As reviewed in recent posts, bipolar I and bipolar II disorders are associated with substantial functional impairments and increased mortality. Depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder do ...
A new study led by University of Chicago researchers suggests a significant link between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in the prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders. Based on ...
Air pollution has been shown to increase depression symptoms in individuals with bipolar disorder, a new study published by Cambridge University Press found. Insights into the effects of pollution on ...
A study led by a UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute researcher challenges standard treatment guidelines for bipolar depression that recommend discontinuing antidepressants within the first six months ...
October 9, 2012 (Montreal, Canada) — The first 6 months postpartum carry a significantly higher risk for women with major depressive disorder (MDD) to convert to bipolar disorder (BD) compared with ...
A study, published this month in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, sought to determine whether “a single psychedelic dose of psilocybin with psychotherapy demonstrate[s] evidence for efficacy and/or safety ...
Baylor College of Medicine received nearly $10 million in funding from the NIH BRAIN Initiative to study effective treatments for the depressive phase of bipolar disorder. In the span of five years, ...
Publication bias, especially the lack of publication of negative treatment studies, is known to be a major problem in the medical literature. In particular, it appears that the pharmaceutical industry ...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently said that the diet could “cure” schizophrenia. We asked experts about the claim. By Alice Callahan and Christina Caron Maya Schumer, 32, a ...