Depression is the most common mental illness as well as the number one cause of disability among people between the
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Study explains why antipsychotic medications lead to weight gain, promote metabolic syndrome
Why do patients who receive antipsychotic medications to manage schizophrenia and bipolar disorder quickly gain weight and develop prediabetes and
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BMI, male sex, smoking, depression and metabolic syndrome contribute to biological aging
A ‘biological age’ score predicts that being male, overweight, a smoker and having depression all contribute to biological aging, a
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Is psychiatry shrinking what’s considered normal?
Psychiatric classifications catalog the many forms of mental ill-health. They define what counts as a disorder and who counts as
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Preventing the onset of schizophrenia in mouse model
Although predisposing processes occur earlier, schizophrenia breaks out at young adulthood, suggesting it might involve a pathological transition during late
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Ecopipam reduces stuttering symptoms in proof-of-concept trial
A team led by a psychiatrist at the University of California, Riverside, has tested the orally administered investigational medication ecopipam
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Depression, anxiety linked to opioid use and reduced survival in women with breast cancer
Elderly women battling breast cancer who have anxiety, depression or other mental health conditions are more likely to use opioids
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Does genetic testing pose psychosocial risks?
For the last quarter century, researchers have been asking whether genetic information might have negative psychosocial effects. Anxiety, depression, disrupted
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Treatment targeted at a genetic mutation relieves psychosis symptoms: Proof-of-principle findings pave the way for precision medicine in psychiatry
Treatment of psychosis can be targeted to a specific genetic mutation in patients with psychotic disorders, according to a study
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Cognitive behavior therapy shown to improve multiple menopause symptoms
Although hormone therapy (HT) is the most commonly recommended treatment for menopause symptoms, research is ongoing for alternatives, especially nonpharmacologic
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