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Device is offering hope on depression

Saturday, 31 December 2005 6:32 A GMT+01
Device is offering hope on depression It stimulates nerve linked to mood. Janet Gildner calmly lay down on the train tracks and waited to die. Soon she felt the tracks singing and the earth rumbling. The train was upon her. Then came footsteps and

Abstract: Detection of Borna disease virus p24 RNA in peripheral blood cells from Brazilian mood and psychotic disorder patients

Saturday, 31 December 2005 6:31 A GMT+01
J Affect Disord. 2005 Nov 29; [Epub ahead of print] Detection of Borna disease virus p24 RNA in peripheral blood cells from Brazilian mood and psychotic disorder patients. Miranda HC, Odebrecht Vargas Nunes S, Sanches Calvo E, Suzart S, Nakagawa Itan

Fear of clowns is not a laughing matter

Saturday, 31 December 2005 6:28 A GMT+01
Fear of clowns is not a laughing matter Some experts believe 1 in 7 people are afraid of the funny-looking circus entertainers. Beth Wallace was stopped at a traffic light when a truck pulled up next to her. As she took a sip from her thermos of cof

Phobias A-Z: Caligynephobia, Venustraphobia

Saturday, 31 December 2005 6:27 A GMT+01
Caligynephobia, Venustraphobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of beautiful women

SAMHSA: 9% of adolescents experienced a major depressive episode in the past year

Friday, 30 December 2005 7:18 A GMT+01
9 Percent of Adolescents Experienced a Major Depressive Episode in the Past Year, Survey Finds About 2.2 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 (9 percent) experienced at least one major depressive episode in the past year. These adolescents were more tha

Abstract: Plasma serotonin levels and suicidal behavior in adolescents.

Friday, 30 December 2005 7:16 A GMT+01
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2006 Jan, 16(1):59-69 Plasma serotonin levels and suicidal behavior in adolescents. Tyano S, Zalsman G, Ofek H, Blum I, Apter A, Wolovik L, Sher L, Sommerfeld E, Harell D, Weizman A. Child and Adolescent Division, Geha Ment

A political debate on PTSD

Friday, 30 December 2005 7:16 A GMT+01
A Political Debate On Stress Disorder As Claims Rise, VA Takes Stock The spiraling cost of post-traumatic stress disorder among war veterans has triggered a politically charged debate and ignited fears that the government is trying to limit expensive

Prompt combat stress therapy of lasting benefit

Friday, 30 December 2005 7:15 A GMT+01
Prompt Combat Stress Therapy of Lasting Benefit NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Dec 28 - A 20-year follow-up study of soldiers who took part in the war in Lebanon in 1982 and suffered combat stress shows that those who received frontline therapy subsequent

Stress and resilience: Implications for depression and anxiety

Friday, 30 December 2005 7:15 A GMT+01
Stress and Resilience: Implications for Depression and Anxiety The physical and psychological impact of stress and the subsequent response of an individual who fails to adapt to or demonstrate resilience in the face of a particular stressor continues

Seasonal Affective Disorder, a common but shadowy condition

Friday, 30 December 2005 7:14 A GMT+01
Seasonal Affective Disorder, a Common But Shadowy Condition PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 - For up to 6% of the population, snowflakes, sledding, and snowmen signal not the onset of winter's wonderland but an emotional gloom that can be relieved only by spri

Phobias A-Z: Cainophobia or Cainotophobia, Cenophobia or Centophobia, Kainolophobia or Kainophobia, Neophobia

Friday, 30 December 2005 7:13 A GMT+01
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia, Cenophobia or Centophobia, Kainolophobia or Kainophobia, Neophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of anything new things, ideas or situations, of novelty

Riluzole Acts against Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Thursday, 29 December 2005 7:52 A GMT+01
Riluzole Acts Against Anxiety Disorder NEW YORK Dec 21 - Results of a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry suggest that riluzole is a safe, effective, and rapidly acting anxiolytic medication for patients with g

Phobias A-Z: Cacophobia

Thursday, 29 December 2005 7:50 A GMT+01
Cacophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of ugliness

When physical fitness meets mental illness

Tuesday, 27 December 2005 4:55 A GMT+01
When physical fitness meets mental illness Matthew Hass is not sure what caused him to blow up to 300 pounds: his sedentary lifestyle, a diet devoid of fruits and vegetables or the medications he took for bipolar disorder. Not that the cause mattered

Phobias A-Z: Bufonophobia

Tuesday, 27 December 2005 4:54 A GMT+01
Bufonophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of toads

Depression spikes after, not during, holidays

Monday, 26 December 2005 7:59 A GMT+01
Depression spikes after, not during, holidays Ozer says that in December, gloomy weather and unfulfilled expectations notwithstanding, there is a decrease in the number of people seeking psychiatric treatment. "The holiday actually buoys people," Oz

Abstract: N-acetylcysteine augmentation in serotonin reuptake inhibitor refractory OCD

Monday, 26 December 2005 7:58 A GMT+01
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2005 Dec 22;:1-3 [Epub ahead of print] N-acetylcysteine augmentation in serotonin reuptake inhibitor refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Lafleur DL, Pittenger C, Kelmendi B, Gardner T, Wasylink S, Malison RT, Sanacora

Phobias A-Z: Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia

Monday, 26 December 2005 7:57 A GMT+01
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of body odor

OT: Abstract: Amphetamine high from popular Christmas spices?

Sunday, 25 December 2005 1:20 A GMT+01
Prague Med Rep. 2005;106(1):27-38 Christmas gingerbread (Lebkuchen) and Christmas cheer - review of the potential role of mood elevating amphetamine-like compounds formed in vivo and in furno. Idle JR. Institute of Pharmacology of the First Faculty

Imaging the brain to control the mind

Saturday, 24 December 2005 7:45 A GMT+01
Imaging the brain to control the mind For the first time anywhere in the world, psychologists at California-based company Omneuron and Stanford University have demonstrated that people can be taught how to reduce their experience of pain with the

Effexor follow-up filed in USA

Saturday, 24 December 2005 7:44 A GMT+01
Effexor follow-up filed in USA Wyeth has filed for approval in the USA of desvenlafaxine (DVS-233), a follow-up to its blockbuster antidepressant Effexor (venlafaxine). Desvenlafaxine is a metabolite of venlafaxine and like its parent compound acts

OT: Abstract+: Hangover cures don't work

Saturday, 24 December 2005 7:44 A GMT+01
BMJ 2005;331:1515-1518 (24 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1515 Interventions for preventing or treating alcohol hangover: systematic review of randomised controlled trials 1Pittler MH, 2Verster JC, 1Edzard Ernst E. 1Complementary Medicine, Pen

Phobias A-Z: Chionophobia

Saturday, 24 December 2005 7:43 A GMT+01
Chionophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of snow

Imaging the unconscious

Friday, 23 December 2005 8:30 A GMT+01
Imaging the Unconscious One of Freud's theories held that after a traumatic event, people might unconsciously associate a normally benign stimulus, say, a friendly golden retriever, with a previously fearful event, such as getting bitten by a Rottwei

Abstract: Glucocorticoids and relapse of major depression

Friday, 23 December 2005 8:29 A GMT+01
Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Dec 17; [Epub ahead of print] Glucocorticoids and Relapse of Major Depression (Dexamethasone/Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Test in Relation to Relapse of Major Depression). Appelhof BC, Huyser J, Verweij M, Brouwer JP, van Dyc

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