Psychiatry News

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — No correlation was found between depression and self-report of disability in a small group of patients with multiple sclerosis, according to a poster from ACTRIMS 2024.

This Sunday, most Americans will adjust their clocks 1 hour to “spring forward” into daylight saving time, at which time they will lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of daylight.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — In two separate cohorts of individuals with multiple sclerosis and memory issues, better sleep was linked to improved verbal memory, according to a poster at ACTRIMS 2024.

Adults with a higher BMI and waist-to-hip ratio may be more likely to report worse depression, according to study findings published in PLOS ONE.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed patients with depression undergoing total knee arthroplasty experienced an increased risk of medical and surgical complications, readmissions and reoperations.

Three weeks of 1-Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation effectively alleviated psychomotor slowing among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Mass shootings on school campuses in the United States have become more deadly over the last 25 years, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to a phospho-tau 217 blood-based biomarker to assist in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the manufacturer.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis — either seropositive or seronegative — demonstrate a 1.66-fold higher risk for depression vs. healthy controls, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Incannex Healthcare has announced positive topline results from its phase 2 PsiGAD1 clinical trial of psilocybin for generalized anxiety disorder, reporting statistically significant improvement in anxiety scores compared with placebo.