Bipolar Disorder News

A mental health nonprofit has announced 11 companies will make up the inaugural cohort of a program that aims to help startups improve the lives of those with challenges relating to mental health conditions.

A generic pharmaceutical company announced the availability of a schizophrenia and bipolar depression treatment, according to a press release.

Children born to mothers, not fathers, with primary antibody immunodeficiencies had greater risks for certain psychiatric disorders and for suicidal behavior, according to data published in JAMA Psychiatry.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with MS were twice as likely to experience psychiatric morbidity, including depression and anxiety, in the prodromal phase compared with healthy controls, according to research presented at ACTRIMS 2023.

For informal caregivers of those hospitalized for mental illness, affiliated stigma was a full mediator between their role as caregiver and their involvement with patients, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

For individuals prescribed antipsychotic medication, nonadherence, along with switching and stopping medication, was associated with increases in acute care utilization, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

In children with familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, evidence of motor impairment skills may indicate neurodevelopmental vulnerability for psychosis.

The needs of families are largely unmet when a parent is hospitalized for a mental illness, with the need for a broad range of care models required to address these gaps, according to a study published in BMC Psychiatry.

A physician-owned acute care practice and a virtual psychiatry and therapy practice have announced a partnership that aims to provide comprehensive acute medical and psychiatric care services to EDs across the country.

New Directions Behavioral Health and Tridiuum have merged to form Lucet, a behavioral health optimization company.