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The Process of Personal Change Through Reading Fictional Narratives: Implications for Psychotherapy Practice and TheoryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: The Humanistic Psychologist)
Source: The Humanistic Psychologist - November 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robinson, TamaraStanley, CarolineSean Chaidaroon, SuwichitRattanasampan, WorapornLevitt, Heidi M. Source Type: journals

Trying to define binge eating disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many binge eaters do not fit into currently defined and accepted psychiatric illnesses. Binge eating was long seen by psychiatrists as an unusual symptom of major depression or an anxiety disorder. After all, it seemed sometimes to lessen or yield to antidepressants and psychotherapy -- both aimed primarily at treating depression or anxiety. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Validity of routine clinical DSM-IV diagnoses (Axis I/II) in inpatients with mental disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: The assessment of diagnoses is a central issue in the treatment of patients with mental disorders. The aim of this study was to validate routine clinical diagnoses by means of a semi-standardized and structured interview. Semi-standardized and structured interview diagnoses were based on videos of 55 inpatients. The routine clinical diagnoses were given by therapists during the course of psychotherapy. Validation was carried out through proportional agreement, Cohen's kappa, Yule's Y, as well as the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis. Agreement rates between diagnoses given in semi-standardized structur...
Source: Psychiatry Research - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sylke Andreas, Pia Theisen, Robert Mestel, Uwe Koch, Holger Schulz Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Therapeutic alliance in short-term supportive and psychodynamic psychotherapies: A necessary but not sufficient condition for outcome?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined data from a previously published randomized controlled study. Outpatients suffering from depression (n=74) received the same antidepressant (clomipramine) and were randomized into two groups, receiving either psychodynamic or supportive psychotherapy. Subjects were assessed at inclusion (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders, SCID), during treatment and at discharge (Global Assessment Scale, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Helping Alliance questionnaire). Over time, the therapeutic alliance improved regardless of condition, and the relationship between alliance and outcome strengthened. This rela...
Source: Psychiatry Research - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lionel Cailhol, Rachel Rodgers, Yvonne Burnand, Alain Brunet, Cristian Damsa, Antonio Andreoli Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Neurotrophic factors in serum following ECT: A pilot study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined changes in serum levels of a selection of neurotrophic factors, TSH, HGH and cortisol in conjunction with ECT treatment. Fifteen patients suffering from affective disorders were included, all were treated with antidepressants and psychotherapy and 10 also with ECT. The patients were examined clinically and with blood samples during treatment. Serum levels of cortisol, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT3), neuropetide Y (NPY) and human growth hormone (HGH) were studied. No significant changes were found in levels of NGF, BDNF...
Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry - November 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Grønli O, Stensland GO, Wynn R, Olstad R Tags: World J Biol Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Do Psychologists Reject Science?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Do psychologists reject science (as Sharon Begley writes in her October 12, 2009 column in Newsweek Magazine)? In this column, Begley states that clinical psychologists (of the Freudian or psychodynamic type) ignore scientific data in favor of their own devices and experiences. In contrast, she lauds cognitive/behavioral approaches that ostensibly and strictly speaking presumably utilize such scientific bases to their treatment. The unalloyed truth here is that a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, or an M.S.W. in clinical social work, or an M.D. in psychiatry or an R.N. in psychiatric nursing solely, in the absence of further p...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality behavioral approaches clinical psychologists clinical psychology clinician graduate degree henry kellerman jitters master of science newsweek newsweek magazine postdoctoral training postgraduate work psychiatric nurse Source Type: consumer

Online mindfulness meditation therapy for stress managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The single major cause of emotional suffering and stress in our lives comes from the accumulated habitual emotional reactions to life events that we acquire through unconscious learning. We become victims of recurrent negative thoughts and patterns of emotional reactivity that operate automatically in the mind, and that operate outside the sphere of conscious choice. We become prisoners of our habitual thinking and suffer accordingly. Therefore, it stands to reason that if we want to reduce our level of emotional stress and suffering, we must learn new strategies to counteract and neutralize our conditioned habitual reacti...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Strong, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Cognition Depression Happiness Relationships Self-Help Stress Therapy Work coffee maker conscious choice core level correspondence driving seat emotional reactions emotional reactivity emotional stress emotions Source Type: consumer

