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          6 January 2007
         
        
          Antidepressant selection gene testing fails to improve patient outcomes
         
        
          There is insufficient evidence to determine if current gene-based tests intended to personalize the dose of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) improve patient outcomes or aid in treatment decisions in the clinical setting
         
        
          Saturday, 6-Jan-2007 05:29 AM :: Anxiety Insights
         
          Abstract+: The combination of D-Cycloserine and CBT for anxiety disorders
         
        
          [B]asic research in animal extinction paradigms, has led to intervention studies examining the use of D-cycloserine (DCS) to enhance therapeutic learning from exposure-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
         
        
          Saturday, 6-Jan-2007 05:29 AM :: Anxiety Insights
         
          Avoid hidden "Forks in the Road" to anxiety, depression
         
        
          We don't think of a "fork in the road" as an integral part of daily life. Usually it indicates some defining moment of change — the end of a marriage or the beginning of a new career.
         
        
          Saturday, 6-Jan-2007 05:27 AM :: Anxiety Insights
         
          Abstract: Effects of SSRIs and venlafaxine [Effexor®] during pregnancy in term and preterm neonates
         
        
          Pediatrics. 2007 Jan;119(1):52-9. Effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and venlafaxine during pregnancy in term and preterm neonates. Ferreira E, Carceller AM, Agogue C, Martin BZ, St-Andre M, Francoeur D, Berard A.
         
        
          Saturday, 6-Jan-2007 05:26 AM :: Anxiety Insights
         
          Abstract: Depression may quadruple stroke risk for under 65s
         
        
          Emerging evidence raises the possibility of an association between depression and stroke risk. This study sought to examine whether depressive symptoms are associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular events in a community-based sample.
         
        
          Saturday, 6-Jan-2007 05:25 AM :: Anxiety Insights
         
          Better poststroke outcome follows antidepressant use
         
        
          Early detection and appropriate treatment of poststroke depression are essential factors in improving patients' poststroke outcomes.
         
        
          Saturday, 6-Jan-2007 05:24 AM :: Anxiety Insights
         
          Quetiapine [Seroquel®] addiction?
         
        
          Quetiapine is not a controlled substance and is not considered addictive. Yet there are several reports describing abuse among inmates in jails and prisons.
         
        
          Saturday, 6-Jan-2007 05:23 AM :: Anxiety Insights
         
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