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Can Anti-Depressant Drugs Induce Suicidality? The Controversy Continues
The publication of an article by North Wales psychiatry David Healy in Psychotherapy and psychosomatics (March-April 2003) on the relationship between Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) and suicidal risk sparked a heated debate. Such debate paved the way for the banning of paroxetine in children and adolescents in UK and US. Now, in the November-december issue of the same journal, two... View More (2003-10-22)
Drug commonly used for alcoholism, drug addiction, curbs urges of compulsive stealers
It appears that a drug commonly used to treat alcohol and drug addiction has a similar effect on the compulsive behavior of kleptomaniacs - it curbs their urge to steal, according to new research at the University of Minnesota. View More (2009-04-01)
Behavioural incentives mimic effects of medication on brain systems in ADHD
Medication and behavioural interventions help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) better maintain attention and self control by normalising activity in the same brain systems, according to researchers at The University of Nottingham. View More (2010-04-15)
Seeing what we are thinking
At last we can see ourselves thinking, using the technique known as functional brain imaging (fMRI), and some of the exciting developments in this field were described in a series of papers presented today, Thursday 29 March, at The British Psychological Society's Centenary Annual Conference, held at the SECC, Glasgow. Dr Adrian Owen, of the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences... View More (2001-03-26)
Efficacy Of The Cognitive Behavioural Group Psychotherapy For HIV-Infected Patients
A group of investigators of the University of Barcelona have reported on the value of a group psychotherapy program in HIV-1 infected patients. Most HIV-infected patients attending a consultation-liaison psychiatry service show symptoms of anxiety and depression. The present study sought to evaluate the immediate and long-term efficacy of a structured cognitive-behavioural group therapy reducing... View More (2002-03-19)
Inflammation in depression: Chicken or egg?
An important ongoing debate in the field of psychiatry is whether inflammation in the body is a consequence of or contributor to major depression. A new study in Biological Psychiatry has attempted to resolve the issue. View More (2012-01-06)
Shame prevented soldiers from expressing war traumas
After the Second World War, Finnish psychiatrists felt that soldiers had readapted to civilian society very well. The reason was not that Finnish soldiers were exceptionally strong, but that war psychiatrists put the blame for long-term psychological problems on the soldiers themselves. View More (2006-08-23)
Depression can foreshadow intellectual decline in older people
Depression in the elderly increases the risk of subsequent mental impairment and can act as a predictor of future intellectual decline, University of Rochester Medical Center psychiatrists and researchers have found. View More (2007-10-09)
Attacks against medical researchers: Time to take a stand
Biological Psychiatry, in its upcoming April 15th issue, is publishing a critically important commentary written by its Editors, members of its Editorial Committee, and its Editorial Board. View More (2008-04-10)
Childhood traumas linger as health risk factors for adults
Research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London has found that negative experiences in childhood may alter not only mental health but also physical health, into middle age and beyond. View More (2009-12-08)
Specific criteria improve diagnosis of bipolar disorder, study finds
Use of criteria such as family history of mania and early onset of illness resulted in the diagnosis of 31 percent more cases of bipolar disorder in individuals experiencing a major depressive episode, according to results of a large international study reported this year. View More (2011-11-08)
Alcoholism Is A Major, Neglected Problem In Patients With Heart Disease.
Some epidemiological studies suggest that moderate alcohol consumption decreases the risk of coronary heart disease. However, long-term excessive alcohol drinking is considered to be a major cause for worsening of heart disease. A group of Greek investigators, headed by George Christodoulou, Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at the University of Athens, have screened more than 300 patients... View More (2000-12-28)
Alzheimer's precursor protein controls its own fate, study finds
A research team led by the University of South Florida Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences has found that a fragment of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) -- known as sAPP-α and associated with Alzheimer's disease -- appears to regulate its own production. View More (2012-04-11)
Childhood adversity may promote cellular aging
Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse could be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry. View More (2010-03-17)
The mirror neuron system in autism: Broken or just slowly developing?
Developmental abnormalities in the mirror neuron system may contribute to social deficits in autism. View More (2011-05-04)
A 'brain wave' test for schizophrenia risk?
There is a significant need for objective tests that could improve clinical prediction of future psychosis. View More (2011-05-18)
Autism redefined: Yale researchers study impact of proposed diagnostic criteria
Getting an autism diagnosis could be more difficult in 2013 when a revised diagnostic definition goes into effect. View More (2012-01-23)
Treating SSRI-Resistant Depression
When your antidepressant medication does not work, should you switch to a different medication from the same class or should you try an antidepressant medication that has a different mechanism of action? This is the question asked by researchers in a new report scheduled for publication in Biological Psychiatry on April 1st. View More (2008-03-26)
Impulse control area in brain affected in teens with genetic vulnerability for alcoholism
A new study suggests that genetic factors influence size variations in a certain region of the brain, which could in turn be partly responsible for increased susceptibility to alcohol dependence. View More (2008-11-07)
Using neuroeconomics to study psychiatry
Neuroeconomics experts and guest editors of the Biological Psychiatry special issue Carla Sharp, John Monterosso, and P. Read Montague in an introductory paper define neuroeconomics as "an interdisciplinary field that brings together psychology, economics, neuroscience, and computational science to investigate how people make decisions." View More (2012-07-20)
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