Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar depressive switch linked to antipsychotic use, major depressive episode frequency
Comprehensive intervention reduces CV risk in adults with mental illness
An intervention that integrated behavioral counseling, care management and care coordination for patients with serious mental illness significantly reduced overall CV risk, researchers reported.
Important updates from the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting
Fatty acid diet intervention may stabilize mood among patients with bipolar disorder
A nutrition intervention focused on fatty acids may stabilize mood, energy, irritability and pain among individuals with bipolar disorder, according to data presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting.
Lumateperone safe, effective for depressive symptoms among patients with bipolar disorders
Lumateperone appeared to significantly improve depressive symptoms among patients with a bipolar 1- or 2-associated major depressive episode, according to data presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting.
Top stories to read during Mental Health Awareness Month 2020
Second-generation antipsychotics have largely replaced mood stabilizers for treatment of bipolar disorder
Researchers have observed significant changes in the treatment of bipolar disorder over the past 2 decades, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.
Depression, suicidal ideation rates high among transgender teens
Many adolescents who identify as transgender or gender nonconforming were identified as experiencing psychological comorbidities, such as depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, with a greater burden observed among transgender males vs. transgender females, according to findings accepted for presentation at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.
Researchers create suicide risk prediction model using EHR data
An electronic health record-based suicide risk prediction modeling approach detected risk for suicidal behavior among patients across independent health care systems, according to results of a prognostic study published in JAMA Network Open.