Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic To Prevent Relapse in First Episode Schizophrenia
Research published in JAMA Psychiatry demonstrated that long-acting, injectable, second-generation antipsychotic medication has tremendous potential to bring clinical stability to persons with first-episode schizophrenia. According to the authors, “long-acting medications are rarely used following a first episode of schizophrenia.” Patients with recent onset of schizophrenia (n=86) were randomized to receive long-acting injectable risperidone or oral […]
Read MoreThe Myth of Schizophrenia as a Progressive Brain Disease
Schizophrenia has historically been considered to be a deteriorating disease, a view reinforced by recent MRI findings of progressive brain tissue loss over the early years of illness. Zipursky and colleagues challenge this concept. Schizophrenia Bulletin [More…]
Read MoreViolence and Schizophrenia: The Subject of ’60 Minutes’
The CBS television program “60 Minutes” aired a special report about the issue of recent tragic mass shootings as preventable tragedies and the failures of the US mental health system. The show interviewed experts Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., president of APA and chair of psychiatry at Columbia University, and E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., executive director of the […]
Read MoreEarly Detection of Schizophrenia: The Time Is Now
In an editorial in Psychiatric News by APA President Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, he describes that “we are at another game-changing moment in psychiatry with the rise of the early detection and intervention strategy (EDIS). This new therapeutic strategy and model of care could have a significant effect on our ability to treat and limit the […]
Read MorePain conditions among veterans with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
A study published in General Hospital Psychiatry evaluated the rates of chronic, noncancer pain conditions in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) System. Researchers used a cross-sectional design that used administrative data extracted from VHA treatment records of all individuals receiving VHA services in one year (N=751). They […]
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