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Relationship of resting brain hyperconnectivity and schizophrenia-like symptoms produced by the NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine in humans
P T Morgan & J H Krystal
Source: Molecular Psychiatry - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: N R DriesenG McCarthyZ BhagwagarM BlochV CalhounD C D'SouzaR GueorguievaG HeR RamachandranR F SuckowA AnticevicP T MorganJ H Krystal Tags: gamma-aminobutyric acid functional connectivity ketamine N-methyl-D-aspartate psychosis schizophrenia Source Type: research

Functional genetic variants in the vesicular monoamine transporter 1 modulate emotion processing
ilacqua, D Goldman & G A Doyle
Source: Molecular Psychiatry - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: F W LohoffR HodgeS NarasimhanA NallT N FerraroB J MickeyM M HeitzegS A LangeneckerJ-K ZubietaR BogdanY S NikolovaE DrabantA R HaririL BevilacquaD GoldmanG A Doyle Tags: amygdala bipolar disorder medial PFC schizophrenia SLC18A1 Source Type: research

A mutation in NPAS3 segregates with mental illness in a small family
& F C Nucifora
Source: Molecular Psychiatry - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: L YuN ArbezL G NuciforaG L SellL E DeLisiC A RossR L MargolisF C Nucifora Source Type: research

Expression of the G72/G30 gene in transgenic mice induces behavioral changes
Expression of the G72/G30 gene in transgenic mice induces behavioral changes Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, January 22 2013. doi:10.1038/mp.2012.185 Authors: L Cheng, E Hattori, A Nakajima, N S Woehrle, M D Opal, C Zhang, K Grennan, S C Dulawa, Y-P Tang, E S Gershon & C Liu
Source: Molecular Psychiatry - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: L ChengE HattoriA NakajimaN S WoehrleM D OpalC ZhangK GrennanS C DulawaY-P TangE S GershonC Liu Tags: G72/G30 gene expression hedonic response psychiatric disorders stereotypic behavior transgenic mouse model Source Type: research

Opioid receptor mu 1 gene, fat intake and obesity in adolescence
D Gaudet, T Paus & Z Pausova
Source: Molecular Psychiatry - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: A HaghighiM G MelkaM BernardM AbrahamowiczG T LeonardL RicherM PerronS VeilletteC J XuC M T GreenwoodA DiasA El-SohemyD GaudetT PausZ Pausova Tags: opioid receptor mu 1 gene fat intake obesity and amygdala Source Type: research

The evolution of CANMAT Bipolar Disorder Guidelines: past, present, and future
Yatham LN, Kennedy SH, Parikh SV, Schaffer A, Beaulieu S, Alda M, O’Donovan C, MacQueen G, McIntyre RS, Sharma V, Ravindran A, Young LT, Milev R, Bond DJ, Frey BN, Goldstein BI. The evolution of CANMAT Bipolar Disorder Guidelines: past, present, and future.  Bipolar Disord 2013: 15: 58–60. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Source: Bipolar Disorders - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lakshmi N Yatham, Sidney H Kennedy, Sagar V Parikh, Ayal Schaffer, Serge Beaulieu, Martin Alda, Claire O’Donovan, Glenda MacQueen, Roger S McIntyre, Verinder Sharma, Arun Ravindran, L Trevor Young, Roumen Milev, David J Bond, Benicio N Frey, Benjamin I Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Have the CANMAT bipolar guidelines transmogrified from do matter to can matter?
Malhi GS. Have the CANMAT bipolar guidelines transmogrified from do matter to can matter?  Bipolar Disord 2013: 15: 54–57. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S.Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Source: Bipolar Disorders - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gin S Malhi Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Raising the bar for the evidence in evidence‐based guidelines
Ostacher MJ. Raising the bar for the evidence in evidence‐based guidelines.  Bipolar Disord 2013: 15: 50–53. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Source: Bipolar Disorders - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michael J Ostacher Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

