Updated: 2012-02-29 15:54:41
With crunch time looming for the ongoing revision of the psychiatry profession's diagnostic manual, critics hoping to stop what they see as destructive changes are taking their campaign to the consumer media.
Updated: 2012-02-28 10:30:00
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Updated: 2012-02-27 22:30:00
One in four people with mental illness experiences violence of some type in a given year, a much higher rate than experienced by the rest of the population, a meta-analysis determined.
Updated: 2012-02-13 17:38:37
A few years ago on our blog, we reviewed a paper suggesting that estrogen may be a beneficial treatment for women with schizophrenia. In this study patients with schizophrenia receiving estrogen showed significant improvement in their positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions), but no difference in negative symptoms (reduction in range of emotional expression, poverty of speech, [...]
Updated: 2012-02-09 15:00:28
We want to thank those of you who have continued to subscribe to our blog and who have visited our website. Some have written noting particular interest in the research conducted at the MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health, including the National Pregnancy Registry for Atypical Antipsychotics. The purpose of the National Pregnancy Registry for Atypical [...]
Updated: 2012-02-08 21:33:34
Topiramate (marketed as a Topamax), in addition to its use for the treatment of epilepsy, is now being prescribed to reproductive aged women for a broad spectrum of indications, including migraine headaches, weight control, and mood stabilization. Limited information is available on its reproductive safety; however, the preliminary data we do have raises some concerns [...]