Evidence-based cognitive hypnotherapy for depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes Cognitive Hypnotherapy (CH), an evidence-based multimodal treatment for depression, which can be applied to a wide range of patients with depression. The components of CH are described in sufficient detail to allow for their replication and validation. Moreover, CH for depression provides a template for studying the additive effect of hypnosis as an adjunctive treatment with other medical and psychological disorders. Although this article emphasizes evidence-based practice, this approach should not limit the scope of therapists' creativity in the application of hypnosis to the management of depressio...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - November 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Assen Alladin Source Type: journals

The contribution of active medication to combined treatments of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression: a meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Active medication has a small but significant contribution to the overall efficacy of combined treatments. (Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica - November 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: P. Cuijpers, A. van Straten, S. D. Hollon, G. Andersson Source Type: journals

CSF phospho-tau is independent of age, cognitive status and gender of neurological patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract CSF phospho-tau (p-tau181) levels have shown good diagnostic utility in differential diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD). Unlike total-tau (t-tau), age related changes of this promising biomarker are sparsely studied. The aim of the study was to determine whether p-tau181 is dependent on age, cognitive status or gender in patients with different neurological diseases who underwent diagnostic lumbar puncture and who had no clinical evidence of neurodegenerative diseases. CSF levels of p-tau181 and total-tau (t-tau) of 46 neurologic patients (age range 22–89 years; 22 male, 24 female) were a...
Source: Journal of Neurology - November 17, 2009 Category: Neurology Tags: Journal of Neurology Source Type: journals

Sustainable effects on suicidality were found for the Nuremberg alliance against depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract During an intense four-level community-based intervention program conducted in Nuremberg (490,000 inhabitants) in 2001 and 2002 [Nuremberg Alliance Against Depression (NAD)], the number of suicidal acts (main outcome completed + attempted suicides) had dropped significantly (−21.7%), a significant effect compared with the baseline year and the control region (Wuerzburg, about 290,000 inhabitants). To assess the sustainability of the intervention effects the number of suicidal acts was assessed in the follow-up year (2003), after the termination of the 2-year intervention. Also, in the fo...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - November 17, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Tags: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Source Type: journals

AHA: Phone Calls Ease Post-CABG Depression (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- For patients suffering depression after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), regular phone calls from a nurse may boost antidepressive therapy as much as psychotherapy and medication, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 16, 2009 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

No Added Benefit of Adjunctive Psychotherapy to Antidepressants Alone in Chronic DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A large randomized trial suggests that there is no additional therapeutic benefit to adding psychotherapy to antidepressant medications in the treatment of chronic depression. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Holiday Coping TipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article was originally published in 1996. (Source: Psych Central)
Source: Psych Central - November 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Depression Disorders General Grief and Loss Happiness Holiday Coping Stress Close Friends Contemplation Experience Feelings Feelings Of Depression Few Words Going To The Library Holiday Blues Holiday Depression Holiday Season Source Type: consumer

Psychotherapy for subthreshold depression may save costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - November 15, 2009 Category: Health Management Tags: Research article Source Type: journals

Seasonality of suicide attempts: association with genderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Some studies suggest seasonality of suicide attempts in females, but not in males. The reasons for this gender difference remain unclear. Only few studies addressed the question whether gender differences in seasonality of suicide attempts reflect gender differences in the choice of method for suicide attempts, with inconsistent results. So, this study aimed to analyze the association of gender with seasonality in suicide attempts by persons living in two Northern Bavarian regions [city of Nuremberg (480,000 inhabitants) and region of Wuerzburg (270,000 inhabitants)] between 2000 and 2004. We addres...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - November 14, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Tags: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Source Type: journals

Disrupted white matter integrity of corticopontine-cerebellar circuitry in schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Evidence for white matter abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia is increasing. Decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) in interhemispheric commissural fibers as well as long-ranging fronto-parietal association fibers belongs to the most frequent findings. The present study used tract-based spatial statistics to investigate white matter integrity in 35 patients with schizophrenia and 35 healthy volunteers. We found that patients exhibited significantly decreased FA relative to healthy subjects in the corpus callosum, the cerebral peduncle, the left inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, the anteri...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - November 14, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Tags: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Source Type: journals

