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Guidance for medication in bipolar depression published

Solid evidence to guide the use of antidepressants in patients with bipolar disorder is “remarkably limited,” says the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force.

18 Sep 2013

Smokers with a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) taking varenicline have significantly higher likelihood of quitting smoking than placebo

Results of a Pfizer-commissioned study published this month in Annals of Internal Medicine reveal that smokers with a past or present diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD)* taking varenicline had a significantly higher likelihood of quitting smoking (after 12 weeks and at 52 weeks) than those who were given a placebo.

18 Sep 2013

A cost-effective approach to California's mammography screening program

When public health budgets are constrained, mammography screening should begin later and occur less frequently, a cost-effectiveness analysis for California's Every Woman Counts (EWC) program concludes.

18 Sep 2013

Children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome may often be misdiagnosed to have autism

Children with a genetic disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, who frequently are believed to also have autism, often may be misidentified because the social impairments associated with their developmental delay may mimic the features of autism, a study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute suggests.

18 Sep 2013

Husserl-Archiv holds conference on the theme of social experience

From the 25th till 28th September, the Husserl-Archiv of the University of Cologne together with the Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung (The German Society for phenomenological Research) is holding a conference on the theme of social experience.

18 Sep 2013

Obese men who binge are more likely to have elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure

Binge eating is a problem affecting both men and women, however obese men who binge are more likely than their female counterparts to have elevated cholesterol and high blood pressure, finds a new study in General Hospital Psychiatry.

18 Sep 2013

Varenicline drug helps people with depression quit smoking, say researchers

About half of smokers seeking treatment for smoking cessation have a history of depression. Compared with smokers who are not depressed, those who suffer from a major depressive disorder have greater difficulty quitting.

17 Sep 2013

Researchers examine effects of debt burden on Black, Hispanic medical students

The cost of a medical school education in the United States has been on the rise over the past 10 years. However, given racial and ethnic inequalities in access to financial resources, increases in the student debt burden may not be assumed equally.

17 Sep 2013

Study shows that changes in diet, lifestyle choices may result in longer telomeres

A small pilot study shows for the first time that changes in diet, exercise, stress management and social support may result in longer telomeres, the parts of chromosomes that affect aging.

17 Sep 2013

Oxytocin shows evidence of therapeutic value for autism, schizophrenia

The hormone oxytocin could play a role in treating psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a review article in the September Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

17 Sep 2013

Partner yoga may help couples who are struggling with sexual dysfunction, say Loyola experts

Partner yoga may help couples who are struggling with sexual dysfunction, according to sexual wellness experts at Loyola University Health System (LUHS).

17 Sep 2013

‘Risk circuits’ for schizophrenia refined

A study sheds further light on the brain circuits that may underlie risk for schizophrenia.

16 Sep 2013

New neuroimaging and bioinformatics tools for predicting psychotic disorders

A new EU project, METSY, develops and applies neuroimaging and bioinformatics tools to study how lipid metabolism is connected to psychotic disorders and metabolic co-morbidities such as metabolic syndrome and diabetes.

16 Sep 2013

Report: Rates of sexual abuse of children have declined, but reasons not fully understood

Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Yet, reports of psychological and emotional child abuse have risen in the same period, and data vary significantly as to whether child neglect is increasing, decreasing, or remaining constant.

13 Sep 2013

Longer looks: Understanding the mind; facebook depression; planning for a successful end of life

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

13 Sep 2013

New behavioral therapy improves antidepressant treatment of OCD

NIMH grantees have demonstrated that a form of behavioral therapy can augment antidepressant treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) better than an antipsychotic.

13 Sep 2013

New Tailored Activity Program to ease troublesome symptoms of dementia

A transformation in the treatment of patients with dementia is quietly taking place at the Lakeside Medical Unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. There, as part of a collaboration with researchers at the Hopkins School of Nursing (JHUSON), clinicians are putting into practice a protocol that can ease the most troublesome symptoms of dementia, not through drugs but with behavior therapy.

12 Sep 2013

Study shows anorexia linked to how cholesterol processes

The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an enzyme that regulates cholesterol metabolism. The finding suggests that anorexia could be caused in part by a disruption in the normal processing of cholesterol, which may disrupt mood and eating behavior.

12 Sep 2013

Wiley to grant access to research via patientACCESS

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced it will join patientACCESS, a new program which offers low-cost access to medical and scientific research articles to patients and caregivers.

12 Sep 2013

Levels of certain fats in cerebral spinal fluid can predict patients with HIV, say scientists

Johns Hopkins scientists have found that levels of certain fats found in cerebral spinal fluid can predict which patients with HIV are more likely to become intellectually impaired.

12 Sep 2013

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Guidance for medication in bipolar depression published

Smokers with a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) taking varenicline have significantly higher likelihood of quitting smoking than placebo

A cost-effective approach to California's mammography screening program

Children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome may often be misdiagnosed to have autism

Husserl-Archiv holds conference on the theme of social experience

Obese men who binge are more likely to have elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure

Varenicline drug helps people with depression quit smoking, say researchers

Researchers examine effects of debt burden on Black, Hispanic medical students

Study shows that changes in diet, lifestyle choices may result in longer telomeres

Oxytocin shows evidence of therapeutic value for autism, schizophrenia

Partner yoga may help couples who are struggling with sexual dysfunction, say Loyola experts

‘Risk circuits’ for schizophrenia refined

New neuroimaging and bioinformatics tools for predicting psychotic disorders

Report: Rates of sexual abuse of children have declined, but reasons not fully understood

Longer looks: Understanding the mind; facebook depression; planning for a successful end of life

New behavioral therapy improves antidepressant treatment of OCD

New Tailored Activity Program to ease troublesome symptoms of dementia

Study shows anorexia linked to how cholesterol processes

Wiley to grant access to research via patientACCESS

Levels of certain fats in cerebral spinal fluid can predict patients with HIV, say scientists

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