If you’ve ever had a song stuck in your head, you’re not alone. Researchers in England found that every person they interviewed had had such an experience.
People with a psychiatric condition are more likely to be smokers. Treatment tends to be more aggressive, and they may have to take smoking-cessation medication in higher doses, and for longer periods of time, for it to be successful.
Testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that exposure to thimerosal through vaccinations generally did not impair neuropsychological development in children, as had been previously believed.
The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil may improve sexual function in women who take antidepressants, but there is no evidence that it boosts sexual desire in women with low or no libido.
Treatment of patients with schizophrenia often falters because patients are unwilling or unable to maintain doctor’s appointments and medication schedules. Transitional services such as assertive community treatment can improve the chances of success.
In the treatment of first-episode schizophrenia, starting treatment as quickly as possible offers the best chance of relief from symptoms, but this is frequently complicated by difficulty in confirming the diagnosis.
More primary care physicians and internists are prescribing antidepressant medications, and the overall number of prescriptions is on the rise.
Statistical evidence indicates that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders has increased since the 1960s. It is believed that this is due to increased public awareness and broader diagnostic criteria.
A review of studies indicated that music therapy may be an effective treatment for depression. Because the studies considered were small, this technique may prove to be most effective in combination with other therapies.
Children who took second-generation antipsychotic drugs were likely to experience weight gain as a side effect.