Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing News

• Lab-Generated 'Minibrains' Shed New Light on Schizophrenia Cerebral organoids that model schizophrenia may lead to a better understanding of the disease processes in the human brain, as well as new targets for drug development.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2018
• AAPM 2018 Mental Health Services Key to Effective Pain Management A growing body of evidence suggests that including mental health services in a pain care program significantly improves patient outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 01, 2018
• ACOG 2018 Depression and Bipolar Screening Essential for New Moms Maternal mental health problems are among the most common complications of pregnancy, but mothers who experience difficulty after giving birth don't always get appropriate care.
  Medscape Medical News, April 30, 2018
• CDC: Autism Prevalence Up Slightly to 1 in 59 Improved detection in minority populations may be one reason for the uptick in autism spectrum disorder prevalence.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2018
• SIRS Antipsychotics May Alter Thyroid Function Patients with severe mental disorders are more likely to be in either a hypothyroid or a hyperthyroid state than others, say Norwegian scientists, who found that antipsychotic use may affect thyroid function.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2018
• ADAA Lurasidone Appears Safe in Kids With Bipolar Depression Lurasidone, approved for bipolar depression in children and adolescents on the basis of 6-week findings from a phase 3 trial, is also safe and effective for up to 28 weeks, new open-label data show.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2018
• Ketamine Spray Effective for Suicidality, but Concerns Linger Intranasal esketamine added to standard antidepressant therapy rapidly reduces symptoms of major depression and suicidality in patients at risk for suicide, but experts worry about the potential for abuse.
  Medscape Medical News, April 17, 2018
• SIRS Psychiatrists the Most Common Victims of Physician Homicide Among physicians, psychiatrists are the most likely to be killed by their patients or a family member. The most common victims of homicide among mental health workers are female case workers, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, April 16, 2018
• Epilepsy Linked to Increased Death From Accidents, Suicide A new study focusing on unnatural deaths in people with epilepsy suggests that psychiatric disease and psychiatric medication make a significant contribution to these deaths.
  Medscape Medical News, April 16, 2018
• SIRS Parental Cannabis Use Tied to Child Psychosis Risk Cannabis use during pregnancy by both the mother and the father has been linked to an increased risk for psychosis in their children.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2018
• PCPs Feel Ill-Equipped to Assess Irritability in Children Pediatric primary care providers were less confident than child and adolescent psychiatrists in their ability to evaluate the mental health status of young patients with irritability, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2018
• SIRS Sleep Disturbances Affect the Majority of Schizophrenia Patients Three quarters of schizophrenia patients have sleep disturbances, such as sleeping too long and having difficulty falling asleep. Treatment could yield physical and mental benefits, suggest two studies.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2018
• SIRS Very High Risk of Substance Use, Mood Disorders in Schizophrenia Schizophrenia patients face a high and persistent risk for subsequent substance use or mood disorder, which underlines the interconnectedness of mental health disorders, reveals Danish study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2018
• SIRS Internet Use May Trigger Psychosis Relapse Young, unemployed patients with psychosis can get drawn into excessive Internet use that can lead to bad online experiences and even trigger Internet-related relapses, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2018
• Smartglasses Help Patients With Comorbid Autism, ADHD Novel wearable computer technology helps patients with co-occurring autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) improve their focus and attention.
  Medscape Medical News, April 05, 2018
• Major Loss of Wealth Increases Mortality Risk, Study Finds Clinicians should realize patients' financial losses may affect their health, study authors warn.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2018
• AAGP 2018 New Inpatient Program Stems 'Epidemic of Violence' A novel interdisciplinary program called BOOST improves care of hospitalized geriatric patients with behavioral disturbance; 78% of staff said it enhanced workplace safety.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2018
• AAGP 2018 Positive Long-term Results for Tardive Dyskinesia Drug Long-term efficacy and safety/tolerability outcomes are positive in older patients with tardive dyskinesia treated with valbenazine, according to pooled analyses from several phase 3 trials.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2018
• Prenatal Micronutrients May Cut Mental Illness Risk in Children Prenatal supplementation with micronutrients should be further considered as a first step in decreasing risk for future psychiatric illnesses in newborns, the authors of a systematic review conclude.
  Medscape Medical News, March 28, 2018
• AAGP 2018 Switching Antidepressants May Boost Suicide Risk in Elderly Prescribing patterns for antidepressant treatment may affect risk for suicidal behavior in elderly patients, suggests a new population-based study of more than 185,000 Swedish residents.
  Medscape Medical News, March 28, 2018