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US Adults With Depression Report Poorer Quality of Life, Greater Impairment

US adults with depression reported lower quality of life, higher work and activity impairment, and more health care resource use than those without depression, according to an analysis of survey data presented in a…

Bipolar Disorders

Adjunctive Lumateperone Shows Efficacy for Bipolar Depression

When used as adjunctive therapy with the mood stabilizers lithium or valproate, the schizophrenia drug lumateperone 42 mg improved depressive symptoms in patients with bipolar depression experiencing major depressive episodes, Intra-…

General Psychiatry

Growing Number of Psychiatric PAs Could Ease Psychiatrist Shortage

Physician assistants (PAs) may offer an effective way to ensure patients have access to quality mental health care despite the projected shortage of psychiatrists in the near future, according to a poster presented at Psych Congress 2020.

Depression

Targeted Exposure to Stress Can Improve Depressive Symptoms

Introducing time-limited adaptive stressors has demonstrated a profound effect on patient well-being, but efforts to sidestep stress often overshadow these approaches in today's society, Psych Congress 2020 cochair Charles Raison, MD, said…

Bipolar Disorders

Optimizing Response to Bipolar Disorder Treatment

Psych Congress 2020 speaker Joseph F. Goldberg, MD, details factors that could influence a patient's response to a treatment for bipolar disorder, and how clinicians can address them.

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Optimizing Response to Bipolar Disorder Treatment

Psych Congress 2020 speaker Joseph F. Goldberg, MD, details factors that could influence a patient's response to a treatment for bipolar disorder, and how clinicians can address them.