The severely impaired do profit most: short-term and long-term predictors of therapeutic change for a parent management training under routine care conditions for children with externalizing problem behaviorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Short-term and long-term predictors of therapeutic change due to parent management training were investigated. Therapeutic change was defined as the change in outcome measures [externalizing problem behavior and parenting self-efficacy (PSE)] from before treatment to afterward. Three different types of predictors were analyzed: child variables (gender, age, and initial externalizing and internalizing behavior), parent variables (age, initial PSE and parental psychopathology) and socioeconomic status and other sociodemographic characteristics of the family (parental school education, employment, fami...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - November 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Are antidepressants just a crutch?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recently I evaluated a new patient, a young woman who wondered whether medication might ease her depression. She was in therapy elsewhere, and although seeing me was her idea, she was apprehensive about adding an antidepressant. I did end up recommending one, at which point she asked: "Aren't antidepressants just a crutch?"I relish this question. It is asked in anxiety, hesitation, and doubt, yet carries within it its own hopeful answer."Why yes," I answered with a smile. "Antidepressants are exactly that, just a crutch." I pointed out that antidepressants, and all psychiatric medications, are symptomatic...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven Reidbord, MD Tags: Depression Psychiatry antidepressant antidepressants bad genes crutch crutches definitive treatment depressive symptoms exact nature family dynamics foot infection fractured leg genetic vulnerabilities hesitation leg bone m Source Type: consumer

Can mindaltering drugs have mental health benefits?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD are making their way back into mainstream psychotherapy. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: lsd mdma ecstacy psychotherapy psychedelic drugs ocd post traumatic stress Source Type: news

Integrative psychosomatics east–west in pain treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Asian and western cultures have developed different concepts of the connection between body, mind and spirit strongly influenced by culture, worldview and spirit of the age. These concepts are reflected in different medical systems, their different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.An integration process of different psychosomatic concepts is going on in east and west.In the last decades the west has become increasingly interested in the holistic/psychosomatic approach of acupuncture, Ayurveda and Tibetan medicine. After the integration of western scientific medicine China is looking more and more for western mental he...
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - November 13, 2009 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: W. Maric-Oehler Source Type: journals

The children's clinic for integrative medicine in AmsterdamEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The outpatient integrative pediatric clinic was set up in 2007 with the goal to provide access to the best practices available in complementary and natural therapies in conjunction with conventional medicine in a culturally competent manner. The Slotervaart Hospital is the national leader in offering integrative medicine advice and treatment options in the Netherlands. The pediatric Integrative Medicine clinic offers a variety of treatment and consultative services to children and their families (holistic assessment and personalized information/resource consultation). Specific individual or multimodality treatment approach...
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - November 13, 2009 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: journals

Future Research on Psychotherapy Practice in Usual CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s10488-009-0254-7Authors M. Audrey Burnam, RAND Corporation 1,776 Main Street PO Box 2138 Santa Monica CA 90407-2138 USAKimberly A. Hepner, RAND Corporation 1,776 Main Street PO Box 2138 Santa Monica CA 90407-2138 USAJeanne Miranda, UCLA/NPI Health Services Research Center Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 10920 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 300 Los Angeles CA 90024 USA Journal Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services ResearchOnline ISSN 1573-3289Print ISSN 0894-587X (Source: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental He...
Source: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research - November 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Source Type: journals

Online psychotherapy is effectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There has been a growing interest in Online Therapy using email, correspondence and live video conferencing using Skype or similar free services. The convenience of this approach for the client is very apparent: The client can take control of the process, paying only for the time that he or she wants to pay for. The client can have his session at a time that is convenient to him, and can take the time to compose his email questions and feedback at his leisure, instead of feeling pressured to perform during a traditional session. Of course, not having to take time off work to drive to a therapist's office is always a plus. ...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Strong, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Depression Self-Help bold step CBT cognitive behavioral therapy convenience correspondence counseling depression treatment email emotions face to face grief bereavement instant messaging lancet mindfulness meditatio Source Type: consumer

Thinking Matters: Psychotherapy, Dreaming, and PsychoanalysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Okay folks, here's the problem. When it comes to insight, listening with the third ear (meaning understanding connections as well as the underpinning to a conversation - even to a monologue one is having silently in one's mind), and especially to the personal tradition one has of practicing introspection, of practicing the sequence-analysis of the stream of consciousness, the psychoanalysts who have been at it for more than a 100 years are eons ahead of knowing what the hell is going on with people than all these naysayers who disparage psychodynamic psychotherapy (especially psychoanalysis). It's not even close as to who ...
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Henry Kellerman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality 100 years dream researchers early history efficacy eons introspection monologue naysayers personal tradition profound connection psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis knows - the other stuff doesn ' t. psychoanalysts ps Source Type: consumer

