Personality Disorders News

We are in a crisis when it comes to mental health in Alabama. According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, one in five adults in the state lives with mental illness.

BOSTON — With a multitude of products spanning neuroscience and psychiatry, executives at AbbVie say they are committed to learning the full clinical value of all of the company’s products for the benefit of patients.

Choi-Kain LW, et al. Focus live: Personality disorders. Presented at: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; May 20-24, 2023; San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO — Collaboration and communication between mental and physical health services is crucial to overcome logistics of providing proper care for homeless individuals in a large city, Carine Nzodom, MD, says in a Healio video.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients hospitalized for PTSD, there were associations between somatic symptom disorder and sex, race and psychiatric conditions, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Treatment with KarXT reduced symptom severity for those with schizophrenia and acute psychosis compared with placebo, according to research presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology annual meeting.

I want to reflect on a recent patient I admitted: a woman in her 40s who presented with an intractable headache.

People with a high level of neuroticism were more likely to develop atrial fibrillation, and to do so at a younger age, compared with people with lower levels, according to a study presented at Heart Rhythm 2023.

SAN FRANCISCO — Compared with TikTok content, a greater proportion of content on YouTube was considered useful and educational, according to a presentation at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

HHS announced it has awarded $1 million 1-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic planning grants to 15 states through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.