Bipolar Disorder News

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Creation of an interactive online journal club was effective in expanding the body of knowledge for ketamine and related compounds prescribed for psychiatric disorders, according to a presenter.

SAN FRANCISCO — Emerging research supports bipolar disorder as a valid diagnosis in children, according to a speaker at the American Psychiatric Association.

CHICAGO — Patients with tardive dyskinesia reported greater impact on quality of life than health care providers, according to a poster at the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders World Congress.

A biopharmaceutical company announced it has dosed the first patient in a clinical trial of a long-acting oral treatment for schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar I disorder, according to a company press release.

More than half of people with bipolar disorder in Finland did not have at least one of their mood stabilizers or antipsychotic prescriptions dispensed, according to findings published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

The FDA has approved a new drug application for aripiprazole, an extended-release injection for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a press release from the manufacturers.

Analyses of blood metabolite profiles showed that people with a history of mental illness had a biological age older than their actual age, according to a presentation at the European Congress of Psychiatry.

Compared with other people with breast cancer, those with a preexisting severe mental illness were less likely to receive appropriate treatment and more likely to experience delays in receiving treatment, findings in Psycho-Oncology showed.

HHS announced it has awarded $1 million 1-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic planning grants to 15 states through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Temporal self-appraisals and reflected appraisals were not similar in people with depression, but were similar in people with euthymic mood, according to data published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.