Continuities
between psychiatric disorders in adolescents and personality disorders in young adults
Association
between psychiatric disorders and iron deficiency anemia among children and adolescents: a nationwide population - based study.
There is an especially strong link
between psychiatric disorders and complications during gestation or birth, such as prenatal bleeding, low oxygen or malnutrition of the mother during pregnancy.
After adjustment for confounding factors, the associations
between psychiatric disorder and workforce participation, income and living standards remained significant (all P < 0.05), but the associations
between psychiatric disorder and educational achievement were not significant (all P > 0.10).
Linear and logistic regression models were used to examine the associations
between psychiatric disorder from age 18 to 25 and workforce participation, income and living standards, and educational achievement at age 30, before and after adjustment for confounding factors.
Not exact matches
They also found some ties
between these areas and those which have been previously identified as possibly playing a role in other
psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia.
Although concussion research is still considered in its infancy, there have been increasing proof of a link
between head injuries and
psychiatric and mood
disorders.
«Study could help explain link
between seizures and
psychiatric disorders: Cells related to seizures, schizophrenia, and ADHD all found in the same region of the brain.»
The research could alter how physicians and psychiatrists view the boundaries within and
between psychiatric and medical
disorders.
Martin Maripuu, doctoral student at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, has studied the correlation
between low cortisol levels, so - called hypocortisolism, and poor
psychiatric and somatic health in patients with recurrent depressions or bipolar
disorder.
We found genetic correlations
between personality traits and
psychiatric disorders, but specific variants underlying the correlations are unknown.»
The researchers caution that their findings, described online on May 4 in npj Schizophrenia — a new publication from Nature Publishing Group — do not establish a cause - and - effect relationship
between mental illness and yeast infections but may support a more detailed examination into the role of lifestyle, immune system weaknesses and gut - brain connections as contributing factors to the risk of
psychiatric disorders and memory impairment.
The participants included 270 community dwelling, cognitively normal men and women,
between 62 and 90 years old, with no active
psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Anthony James, with the University of Oxford, and lead author of the paper, said of the study, «The finding that the disparity
between US and English discharge rates for PBD is markedly greater than the disparity for child
psychiatric discharge rates overall, and for adult rates for bipolar
disorder, is potentially important.
The authors suggest that the intricate balance
between the signaling of neurons in these three brain regions may be crucial for normal social behavior in humans, and that disruption may contribute to various
psychiatric conditions, including autistic spectrum
disorders.
Previous studies have identified a link
between creativity and
psychiatric disorders such as bipolar
disorder, but it has remained unclear whether this association is due to common genes.
These results give us by far the clearest picture available to date of the degree of genetic similarity
between these key
psychiatric disorders.
Previous studies show strong relationships
between adult health conditions — anxiety, panic and
psychiatric disorders, such as post-traumatic stress
disorder, substance misuse and others — and adversities experienced in childhood, such as abuse, witnessing violence, parental incarceration and others.
However, Dr Jensen noted that other results from long - term cohort studies are sparse and inconsistent, but in general do not show strong associations
between infertility, fertility treatment and risk of
psychiatric disorders.
This will help us better understand how interplay
between the environment and genetic risk may increase or reduce the risk of co-occurring
psychiatric disorders and substance involvement.
For example, she said, it is important to distinguish
between those who are experiencing distress — which nearly everyone does in a disaster — from
psychiatric disorders, such as post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) so that people can be treated appropriately.
«There seems to be a causal relationship
between impaired sleep and some of the
psychiatric symptomatology and
disorders that we're seeing,» says Robert Stickgold, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who was not involved in this study.
Researchers had previously noted a potential association
between psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder, and acceleration of the aging process.
Bipolar
disorder (BD), characterized by mood swings
between positive manic / hypomanic and negative / depressive states, is a common
psychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence of ~ 1 %.
It's compelling evidence for the long - proposed link
between the immune system and certain
psychiatric disorders.
Using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, Dr. Goldie explored the associations
between cardiovascular risk and disease, mental health
disorders and the use of
psychiatric medication.
Eating
disorders cost the NHS
between # 50 and # 70 million, while anorexia has the highest death rate of all adolescent
psychiatric conditions, they point out.
