Search Results for: Psychiatry

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020

The Story of Prozac: A Landmark Drug in Psychiatry

Publication date: Mar 02, 2020 In the early 1970s, the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly began to investigate the possibility of developing an antidepressant drug that avoided the potential cardiovascular risks ... Read more

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020

Severe insomnia is associated with metabolic syndrome in women over 50 years with major depression treated in psychiatry settings: a METADAP report.

Major Depressive Disorder Literature

Publication date: Mar 01, 2020 Major depression is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk. We have previously shown that severe insomnia, a core symptom of major depression episode (MDE), ... Read more

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

Genetic Testing in Psychiatry

Autism News

Publication date: Feb 21, 2020 Patients sometimes ask whether a genetic test can help us choose the right psychiatric medication for them. At present, these tests just don’t do what ... Read more

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Prescribing antipsychotics in child and adolescent psychiatry: guideline adherence.

Autism Literature

Publication date: Feb 12, 2020 Antipsychotics are often prescribed to children and adolescents, mostly off-label. We aimed to assess adherence to recommendations of guidelines for antipsychotic prescription. We reviewed 436 ... Read more

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Prescribing antipsychotics in child and adolescent psychiatry: guideline adherence.

Autism Literature

February 7, 2020

Precision Psychiatry Applications with Pharmacogenomics: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Feb 01, 2020 A growing body of evidence now suggests that precision psychiatry, an interdisciplinary field of psychiatry, precision medicine, and pharmacogenomics, serves as an indispensable foundation of ... Read more

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020

The importance of a developmental perspective in Psychiatry: what do recent genetic-epidemiological findings show?

Autism Literature

Publication date: Jan 20, 2020 There is growing appreciation that a developmental perspective is helpful in Psychiatry. However, clinical practice and research, especially in an era of very large sample ... Read more

March 29, 2020

CSF levels of glutamine synthetase and GFAP to explore astrocytic damage in seronegative NMOSD.

Multiple Sclerosis Literature

Publication date: Mar 26, 2020 To explore levels of astrocytopathy in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) by measuring levels of the astrocytic enzyme glutamine synthetase (GS) and glial fibrillary acidic ... Read more

March 28, 2020

A Framework for Advancing Precision Medicine in Clinical Trials for Mental Disorders.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Mar 25, 2020 Lenze, E.J., Rodebaugh, T.L., and Nicol, G.E. A Framework for Advancing Precision Medicine in Clinical Trials for Mental Disorders. 06576. 2020 JAMA Psychiatry. Concepts Keywords ... Read more

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020

Visual hallucinations in neurological and ophthalmological disease: pathophysiology and management.

Parkinson's Disease Literature

Publication date: Mar 25, 2020 Visual hallucinations are common in older people and are especially associated with ophthalmological and neurological disorders, including dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Uncertainties remain whether there ... Read more