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Changing concepts of dyslexia: nature, treatment and comorbidityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margaret J. Snowling Source Type: journals

The Psychiatrist's Role in Identifying and Treating FibromyalgiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bill H. McCarberg, MD, founding director of the chronic pain management program at Kaiser Permanente, Escondido, California, discusses the need for collaboration between psychiatrists and primary care providers to identify and treat patients with fibromyalgia. (Source: Psychiatric Times)
Source: Psychiatric Times - November 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: info

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Risperidone Reduces Acute Manic Symptoms in Bipolar I YouthAripiprazole Study Indicates Promise for Atypicals in Treating Autism SymptomsCommentary by Lead Author Magali Haas, M.D., Ph.D.Weight Gain With Antipsychotics in Treatment-Naïve YouthQuetiapine vs. Risperidone in PsychosisMisuse of ADHD Drugs by College StudentsAdjunctive Lithium for Clozapine-Induced NeutropeniaAntiepileptic Drug Treatment and SchizophreniaTopiramate for Treating Tourette SyndromeLamotrigine-Induced Mania in an Epileptic Child With AutismNew ApprovalUpdated List of Authorized GenericsSafe Drug Disposal (Source: The Brown University Child & Adole...
Source: The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: journals

What Is Hypomania?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hypomania in bipolar disorder is a state of mind and mood where a person may have excessive energy, little need for sleep, unusual exhilaration, irritability, excitement or aggression, and a variety of other symptoms. (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - October 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: consumer

No affective temperament gradient across patient diagnostic groupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There is no gradient in affective temperament scores from bipolar I disorder through unipolar depressive patients to healthy individuals, say UK researchers who found high dysthymic scores in both patient groups. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Response suppression deficits in treatment-naïve first-episode patients with schizophrenia, psychotic bipolar disorder and psychotic major depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Recent evidence indicates common genetic, neurobiological, and psychopharmacological aspects of schizophrenia and psychotic affective disorders. Some similarities in neurocognitive deficits associated with these disorders have also been reported. We investigated performance on antisaccade and visually-guided saccade tasks in treatment-naïve first-episode psychosis patients (schizophrenia n=59, major depression n=15, bipolar disorder n=9), matched non-psychotic major depression patients (n=40), and matched healthy individuals (n=106). All psychosis groups displayed elevated antisaccade error rates relative to hea...
Source: Psychiatry Research - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margret S.H. Harris, James L. Reilly, Michael E. Thase, Matcheri S. Keshavan, John A. Sweeney Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Manic Depression Changes NameEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Manic depression is a term commonly used for bipolar disorder. It is actually the earliest name of this disorder used as an official diagnosis. However, bipolar disorder is now the official diagnostic title for this disorder. Why did manic depression become bipolar disorder? (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: consumer

Inflammatory markers increased in bipolar disorder and schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients have specific significant increases in endothelium-related inflammatory markers in comparison with healthy individuals, Norwegian scientists have discovered. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Mortality in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Community-Based Study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purposes of the present study were to establish the mortality rate in a representative group of individuals (n = 120) born in the years 1962-1984, diagnosed with autism/atypical autism in childhood and followed up at young adult age (>/=18 years of age), and examine the risk factors and causes of death. The study group, which constituted a total population sample of children with these diagnoses, were followed up in Swedish registers. Nine (7.5%) of the 120 individuals with autism had died at the time of follow-up, a rate 5.6 times higher than expected. The mortality rate was significantly higher among the femal...
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - October 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gillberg C, Billstedt E, Sundh V, Gillberg IC Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: journals

Weekends at BellevueEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ever wanted to go beyond the doors of a psychiatric hospital? To have a key to the locked units? To witness the day-to-day at a legendary institution mired in mystery and folklore? Weekends at Bellevue, a medical memoir by psychiatrist Julie Holland, gives readers this very opportunity, taking them inside the infamous New York City hospital. As the doctor in charge of Bellevue’s psychiatric emergency room (known as CPEP), Dr. Holland had a front row seat to the “madness” and mayhem from 1996 to 2005. Her job was to decide who was admitted — whether voluntarily or involuntarily — and who was released, which didn�...
Source: Psych Central - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Book Reviews Disorders General Medications Personal Stories Psychology Treatment Ambulance Service Barney Miller Cop Show Dr Holland Emergency Ward Hal Linden Infirmary Inner Workings Julie Holland Madness And Mayhem Magi Source Type: consumer

AnticonvulsantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
s are medications used to treat seizures. Some are also used in bipolar disorder as mood stabilizers. More ... (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: consumer

Lexapro Drug ProfileEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What is Lexapro? It is an antidepressant in the SSRI class that is approved to treat major depression and generalized anxiety disorder. Here is information about Lexapro including basic information, precautions and warnings, common side effects, and information about Lexapro and pregnancy. (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: consumer

Otsuka withdraws application for an extension of indication for aripiprazole (Abilify®) in EUEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: EMEA Area: News Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd has informed the European Medicines of its decision to withdraw its application for an extension of indication for aripiprazole (Abilify®) tablets, orodispersible tablets and oral solution. The application had been for use in the treatment of major depressive episodes, as adjunctive therapy, in patients who have had an inadequate response to previous treatment with antidepressants. The drug is currently indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia and for the treatment and prevention of manic episodes in bipolar I disorder. The company stated that the withdrawal wa...
Source: NeLM - Mental Health - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: organizations

Cortical neurochemistry in euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. In contrast to prior findings, we could not observe any metabolic alterations in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder. PMID: 19921970 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry)
Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Scherk H, Backens M, Schneider-Axmann T, Usher J, Kemmer C, Reith W, Falkai P, Gruber O Tags: World J Biol Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Topiramate-induced bilateral acute glaucoma: case reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
O topiramato, uma sulfa monossacarídica, usada primariamente como um anticonvulsivante, é uma droga relativamente nova no mercado brasileiro. Devido às potencialidades terapêuticas do topiramato em uma gama variada de patologias (enxaquecas, transtornos do humor, etc.), assim como pelas diversas novas apresentações comerciais surgidas no país ultimamente, espera-se que seu uso venha a ser cada dia mais comum. O presente relato se refere a um grave efeito colateral decorrente do uso da medicação em questão, ocorrido em um homem de 36 anos - o glaucoma agudo bilateral, evento ainda pouco relatado na literatura mund...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: journals

ADHD risk factor for switching from unipolar to bipolar disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
US study findings suggest that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a risk factor for switching from unipolar to bipolar disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Genetic locus for migraine–bipolar comorbidity uncoveredEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Comorbid migraine and bipolar disorder appears to be underpinned by a genetic susceptibility locus on chromosome 4 and possibly another on chromosome 20, conclude US researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Why Did Manic Depression Become Bipolar Disorder?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Manic depression is a term commonly used for bipolar disorder. It is actually the earliest name of this disorder used as an official diagnosis. However, bipolar disorder is now the official diagnostic title for this disorder. Why did manic depression become bipolar disorder? ~Kimberly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Learn more or join the conversation! NEWSLETTER | FORUM | BIO | TWITTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Why Did Manic Depression Become Bipolar Disorder? originally appeared on About.com Bipolar Disorder on Mon...
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: consumer

Viral infection exacerbates cognition in schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Schizophrenia patients exposed to the cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus 1 show greater cognitive impairments than their unexposed peers, study results show. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Circadian rhythm genes linked to pediatric bipolar disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Polymorphisms in two genes related to the circadian rhythm may be associated with the development of pediatric bipolar disorder, although not with age at onset, US researchers have discovered. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news