Psychiatry News

PHILADELPHIA — A computerized cognitive battery was effective in detecting cognitive impairment and amyloid presence in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, said in this Healio Video Perspective.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to have any form of disordered eating, particularly bulimia or binge eating disorder, suggesting a weight-neutral treatment plan could be beneficial, data show.

Approximately one-third of imprisoned individuals with a mental health condition received no treatment, according to a study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Adults who received the recombinant zoster vaccine had a significantly lower risk for dementia over the next 6 years compared with live vaccine recipients, study results published in Nature Medicine revealed.

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce to overturn a decades-old decision known as the “Chevron deference.”

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio Video Perspective, Suzanne E. Schindler, MD, PhD, revealed phosphorylated tau biomarker assays were most accurate in identifying amyloid positron emission tomography status in Alzheimer’s disease.

Women who scored higher on depression and anxiety questionnaires 12 months postpartum were more likely to have stress or urgency urinary incontinence, supporting the need for mental health and bladder leakage screenings, data show.

Among adults with obstructive sleep apnea, excessive daytime sleepiness decreased with 1 year of pitolisant treatment, according to results published in CHEST.

PHILADELPHIA — An analysis of more than 15 million Americans enrolled in Medicare found that those enrolled in the Medicare Advantage plan had a 4% lower dementia diagnosis rate than those in traditional Medicare, according to a presenter.

Older adults with diabetes who spend less time within their individualized HbA1c target range have a higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementias, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.