CANMAT Guidelines commentary: where does the evidence come from, and how can we use it for our patients?
Swann AC. CANMAT Guidelines commentary: where does the evidence come from, and how can we use it for our patients?  Bipolar Disord 2013: 15: 45–49. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S.Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Source: Bipolar Disorders - January 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alan C Swann Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Inflammatory bowel disease: perspectives from cingulate cortex in the first brain
Abstract The article by Agostini et al. (2013) in this issue of Neurogastroenterology and Motility evaluated patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) for volumetric changes throughout the brain. They observed decreased gray matter volumes in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior midcingulate cortex (aMCC) and disease duration was negatively correlated with volumes in subgenual anterior cingulate (sACC), posterior MCC (pMCC), ventral posterior cingulate (vPCC), and parahippocampal cortices. As all patients were in remission and suffered from ongoing abdominal pain, this study provides a critical link between forebrain ch...
Source: Neurogastroenterology and Motility - January 22, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: B. A. Vogt Tags: VIEWPOINT Source Type: research

Scientists Cast Light Onto Roots of Illness Deep in the Brain
The technique called optogenetics might one day lead to better treatments for psychiatric problems, drugs with fewer side effects and more effective brain implants.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - January 21, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Marked Jump in ADHD DiagnosesMarked Jump in ADHD Diagnoses
Childhood diagnoses of ADHD increased markedly in the US during the last decade, with disproportionately high rates among white children and marked increases among black girls. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Neural clues found for impaired emotional response in bipolar disorder
Researchers have identified distinct trait- and state-related neural abnormalities during emotional response inhibition in patients with bipolar disorder.
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

ADHD Diagnoses Up Sharply (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The rate of childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis has increased by nearly 25% over the past decade, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift In Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis
If madness, or psychosis, is just a result of a physical defect in the brain, then it makes sense to devote little effort to understanding the experiences of mad people, and to focus instead on suppressing such experiences as much as possible. That’s what our vast “mental health” industry has been doing for decades, without success. In his book, Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift In Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis, psychologist Paris Williams outlines a very different approach — one that prioritizes understanding and the valuing of personal experiences. Before writing this book, Williams...
Source: Psych Central - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michael Appollionio Tags: Antipsychotics Book Reviews Disorders General Psychotherapy Schizophrenia Treatment Assertion Attempts Author Documents Brain Breadth Current Health Decades Developed Countries Glider Pilot Habit Hang Glider Helping Oth Source Type: news

Information for Contributors
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Editorial Board
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Contents
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Contents continued
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Masthead
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Manuscript Submission Form
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Guide for Authors
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Table of Contents
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Subscribers Page
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Editorial Board Page
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: research

Between Abstinence and Dependency: Understanding the Brain and Behavioral Correlates of Reward Learning in Occasional Stimulant Users
When young adults leave home to pursue a career or higher education, they face a variety of new challenges. New ways of thinking and working, along with obligatory time constraints, make focus and a good work ethic essential to thrive. In today's culture, some young adults resort to using prescription stimulants at moments when particular attentiveness is required. For instance, a majority of university students that illegally use prescription stimulants report doing so to stay awake and focus while studying (). The perceived effectiveness of these stimulants along with their commonplace nature may lead some individuals to...
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andrea H. Lewis, Mauricio R. Delgado Tags: Commentaries Source Type: research

Modafinil, Inhibitory Control, and Alcoholism
Alcohol is implicated as a causal factor in numerous diseases and injuries; its harmful use accounts for approximately 2.5 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health, 2011. Alcohol dependence is by definition a heterogenous disorder, characterized by the past 12-month occurrence of at least three of seven DSM criteria (Fourth Revision, American Psychiatric Association). Examples of these criteria include tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, and continued use despite knowledge of physical/psychologic alcohol-related harm. Despite some success from...
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Samuel R. Chamberlain Tags: Commentaries Source Type: research

Nicotine, Striatum, and Reward
The ability to resist an immediate, smaller reward to get a larger, delayed reward is impaired in current smokers and is thought to reflect greater impulsivity that leads to relapse to cigarette smoking. Although studies have shown that this type of delay discounting is greater in abstinent smokers than in those who have smoked just before the test , it is not clear what role smoking status and acute effects of nicotine play on the brain circuits that are important for this reward processing. Activity of the dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and its target regions including the nucleus accumbens (NAc), s...
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nii A. Addy, Marina R. Picciotto Tags: Commentaries Source Type: research

A brief summary of the articles appearing in this issue of Biological Psychiatry.
Source: Biological Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: In this Issue Source Type: research

