Mood Disorders News

NEW YORK — Gregory Mattingly, MD, psychiatrist and associate clinical professor at Washington University School of Medicine, spoke with Healio Psychiatry at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting about cognition in relation to mood disorders.

Major depression diagnoses rose significantly from 2013 through 2016 across all gender and age groups, and especially among adolescents and millennials aged younger than 35 years, data published in Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s Health of America Report showed.

Disruption of normal daily circadian rhythms was associated with adverse mental health outcomes, including bipolar disorder and major depression, according to findings from a cross-sectional study in the United Kingdom.

An analysis of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer showed about half were diagnosed with a posttreatment psychiatric disorder.

NEW YORK — Talking to patients about firearms is a challenging but important practice. In a session here, experts discussed how clinicians can start the conversation and when it is most appropriate to do so.

NEW YORK — Women with a family history of mental illness, especially bipolar disorder, are at higher risk for postpartum psychiatric disorders, according to data released here and simultaneously published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

Family medicine and pediatric practitioners reported significantly less confidence in their capability to assess some aspects of their young patients’ mental health status, according to findings recently published in Primary Care Companion CNS Disorders.

Handgrip strength is associated with overall cognition in adults with and without major depression and bipolar depression, suggesting grip strength may be a marker of cognitive impairment in mood disorders, according to findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Children born to consanguineous parents are more likely to have common mood disorders and psychoses than those born to nonrelated parents, according to study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Researchers found that relapse in major depressive disorder was associated with morphologic changes in brain regions that regulate emotions and control cognition.