Behavioral addictions linked to bipolar disorder - (8/3/2010 )
 Determining the prevalence of the main behavioral addictions in bipolar patients in euthymic phase or stabilized by medications.
 18th European Congress of Psychiatry; Munich, Germany; 27 February–2 March 2010
Schizophrenia patients show consistent working memory impairments - (8/3/2010 )
 Assessing work memory deficits in patients with schizophrenia compared with mentally healthy individuals.
 18th European Congress of Psychiatry; Munich, Germany; 27 February–2 March 2010
Infant trauma common in patients with paranoid schizophrenia - (8/3/2010 )
 Exploring infant trauma as a contributing factor in schizophrenia and its relationship with psychopathology.
 18th European Congress of Psychiatry; Munich, Germany; 27 February–2 March 2010
Cortical surface characteristics altered in offspring of schizophrenia patients - (22/2/2010 )
 Adolescents with a genetically elevated risk for schizophrenia show altered cortical surface area and thickness, researchers report.
 Schizophr Res 2010; 116: 143–151
Shortened Hypomania Checklist effectively discriminates BD from MDD - (22/2/2010 )
 Assessing the effectiveness of a 16-item version of the Hypomania Checklist for differentiating between bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
 J Affect Disord 2010; Advance online publication
Subthreshold symptom persistence predicts progression to bipolar disorder - (22/2/2010 )
 Study findings suggest that symptom persistence, rather than just presence of symptoms, predicts the transition to full-blown, clinically relevant bipolar disorder in young people with a subthreshold state.
 Br J Psychiatry 2010; 196: 102–108
Schizophrenia patient involvement with criminal justice system high - (8/2/2010 )
 Assessing the prevalence of encounters with the criminal justice system among US patients with schizophrenia and the associated costs.
 BMC Psychiatry 2010; 10: 11
Bipolar II disorder patients at ‘marked’ risk for suicide attempt - (8/2/2010 )
 Researchers conduct a literature review and meta-analysis of the published prevalence data for attempted suicide in bipolar II disorder.
 Bipolar Disord 2010; 12: 1–9
Psychosis treatment adherence unaffected by involuntary hospital admission - (8/2/2010 )
 Investigating whether voluntary admission for treatment in first-episode psychosis results in better adherence to treatment and more favorable outcome than involuntary admission.
 Acta Psychiatr Scand 2010; Advance online publication
Cortisol levels persistently elevated in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder - (8/2/2010 )
 Researchers look at whether the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is compromised in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder.
 Bipolar Disord 2010; 12: 77–86
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