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Antidepressants May Be Less Effective in Patients With Mild General Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder 
Psychiatric News (Tuesday, 24 April) - Patients with mild general anxiety disorder (GAD) or panic disorder (PD) may be less likely to benefit from antidepressants than patients with severe cases of these disorders, suggests a meta-analysis... -
AJP Articles Make NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry, BBRF’s Top 10 for 2017 Psychiatric News (Wednesday, 10 January, 2018) - The American Journal of Psychiatry has once again received recognition from New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Journal Watch Psychiatry and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) for the... -
CBT Provides Long-Term Benefits for Pediatric Patients With OCD Psychiatric News (Thursday, 14 September, 2017) - Children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who respond to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) appear to continue to experience benefits from the therapy even after their initial course of treatment ends,... -
Expert Panel Publishes Comprehensive Guidelines for Treating PANS/PANDAS Psychiatric News (Monday, 24 July, 2017) - An expert panel of clinicians and researchers has published comprehensive guidelines for treatment of Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infection (PANDAS). PANS/PANDAS... -
‘Willingness’ May Predict How Well Patients With Severe OCD Respond to ERP Therapy Psychiatric News (Thursday, 20 July, 2017) - Willingness to experience unpleasant and unwanted thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensation during an exposure appears to improve exposure therapy outcomes among patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to an... -
Brain Inflammation Linked to OCD, Study Suggests Psychiatric News (Friday, 23 June, 2017) - Brain inflammation appears to be significantly higher in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) than those without the condition, according to a study published this week in JAMA Psychiatry. “This finding represents... -
Efficacy Data Support Use of SSRIs in Youth, Expert Concludes Psychiatric News (Thursday, 9 March, 2017) - The question of whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) should be prescribed to children and adolescents has been a topic of much debate for years—with some meta-analyses suggesting that the... -
Study Highlights Importance of Screening Patients With Schizophrenia for OCD Psychiatric News (Thursday, 9 February, 2017) - More than one in four patients with schizophrenia experience comorbid symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a study published in the Psychiatry Research. The findings highlight the importance of...
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