Psych Group Posts Glimpses of Final DSM-5
(MedPage Today) -- Peeks into the final DSM-5, the controversial new edition of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual, are now available from the group prior to the guide's official May 22 debut.
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Tired Couples May Take Each Other For Granted
Less gratitude seen among those with sleep problems, researchers say
Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge - January 21, 2013 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Reproductive Medicine, News, Source Type: news

Dieting and Depression
If you are dieting in the new year, please be aware of the importance of good nutrition in maintaining a level mood. Deficiencies in the B-complex vitamins, vitamin C and various minerals can all cause symptoms of depression. When you cut calories, you may also be cutting out adequate levels out these vital nutrients. If you're in doubt about whether you are getting enough vitamins and minerals in your diet, consider supplementing....Read Full Post
Source: About.com Depression - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Is Depression a Legitimate Disability?
I just read an op-ed piece written by a doctor in which he discusses why he feels it would be better for people with depression to be forced to work rather than allowed to go on disability. The crux of his argument seemed to be that when he was a junior doctor he lived next door to some young men who were on disability for depression yet they were able to get out in the yard and play football. The more I read of his article, it became clear to me that he was, in fact, jealous because he was working hard learning to be a doctor so he could treat these people who seemed to be living the easy life, drawing a check from the go...
Source: About.com Depression - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Personality Psychology Improves Understanding Of Decision-Making, Longevity, And Mental Health
Extraversion does not just explain differences between how people act at social events. How extraverted you are may influence how the brain makes choices - specifically whether you choose an immediate or delayed reward, according to a new study. The work is part of a growing body of research on the vital role of understanding personality in society...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Burnout In Middle-Aged Women
Emotional exhaustion and physical and cognitive fatigue are signs of burnout, often caused by prolonged exposure to stress. Burnout can cause negative health effects including poor sleep, depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular and immune disorders. The findings of a 9-year study of burnout in middle-aged working women are reported in an article in Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available on the Journal of Women's Health website...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Patterns Of Brain Activity Reveal Implicit Race Bias
Racial stereotypes have been shown to have subtle and unintended consequences on how we treat members of different race groups. According to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, race bias also increases differences in the brain's representations of faces. Psychological scientists Tobias Brosch of the University of Geneva in Switzerland and Eyal Bar-David and Elizabeth Phelps of New York University examined activity in the brain while participants looked at pictures of White and Black faces...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Unique Insight Into The Often Misunderstood World Of Addiction
People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who developed cocaine-dependence, researchers have discovered. New research from the University of Cambridge has found that recreational drug users who have not developed a dependence have an abnormally large frontal lobe, the section of the brain implicated in self-control. Their research was published in the journal Biological Psychiatry...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

A Closer Look At The 'Borderline Personality' Brain
New work by University of Toronto Scarborough researchers gives the best description yet of the neural circuits that underlie a severe mental illness called Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and could lead to better treatments and diagnosis. The work shows that brain regions that process negative emotions (for example, anger and sadness) are overactive in people with BPD, while brain regions that would normally help damp down negative emotions are underactive...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Era of thought crimes now here as psychiatrists given 'Judge Dredd' authority to strip citizens of their constitutional rights
Most Americans operate under the assumption that your thoughts are your own private business and that they cannot be used against you to forfeit your rights and freedoms. It's only actions that matter when it comes to being judged, right? Merely thinking something doesn't...
Source: NaturalNews.com - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Lobotomies done with an ice pick: Take a ride on psychiatry's 'loboto-mobile'
Yes, it is true. Modern psychiatrists stand on the shoulders of the mobile lobotomist, Dr. Walter Freeman (1895 - 1972). Good ole Dr. Walt pioneered the lobotomy, relieving thousands from what he called "the burden of consciousness." His weapon of choice was an ice...
Source: NaturalNews.com - January 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Blue Monday PR ‘stunt’ belittles mental health issues says Anxiety UK
A leading charity that deals with anxiety and other mental health related issues, Anxiety UK, has criticised the ‘Blue Monday’ campaign and labelled it a PR ‘stunt’ that belittles mental health issues. The third Monday in January was given the tag of ‘Blue Monday’ in 2005 as part of a publicity campaign by a travel [...]
Source: ANXIETY UK News - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

