Mood Disorders News

Although patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus can exhibit a diverse range of rare manifestations, these symptoms are not necessarily unique to lupus, according to a presenter here.

The effect size for the correlation between hypothyroidism and clinical depression appeared significantly lower than previously thought, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Researchers have identified racial and ethnic disparities in major depressive episode persistence and severity, according to study results in a research letter published in JAMA Psychiatry.

A question set feasibly administrable in the ED predicted 3-month PTSD or major depressive episode among individuals who experienced a motor vehicle collision, according to an analysis of a longitudinal study in JAMA Psychiatry.

An online 1-day cognitive behavioral therapy-based workshop improved outcomes among women with postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Increasing sample sizes in genetic studies, regardless of the depth of phenotyping, may help better estimate risk for depression, according to results of a case-control polygenic risk score analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

People who received a Lyme disease diagnosis in a hospital setting had increased risk for mental disorders, affective disorders, suicide attempts and suicide, according to results of a nationwide cohort study conducted in Denmark.

People with preexisting mood disorders had increased risk for COVID-19 hospitalization and death, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Ketamine did not appear to worsen psychotic symptoms among predisposed patients, according to results of a systematic review published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Depression appeared to adversely affect cognitive performance but not cognitive change among a cohort of individuals aged 90 years or older, according to study results presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.