Sentences with phrase «many psychotic disorders»
Predictors of parenting outcome in women with psychotic disorders discharged from mother and baby units.
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In our input to the committee we wrote: We continue to support the recommended addition of a specifier, as it is stated on the DSM 5 website, «With Postpartum Onset,» that can be applied to a current or most recent Major Depressive Episode, Manic, or Mixed Features in Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, or Bipolar II Disorder, or to Brief Psychotic Disorder, and that the onset of the episode be extended to within 6 months postpartum.
Younger adolescents were more likely to have a history of a psychotic disorder (8 % versus 2 % in older adolescents) and hallucinations.
A thorough assessment of Selective Mutism should also rule - out other disorders that may better account for the mutism such as autism - spectrum disorders, communication disorders and psychotic disorders.
Her research is focused on the behavioral and neuromaturational changes that precede psychotic disorders.
Although the study participants all suffer from bipolar disorder, the researchers behind the study think that the mechanisms also apply to other psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia.
«Sibling bullying makes psychotic disorders three times more likely.»
«If the bullying occurs at home and at school the risk for psychotic disorder is even higher.
«Bullying by siblings has been until recently widely ignored as a trauma that may lead to serious mental health problems such as psychotic disorder.
Psychotic disorders — such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder — cause abnormal thoughts and perceptions, and often involve hallucinations or delusions.
Children who are victimised both at home and by school peers are even worse off — being four times more likely to develop psychotic disorders than those not involved in bullying at all.
People who were involved in sibling bullying during childhood are up to 3 times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood.
Led by Professor Dieter Wolke (senior author) at Warwick's Department of Psychology, this is the first study to explore the relationship between sibling bullying and the development of psychotic disorders.
People who were bullied by siblings during childhood are up to three times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Regular pot use has been linked to psychotic disorders and to alcohol and drug addiction (SN Online: 1/12/17).
Fifty - five of the total 3600 children in the study had developed a psychotic disorder by the age of eighteen.
PLEs affect many more people than the number who will be diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, and can cause impairments in social and occupational functioning similar to, though less severe than, those experienced by people with psychosis.
It is known that smoking cannabis daily doubles an individual's risk of developing a psychotic disorder, but it has been difficult to establish who is most vulnerable.
The study didn't include people with a psychotic disorder, but the findings line up with brain alterations found in patients with schizophrenia.
«This has implications for improving health and well - being and for preventing conversion to a psychotic disorder,» said Dr. Barber.
Clark D. Jeffries, PhD, bioinformatics scientist at the UNC - based Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), is a co-author of the study, which was conducted as part of the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS), an international effort to understand risk factors and mechanisms for development of psychotic disorders.
Before most people experience full - blown psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, they are often diagnosed as being at clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis.
Abnormal brain activity in psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is thought to stem in part from impaired function of the NMDA receptor.
A new risk calculator can predict an individual's risk of developing psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, according to a new study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.
The elevations in glutamate and glycine indicate that NMDA receptors receive abnormal stimulation in psychotic disorders.
As Dr. Mayo notes, undertaking this work is vital: «We can promote resilience and mitigate the vulnerability of CHR individuals to developing a psychotic disorder and improve their chances of recovery.»
«Our findings suggest that glycine abnormalities may play a role in the earliest phases of psychotic disorders,» said Dr. Öngür.
«New tool can predict individual's risk of psychotic disorders.»
Still, many psychiatrists insist antipsychotics shouldn't be given without a confirmed diagnosis of a psychotic disorder.
Today Brain publishes a new study indicating that antiepileptic drugs designed to reduce seizures, may also induce psychotic disorders in some patients.
Among these, 14 (14.3 %) were diagnosed as having a psychotic disorder that had been triggered by their antiepileptic drugs.
To test this possibility, researchers screened the medical records of 2630 patients with epilepsy and identified 98 (3.7 %) with psychotic disorders.
«Some psychotic disorders may be induced by drugs designed to combat effects of epilepsy.»
«Refugees have a substantially higher risk of psychotic disorders.»
The term was a misnomer because BPD bears little relation to most psychotic disorders.
Results showed 3,704 cases of non-affective psychotic disorders during the 8.9 million person years of follow up.
«Psychotic disorders and obesity: New report shows big waistlines are to blame: First study to compare long - term weight gain across psychotic disorders.»
Overall, they say «our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that increased risk of non-affective psychotic disorders among immigrants is due to a higher frequency of exposure to social adversity before migration, including the effects of war, violence, or persecution.»
Subjects included 119 healthy volunteers and 26,683 patients with a variety of psychiatric conditions such as brain trauma, bipolar disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia / psychotic disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
«Migrant status, in particular refugee status, needs to be considered as an important risk factor for psychotic disorders in Ontario,» they conclude.
Refugees granted asylum were on average 66 % more likely to develop schizophrenia or another non-affective psychotic disorder than non-refugee migrants.
«The pattern we observed in Ontario suggests that psychosocial factors associated with the migratory experience and integration into Canada may contribute to the risk of psychotic disorders.»
They followed people over a 10 - year period for a first diagnosis of psychotic disorder.
The study, published in the international journal Bipolar Disorders, is the first to compare the long - term course of weight across different psychotic disorders.
The researchers used a linked national register data to examine more than 1.3 million people in Sweden, and tracked diagnoses of non-affective psychotic disorders among the population.
So a team of researchers from the Karolinska Institutet and UCL carried out a study to determine the risk of schizophrenia and other non-affective psychotic disorders among refugees, compared to non-refugee migrants, and the general Swedish population.
«Most clinical trials for psychotic disorders are limited to cross-sectional or short - term studies that typically last one year or less,» said Martin T. Strassnig, M.D., lead author of the study and associate professor of Integrated Medical Science in FAU's College of Medicine.
Researchers from Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence for Youth Mental Health; the University of Melbourne; Port Phillip Prison and University Hospital of Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Spain, have shown that childhood sexual, physical and emotional abuse are associated with severe hallucinations in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
The authors postulate that experiences of discrimination and racism may explain the higher rates of psychotic disorders in some immigrant groups, as indicated by previously published studies.
BPD was originally thought to be «on the border» of a psychotic disorder, like schizophrenia, and a mood disorder, like depression.