Psychiatry News

DENVER — Treatment with a novel, oral receptor agonist led to rapid and significant improvements in those with agitation related to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Natural language processing software identified possible suicidal risk among patients who had not indicated suicidal ideation through typical health screenings, according to study results.

Since 1949, May has been designated Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to address the challenges faced by millions of individuals experiencing mental health conditions, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

DENVER — Uncontrolled generalized myasthenia negatively affects patients’ mental health, which in turn negatively impacts their physical symptoms, according to a poster presentation at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Stigma has a major impact on mental health and quality of life for pediatric patients with chronic skin diseases, according to a study.

A Bay Area biopharmaceutical firm has announced positive results from its phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers of a novel PDE4 inhibitor being developed to treat those with cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia.

The Biden-Harris Administration released the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and Federal Action Plan, which includes actions to address substance use and suicide risk and evaluate community-based suicide prevention efforts.

Despite having improvements in pain and function, patients with self-reported anxiety or depression were more likely to be dissatisfied after total knee arthroplasty vs. patients without anxiety or depression, according to study results.

Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics have both announced the availability of blood-based biomarker testing for Alzheimer’s disease, one which detects glial fibrillary acidic protein and another for phosphorylated tau.

Severe maternal morbidity was associated with increased risk for mental health hospitalization or emergency department visit up to 13 years postpartum, according to a population-based Canadian cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.