Healio (10/12, Martin) reports, “The prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases is significantly ‘higher and more wide-ranging’ than previously recognized, according to” findings published online in the journal Rheumatology. After analyzing data from the INSPIRE project, investigators concluded that “barriers to reporting neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases include limited knowledge and subjectivity.” What’s more, “most patients reported not being asked about their mental health by physicians.”
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— “Psychiatric symptom burden in SARDs higher, ‘more wide-ranging’ than previously recorded,”Erich Martin, Healio , October 12, 2023