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Bipolar News From Medical News Today
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Psychiatric Disorders May Be Linked To Protein Involved In Memory Formation
Researchers have discovered a pathway by which the brain controls a molecule critical to forming long-term memories and connected with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The discovery was made by a team of scientists led by Alexei Morozov, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute...
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Providing Mental Health Care Lowers Arrest Rates, Saves Money
Research from North Carolina State University, the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and the University of South Florida shows that outpatient treatment of mental illness significantly reduces arrest rates for people with mental health problems and saves taxpayers money...
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Pioneering Study Demonstrates Benefit Of Imaging Technique In Identifying Bipolar Disorder
MRI may be an effective way to diagnose mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, according to experts from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In a landmark study using advanced techniques, the researchers were able to correctly distinguish bipolar patients from healthy individuals based on their brain scans alone. The data are published in the journal Psychological Medicine...
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Networks Of Neurons Identified In The Brain That Are Disrupted In Psychiatric Disease
Studying the networks of connections in the brains of people affected by schizophrenia, bipolar disease or depression has allowed Dr. Peter Williamson, from Western University, to gain a better understanding of the biological basis of these important diseases. Dr...
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The Lancet Series On Bipolar Disorder: Advances In Biological Understanding Need To Be Brought Closer To The Experience Of The Patient
Bipolar disorder - where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation (mania) to severe depression - is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced forms (bipolar I and II), with milder forms of the disorder affecting another 2%...
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Flu In Pregnancy Increases Child's Risk Of Bipolar Disorder
Women who catch the flu during pregnancy may put their child at increased risk of bipolar disorder later in life, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry. In the past, studies have demonstrated a link between gestational influenza and schizophrenia in offspring, showing that a mother's flu during pregnancy may increase a child's risk of schizophrenia...
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Taking Valproate While Pregnant Raises Autism Risk
Researchers have found that pregnant women who take the drug valproate (for epilepsy) could be at an increased risk of giving birth to a child with autism, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA...
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Gene Expression In Patients Treated With Antipsychotics Is Similar To Expression In Non-Bipolar Brains
Every day, millions of people with bipolar disorder take medicines that help keep them from swinging into manic or depressed moods. But just how these drugs produce their effects is still a mystery. Now, a new University of Michigan Medical School study of brain tissue helps reveal what might actually be happening...
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Seasonal Patterns Evident In Google Searches About Mental Illness
A new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that Google searches for information across all major mental illnesses and problems followed seasonal patterns, suggesting mental illness may be more strongly linked with seasonal patterns than previously thought...
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Mental Illness And Heavy Cannabis Use Often Go Hand-In-Hand
People with mental illnesses are more than seven times more likely to use cannabis weekly compared to people without a mental illness, according to researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) who studied U.S. data. Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance globally, with an estimated 203 million people reporting use...
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