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New Autism Guidelines Address Nonmedical InterventionsNew Autism Guidelines Address Nonmedical Interventions
Nonmedical interventions that address cognitive function and core deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders have been evaluated and guidelines developed to improve access to services. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Wake and Light Therapy vs Exercise in DepressionWake and Light Therapy vs Exercise in Depression
Do chronotherapeutic measures add more to the treatment of depression than exercise? Medscape Psychiatry
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Viewpoint Source Type: news

The HEADS-ED: Review of a Mental Health Screening Tool for Pediatric Patients
A new screening tool based on the previously developed mnemonic designed to assist physicians with obtaining a psychosocial history from adolescents as part of a routine visit was developed by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Update on the Treatment of Bipolar Depression
There are many rapidly effective treatments for mania in bipolar disorder but there are relatively few and no rapidly effective treatments for bipolar depression, even though bipolar depression constitutes what may be 20% to 50% of all depressive disorders. Here, Dr Michael Thase discusses the first, second, and third lines of treatment available for treatment of bipolar depression.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Psychological Science Examines Social Perception And Behavior
We humans organize ourselves in myriad kinds of social groups, from scout troops and sports teams to networks of friends, colleagues, or classmates. But how do these social groups work? How do we decide whom to trust and whom to follow? And how do we deal with people that don't seem to fit the norms of our social groups? New research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, explores these issues by examining various facets of social perception and behavior...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

If You Have Doubts Before Marriage, Don't Ignore Them
Couples about to tie the knot shouldn't ignore nagging doubts about getting married, warns a University of Alberta researcher. This conclusion appears to concur with the one suggested by a similar piece published in the Journal of Family Psychology in September 2012, which indicated that pre-wedding jitters may be a sign of trouble ahead. Commenting on this new research, Matthew Johnson, who co-authored the study while at Kansas State University, said, "if you are having doubts about the relationship, just ignoring them may make a difference years down the road"...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

I'm Having Hallucinations - Do I Need Help?
Three readers wrote to me describing what they believe are hallucinations. All three said they hear their names called though no one has actually called them. All three hear music ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - November 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Poll: What Meds Do You Take?
From BLUESLADY02: "What meds are you on or have you tried in the past?" A Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)? A Tricyclic? A Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (MAOI)? A newer medication that doesn't fit in these classes (e.g. Wellbutrin, Effexor or Remeron)? A combination of medications? ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Depression - November 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Psychiatrist, pianist Richard Kogan visiting UH Nov. 9
(University of Houston) Noted psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan will discuss the composer and perform his works during the lecture/concert "Beethoven: Creative Genius and Psychiatric Illness" Nov. 9 in the Honors College Commons (second floor of the M.D. Anderson Library). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m. and Kogans presentation kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Following his lecture and performance, Kogan will take questions from the audience.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Higher anxiety associated with poorer functioning in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
(University of California - Davis Health System) UC Davis researchers have found that for children with the genetic disorder known as chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome anxiety -- but not intelligence -- is linked to poorer adaptive behaviors, such as self-care and communication skills, that affect daily life. The developmental syndrome, which is associated with a constellation of physical, cognitive and psychiatric problems, usually is apparent at birth or early childhood, and leads to lifelong challenges.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Working to Slow Enzyme That Eats Proteins in the Brain
Enzymes in the brain are not supposed to chew up proteins the way enzymes do in the digestive track. However, the study of an unusual brain enzyme that may contribute to multiple sclerosis has started a Florida State University chemist along a path that could one day lead to a treatment for MS, and promote healing of the damage it causes.
Source: About.com Mental Health - November 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news

Angola: Huila to Finish Three New Hospitals in 2014
[ANGOP]Lubango -At least three health units under construction in the new centrality of Eywa, outskirts of Lubango city, southern Huila province, namely, a Paediatrics, Maternity and Psychiatry Hospital will be completed in 2014, said Saturday the provincial director of health, Bernabé Lemos.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 4, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Psychopharmacologic management of aggression - Newman WJ.
This article is designed to provide an overview of the existing literature on pharmacologically managing aggression, with a specific focus on psychiatric diagnoses commonly associated with increased aggression. Self-injurious behaviors and suicide are some...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 4, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news

A study of the use and interpretation of standardized suicide risk assessment: measures within a psychiatrically hospitalized correctional population - Horon R, McManus T, Schmollinger J, Barr T, Jimenez M.
The reliability, validity, and utility of the Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS), and Reasons for Attempting Suicide Questionnaire (RASQ) with correctional mental health popula...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 4, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