«However, this proof - of - concept study defines a roadmap for future studies investigating the genetic covariance
between structural / functional brain phenotypes and risk for
psychiatric disorders,» Sullivan said.
Imbalances
between the two have been implicated in
psychiatric disorders, including depression.
Others have previously speculated that the biological basis of
psychiatric disorders such as PTSD includes a shift in the balance
between different signalling systems in the brain but none has yet proved it.
In
psychiatric disorders, functional connectivity, which is measured by temporal correlations
between some brain regions, is too much increased or decreased compared to healthy control.
«There is a fascinating association
between Toxoplasma infection and
psychiatric diseases including schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder.
However, treatments of
psychiatric disorders (e.g., drugs and cognitive behavior therapy) could not increase or decrease a specific connectivity
between two regions, because these methods give broad effects on the global network.
Disturbed control of extracellular glutamate appears to be an important factor, directly or indirectly, in all neurological
disorders as well as in drug abuse and major
psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia), as a consequence of the abundance of glutamate, the ubiquitous presence of glutamate receptors, and the interplay
between glutamate, oxidation and energy metabolism (for review see: Danbolt, 2001: Prog.
Correlation analysis
between genome - wide expression profiles and cytoarchitectural abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex of
psychiatric disorders.
In 2009 Dr. Drevets became the first President and Scientific Director of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, OK, a private research institute founded and supported by The William K. Warren Foundation, to lead a multidisciplinary team in studies aimed at investigating interrelationships
between neuroimaging, genetic and other biomarkers, illness course, and treatment outcome in
psychiatric disorders.
Professor Murray says the study is «a very competent and conservative assessment of what research studies tell us about the relationship
between cannabis and
psychiatric disorders» and that the risk could be even higher than the authors have estimated.
Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and
psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social
disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction
between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links
between biology and behavior.
The research supports the connection
between substance abuse and ADHD discovered in earlier research and demonstrates that coexisting factors like family history of substance abuse or other
psychiatric disorders can not be responsible for the increased risk.
In addition, a relationship has been hypothesized
between iodine deficiency and a number of other health issues including other malignancies, obesity, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD),
psychiatric disorders, and fibromyalgia.
A relationship has also been suggested
between iodine deficiency and a number of other health issues including other cancers, obesity, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD),
psychiatric disorders, and fibromyalgia.
These findings highlight the important role of bacteria in the communication
between the gut and the brain, and suggest that certain probiotic organisms may prove to be useful adjunct therapies in stress - related
psychiatric disorders.
The Difference
Between Owning a Lot of Pets and Being an Animal Hoarder Hoarding is considered to be a
psychiatric disorder, and being an animal hoarder is different than, say, rescuing a large number of pets that you can adequately care for.
This longitudinal study by Goodman is the latest to examine the association
between hemiplegia or chronic brain
disorders and
psychiatric conditions.
The relationship
between childhood
psychiatric disorder and exclusion from school has not been frequently studied, but both are associated with poor adult outcomes.
5 of 6 adequate studies found an association
between abuse and greater
psychiatric comorbidity in patients with eating
disorders.
A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of
psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and
disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link
between conduct
disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct
disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.
Moreover, men with depressive symptoms have reduced parasympathetic activity compared with control subjects, whereas no differences
between depressed women and controls have been reported.44) Because the demographic characteristics of patients with various
psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, PTSD, and MDD) differ, the recruitment of separate groups of healthy controls that are well matched to individuals with each
psychiatric disorder is necessary to clarify the HRV data.
Consistent associations have been reported
between frequent attendance and female sex, older age, unemployment, socio - economic deprivation, marital status,
psychiatric disorder, physical illness, and health concerns.
The clinical diagnosis of hypochondriasis was made with the Structured Diagnostic Interview for Hypochondriasis based on operationalized DSM - III - R criteria.27 Interrater agreement with this instrument is 96 %, and the univariate correlation
between the interview responses and self - report questionnaire scores is 0.75.27 The DSM diagnosis of hypochondriasis specifically excludes hypochondriacal symptoms that are better explained by another, comorbid
psychiatric disorder or by major medical illness.