Despite accounting for just 1% of the population, people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders represent nearly 12% of people who die by suicide, according to a study published online in Schizophrenia...
As reported online May 28 in Nature Medicine, Dr. Weinberger and colleagues analyzed data from 2,885 adults across the US, Italy, Germany, and Japan, including 2,038 with schizophrenia.
Women who continue to take olanzapine or quetiapine during pregnancy are at increased risk of developing gestational diabetes, according to a study published online in The American Journal of Psychiatry. ...
Early intervention services for patients with early-phase psychosis was linked with better outcomes across all meta-analyzable measures, compared with treatment as usual, according to a new meta-analysis...
In a recent study, researchers examined the effects of a 2-year early intervention service on short- and long-term risk of suicide in patients with first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.
Reducing the dose of risperidone and olanzapine can improve cognitive function and negative symptoms in patients with stable schizophrenia, new research from China suggests.
Whether antipsychotic treatment among patients with schizophrenia is associated with an increase or decrease in mortality risk is controversial. The effects of specific agents or routes on this association...
