Read more

Urine drug monitoring may be useful intervention to improve antipsychotic adherence

SAN DIEGO — Results presented in a poster here indicate substance abuse is common among individuals treated with antipsychotic medications, suggesting that urine drug monitoring may be beneficial to increase potential medication adherence. Read more

Treatment program leads to better outcomes among prisoners with serious mental illness

Outpatient mental health treatment may lead to better outcomes among prisoners with serious mental illness, including longer time to criminal recidivism and increased time outside of prison, according to a poster presented at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress. Read more