Psychology & Psychiatry
New guidelines for treating psychosis
Most people with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia will not obtain adequate care. Many end up in correctional facilities on medication or become homeless.
Jun 18, 2021
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Telehealth may increase use of specialty care for serious mental illness
Greater county-level use of telemental health visits is associated with modest increases in contact with outpatient specialty mental health care professionals and a greater likelihood of follow-up after hospitalization among ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Spurred by mass shootings, more Americans view mentally ill as violent
(HealthDay)—Americans are increasingly viewing people with mental illnesses as a violent threat, despite scientific evidence to the contrary, a new study suggests.
Oct 8, 2019
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First report on mass shootings from Columbia University database
A research team at the Center of Prevention and Evaluation (COPE) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, led by Drs. Gary Brucato and Ragy R. Girgis, found that, contrary ...
Feb 18, 2021
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AI equal to humans in text-message mental health trial
UW Medicine researchers have found that algorithms are as good as trained human evaluators at identifying red-flag language in text messages from people with serious mental illness. This opens a promising area of study that ...
Oct 11, 2022
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Perceptual distortions in late-teens predict psychotic symptoms in mid-life
Schizophrenia is often diagnosed well into adulthood, typically from the late teens to early 40s. Are there early indicators that could help predict which individuals will go on to develop this serious mental illness?
Jul 27, 2021
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New peer-based service helps callers navigate America's complex mental health care system
The gaps in the U.S. mental health system are too numerous to count, but perhaps the most harrowing one is at the front door, at entry. Who do you call? Where exactly do you turn when a loved one goes off-track? How do you ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Effect of high-deductible insurance use in bipolar disorder
A new study led by the Department of Population Medicine finds that individuals with bipolar disorder who switched to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) experienced a moderate decrease in nonpsychiatrist mental health outpatient ...
Jun 16, 2020
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One in four U.K. children have a mother with mental illness
One in four U.K. children between the ages of 0 and 16 have a mother with a mental illness, according to a team of University of Manchester researchers
Jun 11, 2019
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Skills training opens 'DOORS' to digital mental health for patients with serious mental illness
Digital technologies, especially smartphone apps, have great promise for increasing access to care for patients with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. A new training program, called DOORS, can help patients get ...
Mar 6, 2020
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