Healio (9/22, Oldt) reports, “Receiving care from an integrated behavioral health home improved outcomes among individuals with serious mental illness,” researchers found after conducting “a randomized trial among 447 individuals with serious mental illness and at least one cardiometabolic risk factor.” The findings were published online Sept. 15 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Integrated behavioral health home improves mental health, cardiometabolic outcomes,” Amanda Oldt, Healio, September 22, 2016.

Healio (9/22, Oldt) reports, “Individuals with depression who were in higher occupational levels had poorer treatment response and higher rates of treatment-resistant depression,” researchers found after evaluating “a large multinational sample of working individuals with depression who received at least one adequate treatment trial.” The findings of the 654-patient study were presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress.

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— “High status job may hinder depression treatment response,” Amanda Oldt, Healio, September 22, 2016.

In a 4,400-word article, The Atlantic (9/20, Opar) reports that many parents of children with autism are resorting to alternative treatments, such as consultations with psychics, “vitamin supplements, topical ointments, restrictive diets, chelation, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, brain scans, a so-called detoxification system, and stem-cell therapy.”

In fact, “up to 88 percent of boys and girls with autism in the United States receive some alternative treatment,” studies have found. But, “few of these therapies have been adequately tested for safety or efficacy, many come with a hefty price tag, and some are downright dangerous.”

Related Links:

— “The Dangers of Snake-Oil Treatments for Autism,” ALISA OPAR, The Atlantic, September 22, 2016.

Medical Daily (9/21, Dovey) reports that binge eating disorder (BED) may be “linked to a broad range of other illnesses,” research suggests. People with “BED had a 2.5 times greater risk of also having an endocrine disorder and a 1.9 times increased risk of a circulatory system disorder,” while “obese people with BED had a 1.5 times increased risk of having a respiratory disease and a 2.6 times increased risk of having a gastrointestinal disease than those who were not obese,” the study found.

The findings of the 9,350-patient study were published online Sept. 19 in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

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— “Binge Eating Disorder Linked To 44 Health Conditions In Recent Study,” Dana Dovey, Medical Daily, September 21, 2016.

HealthDay (9/21, Dallas) reports, “People who have a brother or sister with schizophrenia are 10 times more likely to develop the mental illness,” researchers found after examining data on some “6,000 Israeli patients who were diagnosed and hospitalized with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or depression” who “were compared to about 75,000 healthy peers from an Israeli population database.”

According to Healio (9/21, Oldt), the findings were presented at the annual meeting of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

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— “Siblings of Schizophrenia Patients at Greater Risk for Same Diagnosis,” Mary Elizabeth Dallas, HealthDay, September 21, 2016.