Bipolar Disorder News

Multiple factors, including geography, gender, income and previous diagnosis, are linked to suicide risk for those recently hospitalized for mental disorders, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

French mental health diagnostics company Alcediag announced the results of a study that identified six blood biomarkers as major hallmarks of bipolar disorder.

NEW ORLEANS – Family member involvement or previous diagnoses of depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder is most likely how extremists and conspiracy theorists end up in psychiatric care, Jack S. Rozel, MD, said.

NEW ORLEANS – The American Psychiatric Association DSM steering committee gathered at the APA annual meeting to review proposed changes to the manual, committee chair Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, said.

A report released during Mental Health Awareness Month in May highlights the growing link between mental and oral health.

NEW ORLEANS – For the first time in 3 years, the American Psychiatric Association will host its annual meeting in person, May 21 to 25 in New Orleans, with social determinants of mental health as the conference theme.

Fewer than half of emergency care visits for psychiatric reasons in postpartum women were accompanied by follow-up within 30 days, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Italian-based biotech firm Stevanato Group and Bexson Biomedical Inc. announced a collaboration to treat a wide range of mental health issues with a subcutaneous drug-delivery device, including treatment-resistant depression and PTSD.

Those hospitalized for psychiatric illness were less likely to be tested for COVID-19 and had lower confirmed infection rates but higher risk for COVID-19-related mortality than the general population, per a study from Molecular Psychiatry.

The FDA has granted approval to Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc. for 10.5 mg and 21 mg dosages of lumateperone to treat schizophrenia and bipolar depression, according to a company release.