Psychiatric admissions from crisis resolution teams in Norway: a prospective multicentre study

Conclusions: Extended opening hours may help CRTs to prevent more admissions for patients with moderately severe and relapsing mental illnesses. Patients with severe psychosis seem to be difficult to treat in the community by Norwegian CRTs even with extended opening hours. (Source: BMC Psychiatry - Latest articles)

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CVD risk increased in Chinese patients with schizophrenia

Chinese patients with schizophrenia have an elevated mean 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease, researchers have found. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)

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Cognitive deficits in elderly bipolar patients may herald dementia

Elderly patients with bipolar disorder have persistent cognitive dysfunction, prospective study findings suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Bipolar Disorder)

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Boston Bombing Aftermath: Fear, Empathy, AngerBoston Bombing Aftermath: Fear, Empathy, Anger

It's normal to feel a range of emotions the day after the terror bombing attack at the Boston Marathon, even if you were thousands of miles away. WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

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Young people’s reaction to the Boston Marathon bombings

As Boston begins the healing process after Monday’s violence, many of us will turn to each other. Yesterday, Thriving shared advice from psychiatry experts on how to help children deal with fears they may be experiencing. Today, we will share a different perspective: real-life accounts from two young Bostonians. Elan and Erica, senior peer leaders for Boston Children’s Center for Young Women’s Health and the Young Men’s Health initiative, blog for TeenSpeak, a website maintained by Boston Children’s Center’s for Young Women’s Health and the Young Men’s Health Initiative; a forum where teens, young adults, youth advisors, mentors and health care providers write about real life issues. Like everywhere else in the city, the talk at TeenSpeak yesterday focused on Mo...

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The Challenge and Promise of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adulthood and Aging: A Systematic Review of the Literature (1990–2013)

In the past five years, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of publications addressing the issues of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the domain of adulthood and aging. However this increase still represents an extremely small proportion of the overall literature which is predominantly focused on autism in the childhood and adolescence stages of development. The purpose of this paper is to present results from a systematic literature review covering the timeframe of 1990 to 2013 (including advance online publications). Five data bases were queried at the intersection of ASD in the domain of adulthood and aging. Using “ASD” and “adulthood and aging” as the two primary foci, we had several objectives: (1) to conduct an exhaustive and comprehensive review of the lite...

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FDA Turns Down Aerosol Migraine Drug

(MedPage Today) -- An inhalable aerosol formulation of dihydroergotamine (Levadex) for acute migraine treatment won't receive FDA approval until its manufacturer addresses the agency's concerns about the delivery device. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)

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