Use of anti-epileptic drug during pregnancy associated with increased risk of...
Maternal use of valproate (a drug used for the treatment of epilepsy and other neuropsychological disorders) during pregnancy was associated with a significantly increased risk of autism in offspring,...
View ArticleChildren's brain processing speed indicates risk of psychosis
(Medical Xpress)—New research from Cardiff and Bristol universities shows that children whose brains process information more slowly than their peers are at greater risk of psychotic experiences.
View ArticleMemory problems, emotional stress result in early readmissions of heart patients
Heart patients' mental state and thinking abilities may help predict whether costly and potentially dangerous early hospital readmission will follow their release after treatment, according to the...
View ArticleRisk of psychiatric diagnoses, medication use increases after critical illness
Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation had a higher prevalence of prior psychiatric diagnoses and an increased risk of a new psychiatric diagnosis and medication use after hospital...
View ArticleUK Government plans for mentally ill prisoners are unrealistic, research...
Government plans to divert more mentally ill people out of the criminal justice system and into mental health services are unlikely to be achieved, according to new research from Queen Mary, University...
View ArticlePost-partum psychiatric episodes linked with increased risk of developing...
Experiencing a psychiatric episode within the first 30 days post-partum appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing bipolar affective disorder, according to a report published Online...
View ArticleComputer programs may be able to identify individuals most at risk of...
(Medical Xpress) -- Computer programs can be taught to differentiate between the brain scans of healthy adolescents and those most at risk of developing psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and...
View ArticleEmotional neglect in children linked to increased stroke risk later in life
New research suggests that people who were emotionally neglected as children may have a higher risk of stroke in adulthood. The study is published in the September 19, 2012, online issue of Neurology,...
View ArticleEuropean agency proposes tougher medical checks for pilots (Update)
The European Aviation Safety Agency on Tuesday proposed tougher medical examinations for pilots, including better mental health assessments, in response to last year's Germanwings crash.
View ArticleSuicide and genetics: a complicated association
Dear Mayo Clinic: Why does it seem that suicide tends to run in families? Does it have anything to do with genetics?
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