Mood Disorders News

Frontline health care workers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic may benefit from a transdiagnostic, symptom-based approach regarding links between their acute psychopathology and burnout and functional difficulties.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of its five most-viewed stories in May.

Most patients with bipolar disorder endorsed involuntary treatment via self-binding directives on the basis of impaired decision-making abilities, according to study results published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Higher polygenic liability for major depression was linked to increased risk for recurrent depressive episodes, according to results of a population-based cohort study in a research letter published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Depressive symptoms were associated with underlying Alzheimer’s disease pathology and postoperative delirium in older adults who underwent hip fracture repair, according to a study published in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Bright light therapy appeared efficacious as a treatment for bipolar depression, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting.

Family genetic risk scores showed clear separations between major affective and psychotic disorders and were linked to early age at onset and high rates of recurrence, according to results of a Swedish cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Electroconvulsive therapy appeared safe and effective for treating certain severe psychiatric illnesses among children and adolescents, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

First-contact visits comprised approximately half of incident psychiatric ED visits, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Certain cognitive deficits in childhood were distinctively linked to different psychopathological symptoms among young people, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.