Two patients with narcolepsy treated by hypnotic psychotherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Narcolepsy is a primary sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with one or all of the following: cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations and nocturnal sleep disturbance . The onset is usually in adolescents, lasting the whole life, significantly affecting quality of life. Drug treatment of narcolepsy–cataplexy syndrome remains unsatisfactory. Psychological factors and emotional instability play an important role in childhood narcolepsy . It has, therefore, been suggested that narcolepsy in children should be treated with psychological and behavioral therap...
Source: Sleep Medicine - November 12, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Wang Weidong, Wang Fang, Zhao Yang, Lv Menghan, Lv Xueyu Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals

Neural correlates (ERP/fMRI) of voluntary selection in adult ADHD patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Deficits in executive functions, e.g. voluntary selection, are considered central to the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The aim of this simultaneous EEG/fMRI study was to examine associated neural correlates in ADHD patients. Patients with ADHD and healthy subjects performed an adapted go/nogo task including a voluntary selection condition allowing participants to freely decide, whether to press the response button. Electrophysiologically, response inhibition and voluntary selection led to fronto-central responses. The fMRI data revealed increased medial/lateral frontal and parieta...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - November 12, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Tags: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Source Type: journals

Why Do We Dream? Five Modern Theories.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Freud said that whether we intend it or not, we're all poets. That's because on most nights, we dream. And dreams are lot like poetry, in that in both things, we express our internal life in similar ways. We use images more than words; we combine incongruent elements to evoke emotion in a more efficient way than wordier descriptions can; and we use unconscious and tangential associations rather than logic to tell a story.Freud essentially called dreams those poems we tell ourselves at night in order to experience our unconscious wishes as real. Dreams allow us to be what we cannot be, and to say what we do not say, in our ...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ilana Simons, Ph.D. Tags: Animal Behavior Anxiety Behavioral Economics Cognition Creativity Depression Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Health Integrative Medicine Memory Neuroscience Philosophy Psychiatry Sleep Social Life Work accurate account Source Type: consumer

Research Letter: Psychotherapy increases brain serotonin 5-HT1A receptors in patients with major depressive disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychological Medicine - November 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Karlsson H, Hirvonen J, Kajander J, Markkula J, Rasi-Hakala H, Salminen JK, Någren K, Aalto S, Hietala J Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: journals

Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research: Luciano L’Abate.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Luciano L’Abate, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research, contributed to applied research through the introduction of the laboratory method in clinical psychology assessment and intervention, leading to the development of the first automated playroom, linking play therapy with research in child development. Following the same method, he developed structured enrichment programs for couples and families that were forerunners of self-help, interactive programmed practice exercises, and workbooks for functional and dysfunctional populations to be administered in self-help, heal...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: No authorship indicated, Source Type: journals

Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice: Jeffrey E. Barnett.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Jeffrey E. Barnett, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice, is cited for outstanding, distinguished, and meritorious service in several areas of professional practice, especially professional ethics and psychotherapy treatment. Barnett has produced hundreds of high-quality publications, workshops, and symposia that have had widespread impact. He is well-known for his quality mentoring of students, early career professionals, and members of diverse groups. Along with the citation, a biography and selected bibliography of Barnett's works are provided. Also included is his ...
Source: American Psychologist - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barnett, Jeffrey E. Source Type: journals

The relationship between alcohol intake and cellular immune activity in systemic lupus erythematosus may change from inhibitory to stimulatory within 2 months of study: findings from an integrative single-case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to EditorDOI 10.1007/s10067-009-1309-6Authors Christian Schubert, Innsbruck Medical University Clinic of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Innsbruck AustriaDietmar Fuchs, Innsbruck Medical University Division of Biological Chemistry, Biocenter Innsbruck Austria Journal Clinical RheumatologyOnline ISSN 1434-9949Print ISSN 0770-3198 (Source: Clinical Rheumatology)
Source: Clinical Rheumatology - November 10, 2009 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clinical Rheumatology Source Type: journals

Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology Student Poster ContestEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
SSCP hosts an annual student poster session at the APS Annual Convention. A $200 cash award is given to each winner. Each SSCP student poster finalist will also receive a complimentary year extension on their APS membership. To have your poster considered, follow these instructions on the APS website: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/cfs/rules_new.cfm#id2 To be eligible to submit an SSCP poster, the first author of the poster must be a graduate student and a member of SSCP at the time of submission. Posters must be submitted by January 31, 2010.The SSCP poster submission can address any area within scientific clinical ...
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[Hallucinations in children and adolescents: diagnostic and treatment strategies.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hallucinations are a common symptom in pediatric populations. Because spontaneous rapid recovery often occurs, routine medication with antipsychotic drugs should be avoided. An adequate initial etiological assessment requires a medical examination, a psychiatric interview, and a meeting with key adult informants. Laboratory testing and imaging may also be useful. The risk of self-injury or harming others must be systematically assessed and should determine the choice between prescribing a nonspecific anxiolytic medication or hospitalizing the child. Treatment should combine psychotherapy and psychoeducation, and antips...
Source: Presse Medicale - November 9, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Jardri R, Delion P, Goëb JL Tags: Presse Med Source Type: journals

Psychopathological correlates of the entorhinal cortical shape in schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, we present new evidence for the involvement of the entorhinal cortex in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. As cortical folding is a stable neuroanatomical parameter terminated in early neonatal stages, our data give reason to assume that the vulnerability to develop psychotic symptoms might be manifest at an early level of brain maturation. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperDOI 10.1007/s00406-009-0083-4Authors C. Christoph Schultz, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Philosophenweg 3 07740 Jena GermanyKathrin Koch, Friedrich-Schiller-Universi...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - November 7, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Tags: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Source Type: journals

Orlando shooter, US army Fort Hood shooter both linked to psychiatric drugsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(NaturalNews) US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in a violent attack at a Texas Army base this past week. He reportedly opened fire at the Fort Hood army base without any particular reason or motivation. In fact, as a psychiatrist, he had counseled many other soldiers on how to cope with the consequences of extreme violence (losing limbs, mental anguish, etc.).As an army psychiatrist, he was also allowed to prescribe powerful psychiatric drugs to both his patients and himself. Many psychiatrists self-medicate, and Hasan was extremely anxious about the possibility of being sent o...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 7, 2009 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

On Crazy ShrinksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Our patients. Clients. Call them what you will. They suspect us all the time anyway. That we are secretly the crazy ones; they the stolid norm. They come for our help and often we heal, but still that resentful suspicion lingers. They may sit in the patient chair, but always slightly the doctor is devalued as much as he is idealized.We live our professional and social lives turning the jabs to plowshares. The anxious jokes acquaintances make about whether they are being analyzed. (They are not, not unless they are paying customers. But we cannot help how much they reveal without our making the slightest effort. Quit ...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Judith Sills Tags: Work boot straps catastrophic loss chants contempt crazy ones crazy shrinks jabs jokes malik hasan nidal norm pint plowshares poison pot power imbalance psychiatry psychotherapists psychotherapy rage suspicion w Source Type: consumer

More on Psychotherapy [Letters to the Editor]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr News - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Giustra, L. Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals

Expression analyses of the mitochondrial complex I 75-kDa subunit in early onset schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder: increased levels as a potential biomarker for early onset schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Searching for a peripheral biological marker for schizophrenia, we previously reported on elevated mitochondrial complex I 75-kDa subunit mRNA-blood concentrations in early onset schizophrenia (EOS). The aim of this study was to further evaluate the utility of this gene as a potential marker for schizophrenia. Both—schizophrenia and autism—are suggested to be neuronal maldevelopmental disorders with reports of mitochondrial dysfunction and increased oxidative stress. Therefore we have investigated the expression levels of mitochondrial complex I 75-kDa subunit mRNA in whole blood of children wit...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

ReviewsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) 30(4): 315-317 Abstract Healing with Stories: Your Casebook Collection for Using Therapeutic Metaphors. George W. Burns (Ed.), Hoboken, NJ, Wiley, 2007. Soft cover. pp. 277 inc. index and references, ISBN 9780471789024. A$61.95. What is This Thing Called Love? A Guide to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Couples. Sarah Fels Usher. London/NY, Routledge, 2008. Pp. 162. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-415-43384-6. $58.00. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet RothHugh Crago Source Type: journals

