4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (320+ words) Mumbai: Maharashtra’s 32 district hospitals currently lack functional 10-bed psychiatric units, and patients with severe mental health conditions across the state are being referred to four regional mental hospitals for inpatient care. The lack of district-level inpatient services is forcing patients…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (143+ words) A recent systematic review published in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry in August 2026 reveals that 25% to 39% of substance-induced psychoses eventually evolve into schizophrenia. By identifying unique drug-specific symptom profiles and prompt responses to low-dose antipsychotics, the findings offer clinicians…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (962+ words) Childhood epilepsy is linked to significantly poorer exam grades and long term educational attainment, with the lowest levels of academic prowess among those whose neurological disorder started when they were very young, finds a large, long term Danish study, published…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (351+ words) Medical Dialogues New Delhi: As many as 26 States/Union Territories have constituted the State Mental Health Authority Fund under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav, informed the Rajya Sabha The information…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (202+ words) What if your gut started whispering to your mind years before it ever screamed with disease? IBD, which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, causes chronic inflammation of the digestive tract and can severely affect daily life. Researchers believe the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (320+ words) Medical Dialogues A randomized trial found that people with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder experienced improvements in both clinical symptoms and cognitive function after following a ketogenic diet for four months The findings suggest that dietary interventions may have potential…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (235+ words) Medical Dialogues Could changing what you eat help improve serious mental illnesses? A new clinical trial suggests a ketogenic diet may benefit both the body and the brain in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Published in Schizophrenia Bulletin, the…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (168+ words) Four of the trials studied major depressive disorder. One studied people with bipolar disorder who were living through a depressive episode. Because the studies differed so widely in design, the authors did not pool the numbers into a single statistic....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (369+ words) According to the company, the study met its primary endpoint, with twice-daily oral administration of Ropanicant 45 mg demonstrating a clinically meaningful improvement from baseline in the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score at Week 6 compared to placebo. The…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (376+ words) A new study led by Murdoch University has found that children of parents with severe mental illness are more likely to experience cognitive difficulties. Severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder affect over 247 million people…...