Mood Disorders News

In women without a history of CAD, those who had anxiety were more likely to exhibit ischemia on a single-photon emission CT exercise stress test than those who did not, according to new findings. The same was not true for men or for mood disorders.

Recent findings indicated nonrandom mating within specific psychiatric disorders and across the spectrum of psychiatric disorders.

Childhood maltreatment increased risk for negative outcomes in bipolar disorder, according to recent findings.

Recent findings indicated no increased risk for congenital heart anomalies among children of women prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy; however, diabetes, older age, alcohol and drug abuse and obesity increased risk.

A combination of buprenorphine and samidorphan as adjunctive treatment demonstrated significant antidepressant effects among adults with major depression and inadequate response to one or two courses of antidepressant treatment.

Recent findings indicated overall psychopathology was associated with both abnormal patterns of activation and failure to activate executive regions in youth with various psychiatric disorders.

A “substantial proportion” of primary care patients prescribed antidepressants for depression or anxiety have undiagnosed bipolar disorder, according to data published in the British Journal of General Practice.

Recent findings indicated the majority of individuals who received euthanasia or assisted suicide had chronic, severe conditions, personality disorders, and were described as socially isolated or lonely, with histories of attempted suicides and psychiatric hospitalizations.

Adolescents with a strong personality trait of neuroticism were significantly more likely to develop anxiety and depression disorders, according to recent findings.

Results from a genome-wide study conducted by researchers from the NIMH identified an area of chromosome in individuals with bipolar disorder associated with responsiveness to lithium.