The children of older aged fathers may have an increased risk of bipolar disorder (BPD), according to a report released on September 1, 2008 in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A common and intense mood disorder, people who are bipolar often experience episodes of mania and depression. There are few [...]
Researchers at Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with the Vall d’Hebron Hospital Fetal Tissue Bank, the Department of Gynaecology and the Research Unit of Paediatric Endocrinology, analysed the effects of Bisphenol A (BPA), a polymer widely used to manufacture plastics, in an in vitro culture of ovaries. The research demonstrated that exposure to this [...]
A simple, illustrated leaflet can be effective in reducing negative attitudes towards people with mental illness, according to a study published in the September issue of the Psychiatric Bulletin. Previous research has shown that negative attitudes towards people who are mentally ill are widespread. People with schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug addiction are the most stigmatised [...]
New research suggests middle-ear disease could increase people’s vulnerability to developing schizophrenia. The study, published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry shows a greater association between middle-ear disease and schizophrenia than was found in a similar study carried out in 1995. This latest study also shows an increase in the odds [...]
GPs prescribe lower volumes of antidepressants in areas with more Black or South Asian people, suggesting possible disparities in the provision of care. The study, published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, also reveals that higher volumes of antidepressants are prescribed by general practices in economically deprived areas, and by practices [...]
A specialist service in south London has proved successful in reducing the severity of symptoms among people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder. In November 2005, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published new guidelines for the treatment of OCD and body dysmorphic disorder. These guidelines propose a stepped-care [...]
People of south Asian or Black Caribbean origin are far more likely to hold a ‘traditional’ view of caregiving than White British people, new research shows. The study, published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that south Asian and Black Caribbean carers of people with dementia are more likely to [...]
This week, psychologists from around the world will meet at The British Psychological Society’s Developmental Section conference at Oxford Brookes University to share their latest research in child development. Developmental psychologists specialise in how the brains of infants and babies develop and how children come to be, and behave, as they do. This year’s conference [...]
Background Many of the psychiatric disorders observed in adults have their onset in childhood or adolescence. In fact some studies show that at least 20% of children and adolescents will fulfil a diagnostic criterion for a mental disorder before reaching adulthood. The presence of a major mental illness is certainly no less serious in children [...]
Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, new research at the University of Chicago shows. The research was conducted on hockey players, fans, and people who’d never seen [...]