Affective Disorder

People with affective disorders had the highest rates of nosocomial PTSD 3 months after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization, according to a study in Psychiatry Research.

People who received a Lyme disease diagnosis in a hospital setting had increased risk for mental disorders, affective disorders, suicide attempts and suicide, according to results of a nationwide cohort study conducted in Denmark.

Real-life social contact led to higher affective well-being linked to social resilience measures, such as coping by seeking social support, according to results of a community-based cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Family genetic risk scores showed clear separations between major affective and psychotic disorders and were linked to early age at onset and high rates of recurrence, according to results of a Swedish cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Adverse psychiatric, neurodevelopmental and physical outcomes among children reportedly associated with in utero exposure to antidepressants appeared to be caused by the underlying maternal disorder, according to results of a systematic review published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Use of benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepines, or Z-drugs, did not appear associated with subsequent dementia, according to results of a nationwide cohort and nested case-control study published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Researchers have uncovered several prenatal and perinatal factors associated with later psychosis onset, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Individuals with depression were more than twice as likely to use cannabis than those without depression, according to study findings published in Addiction. Researchers noted that the prevalence of cannabis use in the United States has increased among individuals with and without depression.