Smoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
THURSDAY, March 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — One group of Americans drinks more caffeinated beverages than all others. That’s people who smoke cigarettes and also have serious mental illness, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to n…
Learn MoreNegative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Tied to Health-Related Quality of Life
THURSDAY, Feb. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Negative symptoms of schizophrenia strongly correlate with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.Jonas Montvidas, M.D., fro…
Learn MoreLipid Profiles Altered in People With Severe Mental Illness
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Lipid profiles are reproducibly altered in patients with severe mental disorders, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in JAMA Psychiatry.Anna Tkachev, Ph.D., from the Skolkovo Institute of Science…
Learn MoreGenetic Risk Scores Tied to Psychiatric Diagnostic Trajectories
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Genetic risk factors for major depression (MD), bipolar disorder (BD), other nonaffective psychosis (ONAP), and schizophrenia are systematically associated with their diagnostic trajectories, according to a…
Learn MoreDietary Advice Can Improve Nutritional Profile in Schizophrenia
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, implementing conventional nutritional education strategies and specific nutritional advice with a symbiotic effect improves dietary-nutritional profiles, acc…
Learn MoreEnvironmental Risk Factors Linked to Increased Risk for Schizotypy
MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Having a larger number of environmental risk factors is associated with an increased likelihood of schizotypy at age 11 years, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in Schizophrenia Bulletin.Kirstie O’…
Learn MoreFingerprint Images Have Potential for Predicting Schizophrenia
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fingerprint images have potential as predictors of schizophrenia, according to a study published online Nov. 29 in Schizophrenia Bulletin.Raymond Salvador, Ph.D., from the FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Researc…
Learn MoreChildhood Chronic Conditions Up With Maternal Schizophrenia
THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Children exposed to maternal schizophrenia have an increased risk for chronic health conditions in childhood, according to a study published in the November issue of Schizophrenia Bulletin.Simone N. Vigod, M…
Learn MoreMany With Psychosis Have Long-Term Functional Morbidity
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A diagnosis of psychosis in adolescence is associated with long-term functional morbidity, meeting the criteria for not being in education, employment, and training (NEET), according to a study published onlin…
Learn MoreStable Neurodevelopment Seen for Most Children With Familial High Risk for Schizophrenia
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most children at familial high risk for schizophrenia (FHR-SZ) or bipolar disorder (FHR-BP) have stable neurocognitive development, but some transition to a different, usually more impaired, subgroup, accordin…
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