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Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: M. W. Abdallah Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation during sleep on memory performance in patients with schizophrenia
Deficits in declarative memory are among the most severe neuropsychological impairments in schizophrenia and contribute to poor clinical outcomes (). Sleep disturbances like deficits in slow wave sleep or slow wave activity might essentially contribute to these memory impairments (). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive stimulation technique using weak electric currents to induce shifts in excitability in the human cortex (). When applied during non-rapid eye movement sleep tDCS oscillating at the frequency of the sleep slow oscillation (~0.75Hz; so-tDCS) enhanced sleep-associated memory consoli...
Source: Schizophrenia Research - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Robert Göder, Paul Christian Baier, Bente Beith, Cora Baecker, Mareen Seeck-Hirschner, Klaus Junghanns, Lisa Marshall Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research

Facial emotion recognition in patients with violent schizophrenia
Conclusions: The facial emotion recognition in violent schizophrenia is lacking and we found that the facial emotion recognition ability in violent schizophrenia seems to be a trait feature of the illness.
Source: Schizophrenia Research - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sedat Demirbuga, Esat Sahin, Ismail Ozver, Suheyla Aliustaoglu, Eyup Kandemir, Mihriban D. Varkal, Murat Emul, Haluk Ince Tags: Neurocognition Source Type: research

Sexual dimorphisms and prediction of conversion in the NAPLS psychosis prodrome
Abstract: Sex differences in age at onset, symptomatology, clinical course (see ) and functional impairment () are well documented in psychosis. The general pattern of findings is that males manifest an earlier onset, more severe symptoms and poorer prognosis than females. Limited studies examining individuals at clinical high-risk (CHR) suggest a similar pattern of sexual dimorphism (). As part of the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS), the current study prospectively examined sexual dimorphisms in relationships among CHR symptoms, childhood (premorbid) academic and social functioning, baseline social and ...
Source: Schizophrenia Research - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Deborah J. Walder, Carrie W. Holtzman, Jean Addington, Kristin Cadenhead, Ming Tsuang, Barbara Cornblatt, Tyrone D. Cannon, Thomas H. McGlashan, Scott W. Woods, Diana O. Perkins, Larry J. Seidman, Robert Heinssen, Elaine F. Walker Tags: Early Psychosis Source Type: research

Weight Gain on Abilify
Question: "Hello everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has information or experience with weight gain on Abilify? I take a relatively low dose (5 mg) and have been putting on weight within the past few years. I know there are 10,000 reasons why someone can put on weight, but we are trying to rule out medical reasons before I put my nose to the grindstone in effort." - - curlysue41382...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Depression - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Algorithm-Driven Pharmacological Management of Bipolar Disorder in Connecticut Prisons
The objective of this study was to assess adaptation of the Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithm (TIMA) for bipolar disorder (BD) in the Connecticut Department of Correction. A nonrandomized sample of 20 males and 20 females, with diagnoses of BD Type I or II, was enrolled in the study. Two TIMA-trained psychiatrists treated the participants over a 12-week period following the TIMA protocol. The primary outcome measure was the Bipolar Disorder Symptom Scale. Secondary outcome measures evaluated global clinical status, comorbid symptomatology, and quality of life. Significant improvement was seen with the primary an...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - January 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kamath, J., Zhang, W., Kesten, K., Wakai, S., Shelton, D., Trestman, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Functional impairment in progressive supranuclear palsy
Conclusions: Both clinically and in research settings, the definition of functional intactness/impairment has important implications. Future studies should examine if functional impairment is this high in PSP or if new scales of functional abilities need to be developed for this condition.
Source: Neurology - January 21, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Duff, K., Gerstenecker, A., Litvan, I., On behalf of the investigators and coordinators of the ENGENE-PSP Study Group Tags: Parkinson's disease/Parkinsonism, Progressive supranuclear palsy, Motor Control, Basal ganglia ARTICLE Source Type: research

C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansions of 20-22 repeats are associated with frontotemporal deterioration
Conclusions: Description of these families suggests that short C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansions are also related to frontotemporal cognitive deterioration.
Source: Neurology - January 21, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Gomez-Tortosa, E., Gallego, J., Guerrero-Lopez, R., Marcos, A., Gil-Neciga, E., Sainz, M. J., Diaz, A., Franco-Macias, E., Trujillo-Tiebas, M. J., Ayuso, C., Perez-Perez, J. Tags: All Psychiatric disorders, Frontotemporal dementia, All Genetics ARTICLE Source Type: research