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Smoking may delay full onset of schizophrenia
Individuals with schizophrenia who are current or ex-cigarette smokers may be older at the onset of symptoms than their peers who have never smoked, study results show.
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Untreated psychosis duration predicts non-remission
Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) predicts short- and long-term failure to achieve remission in first-episode psychosis patients, researchers have found.
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Bipolar disorder common in fibromyalgia patients
Around a quarter of patients with fibromyalgia also suffer from bipolar disorder, results from a US study suggest.
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Screening for major depression in cancer outpatients
Cancer 2010; aop: 10.1002/cncr.25514

Anxiety in medically ill children/adolescents
Depression and Anxiety 2010; aop: 10.1002/da.20727

Posttraumatic stress and social anxiety: the interaction of traumatic events and interpersonal fears
Depression and Anxiety 2010; aop: 10.1002/da.20728

Depressive and anxiety disorders and the association with obesity, physical, and social activities
Depression and Anxiety 2010; aop: 10.1002/da.20738

Negative schizophrenic symptoms and the frontal lobe syndrome: one and the same?
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2010; aop: 10.1007/s00406-010-0133-y

Effects of recurrence on the cognitive performance of patients with bipolar I disorder: implications for relapse prevention and treatment adherence
Bipolar Disorders 2010; 12(5): 557-67

Psychosocial interventions for reducing antipsychotic medication in care home residents
Dementia is common in care home residents. Mean prevalence rates of over 60% have been reported from different countries (Matthews 2002, Rovner 1990). In addition to cognitive impairment dementia is often characterized by neuropsychiatric symptoms or so ...
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General physical health advice for people with serious mental illness
The definition of serious mental illness with the widest consensus is that of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (Schinnar 1990) and is based on diagnosis, duration and disability (NIMH 1987). People with serious mental illness have ...
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