Psychiatry News and Research

RSS

Psychiatry is the treatment, study and prevention of mental disorders.

New evidence shows older adults with dementia can be taken off antipsychotic medications

Most older adults with dementia can successfully be taken off antipsychotic medications, which have negative side effects and increase the risk of death, finds a new evidence review from The Cochrane Library.

29 Mar 2013

Mindfulness meditation can reduce stress hormone

Focusing on the present rather than letting the mind drift may help to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research from the Shamatha Project at the University of California, Davis.

29 Mar 2013

Study suggests children of deployed parents face increase risk for alcohol and drugs usage

In 2010, almost 2 million American children had at least one parent in active military duty. A new University of Iowa study suggests that deployment of a parent puts these children at an increased risk for drinking alcohol and using drugs.

29 Mar 2013

Viewpoints: Calif. insurers ignore Commissioner on premiums; Rick Perry says 'broken' Medicaid can't handle expansion; Doctor says NRA let him down

While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate increases are unreasonable: Stuff it, Dave.

28 Mar 2013

Smokers trying to quit will have better experience with varenicline, study finds

Smokers have a higher probability of quitting smoking and a better overall cessation experience when taking varenicline compared to bupropion and to placebo - unmedicated assisted smoking cessation -according to a study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

28 Mar 2013

Researchers reprogramming skin cells into brain cells to understand Alzheimer's disease

Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is leading an international team of researchers working to reprogram skin cells into brain cells to gain a better understanding of Alzheimer's disease.

28 Mar 2013

Ketamine may help treat severe depression, reduce suicidal urges, UAB researchers say

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers think ketamine, an anesthesia medication in use since the 1970s, might be a valuable tool in treating severe depression and reducing suicidal urges; they have launched two studies to explore the possibility.

27 Mar 2013

Depression also diminish health benefits of physical activities, say researchers

Depression may inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects typically associated with physical activity and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

27 Mar 2013

Compulsory community treatment not found to reduce hospitalisation rates of mentally ill patients

The controversial practice of discharging people under Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) after they have been involuntarily hospitalised due to mental health problems has no effect on the patients’ likelihood of being subsequently hospitalised, compared to Section 17 leave, an older and less restrictive type of supervised discharge, according to a randomised trial published Online First in The Lancet.

26 Mar 2013

Lundbeck, Otsuka reach agreement to develop and commercialize Lu AE58054

H. Lundbeck A/S and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. today announced a license and development agreement for Lu AE58054, a selective 5HT6 receptor antagonist currently in development for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

26 Mar 2013

Sunny regions with high solar intensity have lower prevalence of ADHD, study finds

A study published today in Biological Psychiatry sheds new light on the increasing rates (prevalence) of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, known as ADHD.

26 Mar 2013

Study provides understanding of root causes of clinical variability in anxiety disorders

New findings from nonhuman primates suggest that an overactive core circuit in the brain, and its interaction with other specialized circuits, accounts for the variability in symptoms shown by patients with severe anxiety.

26 Mar 2013

NIH-funded study documents possible risk factor for autism at 7 months of age

At 7 months of age, children who are later diagnosed with autism take a split second longer to shift their gaze during a task measuring eye movements and visual attention than do typically developing infants of the same age, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health.

26 Mar 2013

Konzo's harm goes beyond devastating physical effects

The harm done by konzo - a disease overshadowed by the war and drought it tends to accompany - goes beyond its devastating physical effects to impair children's memory, problem solving and other cognitive functions.

25 Mar 2013

UNC study shows brain activity associated with mental illness in young children

Research from the University of North Carolina has shown that children at risk of developing schizophrenia have brains that function differently than those not at risk.

25 Mar 2013

Primary care providers need training to recognize early symptoms of psychosis

Primary care providers could help people with warning signs of psychosis get critical early treatment and potentially reduce the current burden on emergency departments and inpatient units, finds a study in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

24 Mar 2013

Mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression no barrier to weight loss success

Through a program that teaches simple nutrition messages and involves both counseling and regular exercise classes, people with serious mental illness can make healthy behavioral changes and achieve significant weight loss, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

22 Mar 2013

Psychiatry News and Research

Further Reading

New evidence shows older adults with dementia can be taken off antipsychotic medications

Mindfulness meditation can reduce stress hormone

Study suggests children of deployed parents face increase risk for alcohol and drugs usage

Viewpoints: Calif. insurers ignore Commissioner on premiums; Rick Perry says 'broken' Medicaid can't handle expansion; Doctor says NRA let him down

Smokers trying to quit will have better experience with varenicline, study finds

Researchers reprogramming skin cells into brain cells to understand Alzheimer's disease

Ketamine may help treat severe depression, reduce suicidal urges, UAB researchers say

Depression also diminish health benefits of physical activities, say researchers

Compulsory community treatment not found to reduce hospitalisation rates of mentally ill patients

Lundbeck, Otsuka reach agreement to develop and commercialize Lu AE58054

Sunny regions with high solar intensity have lower prevalence of ADHD, study finds

Study provides understanding of root causes of clinical variability in anxiety disorders

NIH-funded study documents possible risk factor for autism at 7 months of age

Konzo's harm goes beyond devastating physical effects

UNC study shows brain activity associated with mental illness in young children

Primary care providers need training to recognize early symptoms of psychosis

Mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression no barrier to weight loss success

Two genes associated with rare autism-related disorders linked to general forms of autism: Study

Fibromyalgia: an interview with Dr Frederick Wolfe, University of Kansas School of Medicine

Study: News stories on mass shootings contribute to negative perceptions of mental illness

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Latest News