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Use of commonly used antidepressants may result in different outcomes among older adults initiating this medication for depression, as shown in a study.

Women who have been clinically diagnosed with perinatal depression are at greater risk of death, particularly during the first year of diagnosis and due to an unnatural death, such as suicide, reports a study. The observed association exists independent of psychiatric history and familiar factors.

Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or trazodone appear to be no better than placebo in the treatment of insomnia among patients undergoing long-term haemodialysis, reveals a study. In addition, trazodone use is associated with a higher incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs).

Treatment with the combination of xanomeline plus trospium leads to favourable reduction in positive and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, while being well tolerated, according to data from the phase III EMERGENT-2 trial.