Schizophrenia News

Patients with psychotic disorders had accelerated aging of two functional brain networks that support cognitive function — the frontoparietal network and cingulo-opercular network — according to a cross-sectional study published in Biological Psychiatry.

Long-acting injectable antipsychotics have been shown to prevent symptom relapse while addressing patient adherence. However, questions remain regarding their advantages and disadvantages, as well as which patients are appropriate candidates.

Tobacco use appeared to be associated with psychotic experiences — such as paranoia and hallucinations — during adolescence, largely due to shared genetic influences, according to study findings.

Compared with initiation of another antipsychotic drug, starting aripiprazole after prior antipsychotic exposure was not associated with psychiatric hospitalization, self-harm or suicide in a population-based cohort study.

Using Mendelian randomization, researchers found that being a morning person was causally associated with better mental health; however, it did not affect BMI or risk for diabetes.

Researchers found no overall benefit of adjuvant vitamin B12, B6 and folic acid on symptoms and neurocognition in first-episode psychosis, according to study findings.

Once-daily treatment with valbenazine resulted in 6-week and sustained improvements in tardive dyskinesia in adults with a mood disorder, according to recent study findings.

In a Danish population-based cohort study of almost 6 million people, researchers found that individuals with any mental disorder were at increased risk for comorbid mental disorders.

People with and without a schizophrenia spectrum disorder showed differing patterns of neural activity during a socio-emotional task, independent of DSM diagnosis, according to a multisite brain imaging study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

Exposure to hydroxylmethyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, L-type calcium channel antagonists and biguanides may lead to improved outcomes for people with serious mental illnesses, according to study data.