The serotonin transporter gene and depression - Munafò MR.
Psychiatric disorders such as depression are known to be under a degree of genetic influence, but the specific variants contributing to this heritability remain largely unknown. The serotonin transporter gene has received the most attention in relation to ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 4, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Relations between loss of services and psychiatric symptoms in urban and non-urban settings following a natural disaster - Gros DF, Price M, Gros KS, Paul LA, McCauley JL, Ruggiero KJ.
Disasters have been associated with both acute and prolonged distress and significant post-disaster psychiatric symptoms. These outcomes may be further complicated by extended periods without vital services and supplies, such as electricity and drinking wa...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 4, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Neuroimaging correlates of novel psychiatric disorders after pediatric traumatic brain injury - Max JE, Wilde EA, Bigler ED, Thompson WK, Macleod M, Vasquez AC, Merkley TL, Hunter JV, Chu ZD, Yallampalli R, Hotz G, Chapman SB, Yang TT, Levin HS.
OBJECTIVE: To study magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correlates of novel (new-onset) psychiatric disorders (NPD) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and orthopedic injury (OI). METHOD: Participants were 7 to 17 years of age at the time of hospitalization fo...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 4, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Inflammation And Cognition Likely Associated With Schizophrenia
There are a growing number of clues that immune and inflammatory mechanisms are important for the biology of schizophrenia. In a new study in Biological Psychiatry, Dr. Mar Fatjo-Vilas and colleagues explored the impact of the interleukin-1Î² gene (IL1Î²) on brain function alterations associated with schizophrenia...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 4, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Schizophrenia Source Type: news

Nail biting is more than a bad habit: Experts to classify the addiction as a mental disorder
The American Psychiatric Association is preparing to change the designation of nail biting from 'not otherwise classified,' to 'obsessive compulsive disorder'.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Post-hospitalization course and predictive signs of suicidal behavior of suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital: a 2-year prospective follow-up study - Hayashi N, Igarashi M, Imai A, Yoshizawa Y, Utsumi K, Ishikawa Y, Tokunaga T, Ishimoto K, Harima H, Tatebayashi Y, Kumagai N, Nozu M, Ishii H, Okazaki Y.
BACKGROUND: Suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital are considered to be at risk of suicidal behavior (SB) and suicide. The present study aimed to seek predictors of SB recurrence of the high-risk patients by examining their post-hospitalizati...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

Forensic psychiatry in Chile - St Denis EE, Sepúlveda E, Téllez C, Arboleda-Flórez J, Stuart H, Lam M.
This study was a retrospective case series that described the population of adults charged with a...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Posttraumatic stress disorder: paradigm for new psychiatry - Babic D.
Although the description of the PTSD clinical picture dates from history, our professional community has known for about two decades. PTSD is clearly defined in the 10th International Classification of Diseases, World Health Organization and IV Diagnostic ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Zambia: First Alliance Bank Donates Bedding to Ndola Central Hospital
[Times of Zambia]FIRST Alliance Bank has donated bedding to Ndola Central Hospital (NCH) valued at K3 million for the male and female psychiatric wards.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 3, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Life Expectancy For Individuals With Schizophrenia Improved By Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs
Results of a Johns Hopkins study suggest that individuals with schizophrenia are significantly more likely to live longer if they take their antipsychotic drugs on schedule, avoid extremely high doses and also regularly see a mental health professional. Psychiatrists have long known that people with schizophrenia who stick to a drug regimen have fewer of the debilitating delusions and hallucinations that are hallmarks of this illness...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Schizophrenia Source Type: news

Science News » In-sync Brain Waves Hold Memory of Objects Just Seen
The brain holds in mind what has just been seen by synchronizing brain waves in a working memory circuit, an animal study suggests. The more in-sync such electrical signals of neurons were in two key hubs of the circuit, the more those cells held the short-term memory of a just-seen object. The new findings may upturn prevailing theories about how working memory works.
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - November 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jules Asher Source Type: news

What efforts are being made to prevent suicides in the military?
There have been more deaths by suicide in the U.S. military this year than from combat. Timothy Lineberry, M.D., is an associate professor of psychiatry at Mayo Clinic and an expert on suicides in the military. Lineberry shares with "Sound Medicine" host Steve Bogdewic, Ph.D., that suicides happen both at home and during service. Military suicide prevention efforts include treating PTSD and depres....
Source: Sound Medicine - November 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news

Occupational Hazards
Needle sticks and night call, Hep B burrowing skin, bad smells, deep wounds, death, dying, dead wood...
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Lab Notes: These Rats Don't Get Hyper on Meth
(MedPage Today) -- Similar to investigational vaccines to help cocaine and nicotine addicts kick their habits, a vaccine against methamphetamine is now in development. Also this week: easy-off medical tape.
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Self-Harm Among Teens Does Not Always Mean Mental Health Issues
Teens often hurt themselves simply because they have heard from others that it will make them feel good, they have seen it on television or in movies, or they have a friend who does it. However, self-harm among young people should not be compared to that of psychiatric patients, even though many adolescents have, at one point, hurt themselves on purpose, because most of the time the teens only do it once, and not on a regular basis, according to Jonas BjÃ¤rehed and his team at Lund University in Sweden...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental Health Source Type: news

