The Failed Mental Health System: How Did We Get Here? Deinstitutionalization's good intentions, bad results -- and many reasons for hope Feb 10, 2020
Magic Mushrooms Ease Cancer Anxiety; Olanzapine/Samidorphan NDA Accepted News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 29, 2020
Trump Administration Touts Mental Health Accomplishments Speakers offer praise for more aggressive involuntary commitment Dec 20, 2019
Antipsychotics Ranked for Adverse Metabolic Effects Findings warrant updating of guidelines, researchers say Dec 19, 2019
Overweight Patients Less Likely to Gain Weight on Antipsychotic Analysis looked at users of brexpiprazole (Rexulti) Oct 07, 2019
Novel Combo Tx Shows Durable Antipsychotic Effects Almost half of patients with schizophrenia deemed PANSS responders with samidorphan/olanzapine Oct 06, 2019
Injectable vs Oral Antipsychotics: Patients Have Preferences Long-acting injectables generally endorsed, but some still favor daily pills Oct 05, 2019
Sarcosine for Schizophrenia; Abilify Lawsuit; Rural America Suffering News and commentary from the psychiatry world Sep 11, 2019
Should Dual Rx for Psychotic Depression Continue After Remission? Trial gives an answer, but it comes at potentially heavy cost Aug 20, 2019
Psych Comorbidities Drive Mortality Risk for Patients With ADHD Though absolute risk of death remains small Aug 08, 2019
Antipsychotic Scores Win as Add-On Depression Therapy Pimavanserin significantly improved HAMD-17 scores starting at 1 week May 22, 2019
New Depression, ADHD Drugs OK'd; DMT Microdosing; Bitcoin Addiction? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Mar 06, 2019
Cat Poop and Schizophrenia; Cannabis for a 4-Year-Old News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 30, 2019
Childhood Lead Exposure Tied to Mental Health Issues in Later Life Greater exposure also associated with difficult personality traits in adulthood Jan 23, 2019
Comorbidities 'Pervasive' Within Mental Disorders Increased risk for second disorders seen early and beyond 15 years Jan 16, 2019
ADHD Genes; Psychosis and Suicide; Your Brain on Internet Gaming News and commentary from the psychiatry world Nov 28, 2018
New Binge Eating Tx; DAYBREAK Results Disappoint; Opioid for MDD? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 31, 2018
Assessing Competency in Aid-in-Dying Patients Should a competency exam by an outside doctor be required? Oct 27, 2018
One-Day Injectable Aripiprazole Tx Passes Test Results comparable to traditional 21-day oral regimen May 08, 2018
Morning Break: Breast Cancer-Schizophrenia Link; FDA on Essure; Rx for Hearing Loss? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the Ƶ staff Mar 08, 2018
Mental Illness Insults Need Doc Intervention (BMJ) Firestorm ignored, diagnosis used as an insult Oct 06, 2017
FDA Approves New Valbenazine Formulation (Neurocrine Biosciences) One 80-mg capsule once daily for tardive dyskinesia Oct 05, 2017
Nursing Student Diary: Psych Unit Initiation Experience differs from preconceived notions Jun 24, 2017
Study Yields Surprise on LSD's Mechanism of Action Insight into how the drug gives meaning to meaningless stimuli -- and the roots of psychosis Jan 26, 2017 video
FDA Warns of Skin Reaction With Olanzapine Zyprexa and Symbyax among products to get warning label May 10, 2016
FDA Warning: Abilify Tied to Impulse Control Problems In rare cases, may prompt "uncontrollable urges" May 03, 2016
New Drug Eases Tardive Dyskinesia in Pivotal Trial Tremors related to treatment for schizophrenia quieted by VMAT2 inhibitor Apr 21, 2016
Zyprexa: Also a Pain Med? Meta-analysis suggests analgesic effect for antipsychotic drug Feb 22, 2016
Depot Drug Keeps Schizophrenics Out of Jail NEW YORK CITY -- Schizophrenia patients who had recently been released from jail were less likely to be rearrested or otherwise fail treatment when they took a depot antipsychotic drug in a randomized trial. May 07, 2014
APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biology NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception. May 01, 2014
APA Leaders Defend New Diagnostic Guide SAN FRANCISCO -- The fifth edition of the "psychiatrist's bible" was officially released here in all its 947-page glory, with its developers offering a spirited rebuttal to their critics. May 20, 2013
DSM-5: What's In, What's Out PHILADELPHIA -- Reports here provided what may be the last public update on DSM-5, the next edition of American psychiatry's diagnostic guide, before it is formally released in May 2013. May 10, 2012
Most DSM-5 Revisions Pass Field Trials PHILADELPHIA -- Field trials of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable. May 07, 2012
Tardive Drug Effect Is Often Permanent NEW ORLEANS -- Only about one patient in eight who develops tardive syndromes as a result of an antipsychotic or other drug therapy ever fully recovers, a researcher said here. Apr 27, 2012
FDA Panel Split Over Inhaled Antipsychotic WASHINGTON -- An FDA advisory panel punted on the question of approval for an inhaled version of the antipsychotic drug loxapine (Adasuve) to treat agitation in bipolar and schizophrenic patients, despite the risk for respiratory side effects. Dec 12, 2011
Side Effects of Loxapine Aerosol Raise FDA Concerns WASHINGTON -- Although staccato loxapine (Adasuve) appears to be effective in calming schizophrenic and bipolar patients, concerns remain about the drug's pulmonary side effects, according to a review by FDA staff members. Dec 10, 2011
Early Sexual Abuse Linked to Later Psychosis Children who are sexually abused, particularly if the abuse involves penetration, are at risk for later developing a psychotic disorder, an Australian case-control study found. Nov 01, 2010
FDA Panel Recommends Limited Use of Investigational Antipsychotic SILVER SPRING, Md. -- An FDA advisory panel voted to recommend FDA approval for sertindole (Serdolect) to treat schizophrenia, but only for a subgroup of patients that the agency would have to define. Apr 07, 2009