Archive: 14/07/2015
Benzodiazepines not recommended for patients with PTSD or recent trauma
Benzodiazepine drugs are widely used in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but available evidence suggests that they are not effective—and may even be harmful, concludes a systematic review and meta-analysis ...
Jul 14, 2015
Antidepressant trials exclude most 'real world' patients with depression
More than 80 percent of people with depression in the general population aren't eligible for clinical trials of antidepressant drugs, according to a study in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.
Jul 14, 2015
Am I fat? Many of today's adolescents don't think so
Admitting that you have a weight problem may be the first step in taking action, but a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that an increasing number of overweight adolescents do not consider ...
Jul 14, 2015
Obesity-related behaviors increase when school's out
Regardless of family income, children on summer break consume more sugar, watch more television, and eat fewer vegetables than the rest of the year, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public ...
Jul 14, 2015
MRI studies point to brain connectivity changes in autism spectrum disorders
Studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are beginning to reveal differences in brain connectivity—the ways that different parts of the brain are connected to each other and work together—in people with ...
Jul 14, 2015
Closing the quality chasm in mental health and substance use care
A plan to ensure that evidence-based psychosocial interventions are routinely used in clinical practice and made a part of clinical training for mental health professionals was released today by the National Academy of Medicine ...
Jul 14, 2015