Schizophrenia News

• COVID in Pregnancy May Affect Boys' Neurodevelopment: Study Boys -- but not girls -- born to mothers infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 during pregnancy were more likely to have a neurodevelopmental disorder by age 12 months, but the risk appeared to wane over time.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2023
• New Schizophrenia Genes Identified The genetic analysis, the most ethnically diverse to date, identified two new genes with a heavy burden of rare protein-truncating variants that could be the cause of schizophrenia in some patients.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2023
• Perinatal Interpersonal Violence Risk Higher in Schizophrenia People with schizophrenia have a threefold greater risk of interpersonal violence while pregnant and post partum, compared with those without schizophrenia.
  Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2023
• New Insight Into Preventing Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain Most antipsychotics have weight-related and metabolic side effects. This study shines a light on the relationship of dose and weight for each agent to help inform which antipsychotic to prescribe.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2023
• ACTRIMS 2023 High Level of Psychiatric Morbidity in Prodromal MS New study sheds light on psychiatric conditions that appear in the years prior to multiple sclerosis symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2023
• Dissociative Identity Disorder: Fad or Fact? About half of French psychiatrists doubt the existence of the disorder, which reportedly is becoming more prevalent among adolescents.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2023
• Encephalitis Linked to Psychosis, Suicidal Thoughts Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis can present with psychiatric symptoms, such as depression and psychosis, and is associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2023
• Immunodeficiencies Tied to Psychiatric Disorders in Offspring Children of mothers with primary antibody immunodeficiencies are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders, as well as suicidal behaviors, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, February 15, 2023
• No Benefit of Long-Acting Antipsychotics in Schizophrenia? New research questions whether long-acting injectable antipsychotics are better than oral medications in preventing treatment discontinuation in early-phase schizophrenia.
  Medscape Medical News, February 09, 2023
• Genetic Clues to 'Devastating' Sarcoma Diagnosis Uncovered Variants in two gene pathways appear to be directly linked to sarcoma development. The finding offers hope for earlier cancer detection and treatment, suggest researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Sleep Abnormalities Common In All Stages of Psychosis Sleep disturbances are consistently high throughout the course of psychosis, with later stages associated with distinctive brain wave activity during sleep, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2023
• Psychiatric Illnesses Share Common Brain Network A network of neural connections is linked to six psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 25, 2023
• Lipid Signature May Flag Schizophrenia A specific lipid profile can identify patients with schizophrenia, possibly paving the way to the first clinically useful diagnostic test for a severe psychiatric illness, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 25, 2023
• 'Concerning' Uptick in Pediatric Antipsychotic Prescribing Over the past 20 years, antipsychotic prescribing in children and adolescents has more than doubled in England, with the largest increase in children with autism.
  Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2023
• Poor Oral Hygiene After Stroke Can Alter Inflammation Risk After severe and cardioembolic stroke, poor oral hygiene is associated with elevated blood inflammatory cytokine levels, researchers warning.
  First Look, January 12, 2023
• Novel Antipsychotic 'Encouraging' for Resistant Schizophrenia Topline results from an exploratory study suggest clinically meaningful benefits when evenamide is added to existing antipsychotic medication in adults with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2023
• More Evidence Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors Are Genetically Based A new study uncovers novel, cross-ancestry candidate risk genes for suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2022
• Antipsychotic Use in Pregnancy: New Data New data suggest that antipsychotics are not major teratogens, providing additional reassurance for pregnant women who need these medications.
  Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2022
• Voice Could Be a Major New Biomarker The NIH is investing millions to investigate voice analysis as a tool for diagnosing a wide range of diseases, including Alzheimer's, depression, and autism.
  WebMD Health News, December 08, 2022
• Chromosomal Test May ID Risk for Sudden Infant Deaths A study of more than 100 unexplained pediatric deaths showed pathogenic gene variations in 12% of cases.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2022