Schizophrenia News

Young men who display suicidal behavior were likely to be later diagnosed with psychosis, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers identified previously uncharacterized genetic correlations between alcohol dependence and psychiatric disorders, according to study results published in Nature Neuroscience.

Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal population studies revealed that individuals with psychotic experiences were at higher risk for future suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicide death.

Alkermes announced positive topline results from a phase 3 study of ALKS 3831, an investigational treatment for schizophrenia that is composed of olanzapine and samidorphan, that showed lower mean percent weight gain compared with olanzapine alone, according to a press release.

Police violence may be associated with mental health disparities, especially among racial/ethnic and sexual minorities living in urban areas, according to study findings.

Exposure to any type of trauma at any time from early childhood through adolescence was linked to subsequent psychotic experiences, according to study findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Individuals using a psychotropic medication in a suicide attempt were significantly more likely to have had been prescribed access to that medication than those not using any psychotropic drug, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Study finding indicated that adverse clinical outcomes in patients at clinical high-risk for psychosis may be linked to higher baseline hippocampal metabolite concentrations.

Using whole-exome and targeted sequencing, researchers found that damaging variants on two gene sets may affect the efficacy of short-term antipsychotic medications.

WHO has released evidence-based guidelines for managing physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders, according to a press release.