MedPage Today (1/16, Hlavinka) reports, “Risk of a second mental disorder increased sharply in the year following an individual’s initial diagnosis, and this risk continued beyond a decade,” researchers concluded in a “Danish study of nearly six million people.” The findings were published online Jan. 16 in JAMA Psychiatry.
According to Healio (1/16, Demko), the author of an accompanying editorial wrote that “these findings, along with findings from family, twin and molecular genetic studies, signify ‘an exciting time for psychiatric research, with opportunities to develop new and more successful approaches to classifying mental disorders.’”
Psychiatric News (1/16) reports that “some categories of disorders” appear to have “exceptionally strong odds of occurring together.” For instance, the study found that “compared with an individual not diagnosed with a mental disorder, an individual diagnosed with a mood disorder was 30 times more likely to be diagnosed later with a personality disorder or a developmental disorder, and 20 times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia or a substance use disorder.”
Related Links:
— “Individuals With a Mental Disorder at Increased Risk for Subsequent Diagnoses, Psychiatric News, January 16, 2019