Autism expert's new book empowers parents to get involved in their child's development
It is a helpless feeling for a parent whose child has been diagnosed with autism, UCLA's Tanya Paparella writes in her new book, "More Than Hope: For Young Children on the Autism Spectrum." But with the right tools early on, she says, mothers and fathers can rest a little easier knowing they can have long-lasting, positive impact on their child's development. Paparella should know. An associate clinical professor in the UCLA Division of Child Psychiatry, she has spent more than 20 years treating children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), a range of impairments that strikes early in childhood. ASD disrupts a chil...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 2, 2012 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Prescription: A healthy dose of no news for election blues
Whether supporting President Barack Obama or Governor Mitt Romney, this year’s election will take people on a roller coaster of emotions from elation to anger depending on the results. To deal with post-election blues, psychiatrists prescribe a strong dose of no TV, radio, social media and Internet coverage.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

New treatment for crystal meth addicts: vaccine that blocks the drug's effect on the brain
The vaccine is thought to work by stopping drug molecules from getting into brain, so users can't feel the effect, reports the journal Biological Psychiatry.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Anxious Parents Create Anxious Children
Parents with social anxiety disorder are more inclined than parents with other forms of anxiety disorders to behave in ways that put their kids at a high risk for developing stress of their own, suggests a new study by researchers at John Hopkins Children's Center. Earlier studies have shown connections between parental anxiety and anxiety in children, but nobody really knew whether people with certain anxiety disorders took part more frequently in anxiety-provoking behaviors. This new report, published in the journal Child Psychiatry and Human Development, suggests they do...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news

Youth cannabis use linked to later-life anxiety disorders
Regular use of cannabis in adolescence is associated with anxiety disorders in young adulthood, shows an Australian study.
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Advances and Challenges in Treating Alcohol Dependence With Pharmacotherapy
This article briefly describes pharmacotherapy for the treatment of alcoholism and discusses strategies to address treatment challenges like medication nonadherence.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Couples’ Sexual Relationships Can Suffer During IVF, Study Finds
Technical focus on getting pregnant may interfere with pleasure, romance
Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge - November 2, 2012 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Nursing, Psychiatry, Reproductive Medicine, Fertility, News, Source Type: news

Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Disrupts Brain DevelopmentHeavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Disrupts Brain Development
Mothers who drink heavily during pregnancy may cause interference in the normal processes of brain maturation when their offspring reach childhood and adolescence. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

The Lost 40%
Modern treatments for common mental health problems are more effective than doing nothing. But when the service user asks “will I be cured?” - the answer is not so reassuringread more
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Graham C.L. Davey, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Health Psychiatry Therapy 311 5 million adult population analysis of cognitive therapy anxiety symptoms colleagues common mental health conclusions efficacy evidence suggests that generalized anxiety disorder lifetime Source Type: news

Self-harm not always a sign of serious mental health problems, Swedish research suggests
Self-harm is common among young people. Many have at one time scratched, punctured or cut themselves or hit their head forcefully against a wall, and the behavior is almost as common among boys as girls. However, it may not be appropriate to compare young people who self-harm and adult psychiatric patients who self-harm. Knowledge is needed in order not to over-interpret the behavior of the young people, according to a Swedish psychologist.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Magnetic Seizure Therapy Promising for Major DepressionMagnetic Seizure Therapy Promising for Major Depression
A pilot study shows magnetic seizure therapy has antidepressant effects without the cognitive side effects and stigma of electroconvulsive therapy. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Intimate Portrait: Maria Bergmann, PhD
Editor’s note: Being a Therapist features intimate portraits of psychotherapists in their own work spaces.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Minding Our Zeros and Ones: Are Psychiatrists Ready for Neurotechnology?
Neurotechnology refers to the science of applying our emerging understanding of the brain, consciousness, thought, and higher-order activities of the mind into developing technologies. The tools of neurotechnology, however, are not new for psychiatrists.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Implementing Effective Insomnia Management: Important Issues in Evaluation and Treatment
What is sleep normally and what are the primary factors that regulate sleep? Understanding that the primary factors that regulate the sleep wake cycle are homeostatic and circadian will help clinicians assess sleep problems in patients. In this podcast, Dr David Neubauer discusses effective insomnia management.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Progress in Social Psychiatry in Japan(Nakane)
An Approach to Psychiatric EpidemiologySocial psychiatry is a multidisciplinary field that analyzes mechanisms of mental health issues comprehensively to contribute to society using the findings. These findings include biological, psychological, and social aspects and are based on psychiatry and connected with a wide variety of academic fields, including psychology, sociology, law, economics, and religious studies.Epidemiological ...
Source: Springer Medicine titles - November 2, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Worksite Mental Health InterventionsWorksite Mental Health Interventions
How cost-effective are workplace mental health intervention programs and could they help with the prevention and treatment of mental health issues in employees? Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Journal Article Source Type: news

Sexual obsessions linked to suicidality
Sexual obsessions are associated with an increased risk for suicidal behaviour, especially in patients with mood disorders or schizophrenia, research shows.
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Caregiver strain link to depression mediated by rumination
Caregiving strain is associated with depressive symptoms among family members of patients with bipolar disorder, US study results show.
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Voices From the Past: Work and the Permeable Walls of the Asylum
The history of the 19th and early 20th century asylum is a history of locking up patients . . . or so it has seemed. Since the 1950s and 1960s when the history of psychiatry first took off, scholars have generally conceded that asylums were primarily institutions of confinement. New research indicates otherwise.
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news