Clinical TrialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Clinical trials are experiments that test a large number of people under controlled conditions to evaluate the effectiveness of new treatments. Although clinical trials are often used to evaluate new drugs, they can also be used to test different forms of psychotherapy. (Source: About.com Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Source: About.com Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: consumer

Psychotherapy in Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Retz W, Klein RG (eds): Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Adults. Key Issues in Mental Health. Basel, Karger, 2010, vol 176, pp 159-173 (DOI:10.1159/000258455) (Source: Karger Publishers)
Source: Karger Publishers - November 5, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: journals

A gene–environment investigation on personality traits in two independent clinical sets of adult patients with personality disorder and attention deficit/hyperactive disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract While an interactive effect of genes with adverse life events is increasingly appreciated in current concepts of depression etiology, no data are presently available on interactions between genetic and environmental (G × E) factors with respect to personality and related disorders. The present study therefore aimed to detect main effects as well as interactions of serotonergic candidate genes (coding for the serotonin transporter, 5-HTT; the serotonin autoreceptor, HTR1A; and the enzyme which synthesizes serotonin in the brain, TPH2) with the burden of life events (#LE) in two independent ...
Source: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience - November 5, 2009 Category: Neuroscience Tags: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience Source Type: journals

Personal psychotherapy in psychiatric training: study of four London training schemes [Education & training]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AIMS AND METHOD We carried out a web-based survey to establish the proportion of London psychiatry senior house officers who undertake personal psychotherapy. Demographics, training characteristics and psychotherapy experience were examined using descriptive statistics. Predictors of personal psychotherapy status were examined using logistic regression. RESULTS The majority of trainees who undertook personal psychotherapy included training as a reason for doing so. Of the participants,16% had undergone personal psychotherapy and of the remainder, 73% reported that they would consider it in the future. Ethnicit...
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dover, D., Beveridge, E., Leavey, G., King, M. Tags: Education & training Source Type: journals

THT launches new online counselling service for the LGBT communityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has today launched ‘Connect Online Counselling’ - a new online counselling service for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community nationwide. The service aims to give people the chance to explore difficulties or challenges in their lives, make sense of experiences and find solutions or coping mechanisms when faced with problems.Sessions can be used to discuss anything from problems at home or work, to drug use or sexual risk taking. They take place over the internet using MSN, Skype or via the THT ‘counselling room’ on Gaydar.Whether it’s relationship problems or issu...
Source: Terrence Higgins Trust - November 5, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations

Adjunctive Psychotherapy for Depression StudiedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Adjunctive psychotherapy added to antidepressant medications for patients with chronic depression did not increase the proportion of patients achieving remission, according to a study in the November issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - November 5, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: info

Video guide to cognitive behavioural therapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authoritative information from the British Medical Journal on CBT, a psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety, panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 4, 2009 Category: Science Tags: BMJ Group news Depression in adults Anxiety Panic attacks Obsessive-compulsive disorder Health & wellbeing Life and style Mental health Society Psychology Science guardian.co.uk Editorial Source Type: news

Specific phobia predicts psychopathology in young womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions Specific phobia thus appears to be a risk factor for a variety of problems. The result further underpins the necessity for early intervention for specific phobia to prevent later mental health problems. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperDOI 10.1007/s00127-009-0159-5Authors Julia Trumpf, University of Basel Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology Missionsstrasse 60/62 4055 Basel SwitzerlandJürgen Margraf, University of Basel Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology Missionsstrasse 60/62 4055 Basel Switzerl...
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - November 4, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Source Type: journals

Group Psychotherapy of Dysfunctional Fear of Progression in Patients with Chronic Arthritis or CancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Psychother Psychosom 2010;79:31-38 (DOI:10.1159/000254903) (Source: Karger Publishers)
Source: Karger Publishers - November 3, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: journals

The Mindful Medical Student: A Psychiatrist's Guide to Staying Who You Are While Becoming Who You Want to Be [Book and Media Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: JAMA)
Source: JAMA - November 3, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Walsh, C. Tags: Medical Practice, Medical Education, Patient-Physician Relationship/ Care, Psychosocial Issues, Psychiatry, psychotherapy, Stress Book and Media Reviews Source Type: journals