Childhood adversity linked with increased adult psychiatric medication use
1. Patients who had a history of adverse childhood events were more likely to be prescribed medication to treat psychiatric ...
Tag: schizophrenia
Patient Basics: Schizophrenia
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Schizophrenia is a chronic (long-lasting) brain disorder that is easily misunderstood. Although ...
Schizophrenia linked with higher rates of violence, suicide, and early mortality
1. Within the first five years of diagnosis with schizophrenia or a related psychotic disorder, patients were at a much ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 19 – May 26, 2014
Image: PD In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past ...
Paliperidone and haloperidol demonstrate comparable results in schizophrenia [ACLAIMS trial]
Image: PD 1. There was no statistically significant difference in the rate of relapse between patients treated with the long-acting ...
Community-based care linked to reduction of disability in schizophrenic patients [COPSI study]
Image: PD 1. In low-income countries, supplementary community-based care was modestly effective in reducing symptoms and disability for schizophrenic individuals. ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 3 – 10, 2014
Image: PD In this section, we will highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the ...
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Few clinical drug trials exist for pediatric neuropsychiatric conditions
Image: PD 1. Only 10% of clinical neuropsychiatric drug trials from 2006 to 2011 were pediatric trials. 2. Drug trials ...
The CATIE trial: High rates of medication discontinuation in schizophrenic patients [Classics Series]
1. Approximately 74% of schizophrenic patients discontinued their medications before 18 months, with the median being 6 months. 2. Olanzapine ...