Study, Dec./16: "Interaction between Atypical Antipsychotics & Gut Microbiome"

The full title of this American study is "Interaction between Atypical Antipsychotics and the Gut Microbiome in a Bipolar Disease Cohort".

There's been a lot of ongoing discussion in the news (at least, where I live) about the gut microbiome and things that can affect it, including food and medications.

This study finds the following:

CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that AAP-treatment associates with specific representation of gut bacterial families in AAP-treated patients. Additionally, AAP-treatment is associated with decreased species richness in female AAP-treated patients.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28035686