News tagged with psychiatric disorders
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First GWAS studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome published
Two papers that will appear in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, both receiving advance online release, may help identify gene variants that contribute to the risks of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or Tou ...
Genetics
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Classifying neural circuit dysfunctions using neuroeconomics
The traditional approach to psychiatric diagnosis is based on grouping patients on the basis of symptom clusters. This approach to diagnosis has a number of problems, as symptoms are not necessarily specific to a single diagnosis. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 24, 2012 |
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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 ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 19, 2012 |
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Childhood trauma linked to adult smoking for girls
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can stay with us for life. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy explains how these events can be tied up wit ...
Health
Jul 12, 2012 |
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Canada's Bill C-31 to change immigration act could severely affect mental health of refugees
The Canadian government's proposed Bill C-31 to change the country's immigration act could have serious negative impacts on the mental health of refugees, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2012 |
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Scientists discover dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder
A recent study by Erika J. Wolf, PhD, and Principal Investigator Mark W. Miller, PhD, both from the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2012 |
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APA task force recommends treatment guidelines and position statements on transgender persons
A report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Task Force on Treatment of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) recommends the development of clinical practice guidelines for psychiatrists caring for patients who are transgender. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Childless women with fertility problems at higher risk of hospitalization for psychiatric disorders
While many small studies have shown a relationship between infertility and psychological distress, reporting a high prevalence of anxiety, mood disorders and depressive symptoms, few have studied the psychological effect ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2012 |
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After child dies, mom's risk of early death skyrockets: study
In the first two years following the death of a child, there is a 133% increase in the risk of the mother dying, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows.
Health
Jun 27, 2012 |
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Treating childhood anxiety with computers, not drugs
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one in eight children suffers from an anxiety disorder. And because many anxious children turn into severely anxious adults, early intervention can have a major ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 11, 2012 |
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The balancing act to regulate the brain machinery
Molecular imbalance lies at the root of many psychiatric disorders. Current EU-funded research has discovered a major RNA molecular player in neurogenesis and has characterised its action and targets in the ...
Neuroscience
Jun 08, 2012 |
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PTSD outcomes improve as US Army adds behavioral health screening to primary care
American Soldiers are reaping the rewards of an innovative Army program designed to identify and treat Soldiers at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression earlier by conducting behavioral health screening ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Formal recognition of PMDD will lift stigma for women
A decision to recognise premenstrual dysphoric disorder as a genuine psychiatric condition will finally provide “validation for this awful and poorly understood” syndrome and alleviate the stigma ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 24, 2012 |
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Zebrafish could hold the key to understanding psychiatric disorders
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric disorders.
Neuroscience
May 17, 2012 |
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Experts say psychiatry's diagnostic manual needs overhaul
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current "field guide" form, according to an essay by two ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 16, 2012 |
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