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Psychiatric & Physical Comorbidities & Their Impact On The Course Of Bipolar Disorder: A Prospective, Naturalistic 4-Year Follow-Up Study

Article December 11, 2017

Key Messages Physical and psychiatric comorbidities are common in bipolar disorder (BD), but they may not all be associated with long-term outcomes. The risk of manic relapses in BD was… Read More

Virtual Forum Summary: Looking Beyond Mood & Psychosis: A Focus On Neurocognition

Article October 9, 2017

This summary was developed utilizing the full recorded presentation of this virtual forum, which is available on PsychU for all members free of charge. For full sourcing and polling results,… Read More

Neurobiology Of Risk For Bipolar Disorder

Article July 21, 2017

Key Messages Tools that would facilitate early diagnosis, intervention, and prevention of new bipolar episodes may be of benefit to patients with bipolar disorder or who may develop bipolar disorder… Read More

Neuroinflammation & White Matter Pathology In Schizophrenia: Systematic Review

Article July 11, 2017

Key Messages White matter (WM) pathology and neuroinflammation have each been associated with schizophrenia in separate lines of research. This systematic literature review examined whether a relationship exists between WM… Read More

Cognitive Impairment In Manic Bipolar Patients: Important, Understated, Significant Aspects

Article June 28, 2017

Key Messages Compared with healthy individuals, patients with bipolar I disorder (BD I) experience cognitive deficits, including impairment of sustained attention, memory, and executive function. These deficits have been observed… Read More

Neuroplasticity Underlying The Comorbidity Of Pain & Depression

Article June 26, 2017

Key Messages There is a high degree of comorbidity between depression and chronic pain, and each condition may have an adverse effect on the other. This review sought to describe… Read More

Neuroinflammation & Psychiatric Illness

Article June 26, 2017

Key Messages Multiple lines of evidence support the role of neuroinflammatory processes in the pathogenesis of psychiatric illnesses. Neuropsychiatric disorders are frequently found among patients with autoimmune conditions; in addition,… Read More

Genetics Of Schizophrenia & Smoking: An Approach To Studying Their Comorbidity Based On Epidemiological Findings

Article June 26, 2017

Key Messages An association between tobacco smoking and schizophrenia has been consistently described in the literature. This meta-analysis showed a 5-fold increased rate of current smoking in patients with schizophrenia… Read More

Pathophysiology & Evolving Theories In Schizophrenia

Video June 7, 2017

This presentation is part 2 in a series focusing on the psychopharmacology of schizophrenia. This presentation reviews regions of the brain and neurotransmitters implicated in schizophrenia, as well as the… Read More

Virtual Forum Summary: Do Inflammation & Metabolic Disturbances Metastasize To The Brain? Implications For Disease Modeling & Novel Approaches In Psychiatry

Article June 5, 2017

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