Schizophrenia News

Almost all mental disorders among children or adolescents appeared associated with a lower likelihood of taking the final examination at the end of ninth grade, according to results of a population-based cohort study conducted in Denmark and published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Researchers classified more than 40% of women with postpartum psychosis as having “isolated” cases, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

A combination of olanzapine and samidorphan was not superior to olanzapine alone in the time to first event of exacerbation of disease symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder, according to results of a phase 2, randomized clinical trial published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Cross-generational bipolar disorder transmission appeared to be caused largely by genes, with rearing effects having a modest role, according to results of an extended Swedish national adoption study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Mental health services that included care of physical health conditions appeared to improve employment participation and outcomes among individuals with serious mental illness, according to study results published in Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Schizophrenia clinical trials have exhibited a trend of increasing placebo responses and decreasing treatment effects over a 24-year period, particularly North American trials, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Researchers have made substantial advances in the detection and prognosis of individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis, according to results of a systematic review published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Individuals born in more deprived neighborhoods may be at increased risk for nonaffective psychosis because of subsequent effects that impact cognitive development, according to results of a prospective cohort study conducted in Sweden and published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Auditory training improved cognition in both early-onset schizophrenia and adult-onset schizophrenia, according to results of a secondary analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Migrant density may reduce risk for psychotic disorders among migrants and their children, according to results of a national, longitudinal cohort study conducted in Sweden and published in The Lancet Psychiatry.