Chee H. Ng

TL;DR: Memantine as an adjunct treatment appears to have significant efficacy in improving negative symptoms in schizophrenia, and the efficacy and safety of adjunctive memantine for bipolar disorder or MDD needs to be further examined.

TL;DR: The use of ECT was exceedingly high in adolescent patients treated in a tertiary clinical centre in China and was independently and positively associated with older age, high aggression risk at time of admission, and use of antipsychotics and antidepressants.

TL;DR: Insomnia symptoms are common in patients attending medical outpatient clinics in Guangzhou, a large metropolis in southern China, and increasing awareness of sleep hygiene measures, regular screening and psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for insomnia are needed in China.

TL;DR: Although a differential reduction in depression symptoms between groups was observed in favour of SAMe, the results of this pilot study were not statistically significant.

TL;DR: It is found that the prevalence of smoking cessation was significantly lower among schizophrenia patients compared to healthy control and those with other psychiatric disorders and better understanding of the barriers to smoking cessation and more effective measures for quitting smoking should be developed for patients with schizophrenia.