Psychosis News

Sometimes sleep can become a persistent and chronic problem, and this is where we see links with psychiatric illness in adulthood, say researchers The study authors said that it's good news that we know that it is possible to improve our sleep patterns and behaviours Results showed that a weakened immune system could partially explain links between lack of sleep and psychosis, but other unknown factors are also likely to be important

While patients with depression as a primary illness are more likely to be diagnosed accurately, patients with depression and psychosis rarely experience symptoms of purely one or the other illness. For the study, published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, the team explored the possibility of using ML to create highly accurate models of 'pure' forms of both illnesses and to use these to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of a cohort of patients with mixed symptoms.

Researchers cited the example of mountaineer Jeremy Windsor who experienced something very strange while climbing Mount Everest in 2008.

They were also more likely to be rated as "improved" by their psychiatrist, the study found, and there were signs of better cognitive performance and functioning. 

The more autism traits people with psychosis had, the lonelier and more hopeless they felt and were more likely to think about suicide.

The experts concluded that, for the patients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, antipsychotic medications do not have negative long-term effects on patients` outcomes or the brain. 

Several studies have shown the strong relationship between these disorders and later risk of developing cardiovascular disease, with high rates of mortality. 

Scientists have developed a new probability model that has shown 70 percent accuracy in predicting patients, who are at greatest risk of having their first psychotic episode within 12 months, compared with the 28 percent accuracy of the current criteria.

Each participant went through a battery of tests designed to assess their cognitive abilities.

The experiment showed a larger performance improvement in people with very early signs of psychosis in comparison to the healthy control group.