http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been found to be prevalent in psychiatric patients, but study results have been inconsistent. Now, the first blinded, case-control study to examine this issue finds no association between the virus and psychiatric illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-borna-disease-virus-mental-illness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:21:41 EST news247249229 Demographic factors significantly affect mental health concerns among black men, according to a study by the University of Michigan and University of Southern California that provides the first-ever national estimates of several mental disorders for black men. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-demographic-factors-linked-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:31:03 EST news226740559 Patients in residential treatment programs for drug and alcohol abuse may benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy for depressive symptoms, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-benefit-patients.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:30:16 EST news226596598 Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have developed a mouse model of major depressive disorder (MDD) that is based on a rare genetic mutation that appears to cause MDD in the majority of people who inherit it. The findings, which were published online today in the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics EarlyView, could help to clarify the brain events that lead to MDD, and contribute to the development of new and better means of treatment and prevention. This report also illustrates an advance in the design of recombinant mouse models that should be applicable to many human diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mouse-depression.html Genetics Thu, 19 May 2011 04:04:30 EST news224996648 A landmark study by scientists at Wayne State University published in the May 6, 2011, issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, the most prestigious journal in the field, has revealed a new way to distinguish children with major depressive disorder (MDD) from not only normal children, but also from children with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-major-depressive-disorder-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 10 May 2011 11:54:25 EST news224247226 Taking two medications for depression does not hasten recovery from the condition that affects 19 million Americans each year, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a national study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dual-medications-depression-side-effects.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 02 May 2011 10:46:53 EST news223551994