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The Mental Health Community Responds to Tom Cruise’s Today Show Interview

Wednesday, 29 June 2005 7:13 A GMT+01
The Mental Health Community Responds to Tom Cruise's Today Show Interview "While we respect the right of individuals to express their own points of view, they are not entitled to their own facts. Mental illnesses are real medical conditions that aff

Benzodiazepines to be dropped from Medicare drug list effective Jan 1st, 2006

Tuesday, 28 June 2005 5:21 A GMT+01
Anxiety Over Medicare Benzo Ban Those On Drug Will Have To Find New Alternatives WASHINGTON (AP) When the federal government's new prescription drug benefit kicks in next year, it will not cover a category of drugs commonly used to treat anxiety, in

Paxil CR returns to pharmacy shelves

Tuesday, 28 June 2005 5:19 A GMT+01
GlaxoSmithKline Returns Paxil to Market PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC has returned its anti-depressant Paxil CR to the market, nearly four months after federal officials seized the drug from three factories for failing to meet manufacturin

Illness course defines atypical depression groups

Tuesday, 28 June 2005 5:18 A GMT+01
Illness course defines atypical depression groups Depressed patients with atypical features have a different hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis profile depending on their illness course, suggesting that they represent biologically distinct gro

Abstract: Is there really a 'J-shaped' curve in the association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of depression and anxiety?

Tuesday, 28 June 2005 5:18 A GMT+01
Addiction. 2005 May;100(5):643-51.Is there really a 'J-shaped' curve in the association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of depression and anxiety? Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes. Alati R, Lawlor DA, Na

'White Man's Medicine' Is Secondary to Time-Honored Customs

Sunday, 26 June 2005 9:07 A GMT+01
Healers Prescribe Tribal Tradition When a chronically depressed 9-year-old girl at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota became so sad that she stopped eating, Ethleen Iron Cloud-Two Dogs came up with a treatment plan: not antidepressant

Childhood adversity has major effect on adult personality

Saturday, 25 June 2005 10:21 A GMT+01
Royal College of Psychiatrists Childhood adversity has major effect on adult personality Childhood adversity has a substantial effect on adult personality, according to a new study from Australia. This effect is seen mainly on neuroticism, or suscept

Father's postnatal depression can blight babies

Saturday, 25 June 2005 10:21 A GMT+01
Dads get postnatal depression, too - and it can hurt kids' behaviour: study TORONTO (CP) - It's well-known that new mothers can get the baby blues, but fathers can also suffer from postnatal depression - and having a despondent dad early in life can

Telephone CBT for OCD as effective as face-to-face therapy

Saturday, 25 June 2005 10:20 A GMT+01
Royal College of PsychiatristsTelephone treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder as effective as face-to-face Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) delivered by telephone is as effective as face-to-face CBT for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a

Glaring inequalities for people with mental disorders addressed in new WHO effort

Saturday, 25 June 2005 10:20 A GMT+01
Glaring inequalities for people with mental disorders addressed in new WHO effort Global experts and stakeholders in mental health, law and human rights collaborate in a landmark publication. Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) is giving co

Canadian Psychiatric Association issues position statement on antidepressants

Saturday, 25 June 2005 10:19 A GMT+01
Canadian Psychiatric Association issues position statement on antidepressants The Canadian Psychiatric Association has issued a position statement in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry recommending that newer antidepressants such as SSRIs remain firs

Add-on topiramate reduces weight in overweight patients with affective disorders

Friday, 24 June 2005 12:37 P GMT+01
BMC Psychiatry 2005, 5:19 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-5-19 Add-on topiramate reduces weight in overweight patients with affective disorders: a clinical case series George Kirov and John Tredget Abstract Background The weight-gain caused by many psychotro

Social Anxiety: An Expert Interview With Eric Hollander, MD

Friday, 24 June 2005 12:37 P GMT+01
Social Anxiety: An Expert Interview With Eric Hollander, MD There are 2 basic forms of social anxiety disorder. There's the generalized form of social anxiety disorder, where people are fearful of most social situations; this can involve, for example

Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating and Predicting Success in the Long-term Management of Depression

Friday, 24 June 2005 12:36 P GMT+01
Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating and Predicting Success in the Long-term Management of Depression: An Expert Interview With Alan Schatzberg, MD Medscape: What pharmacologic treatments for major depression now appear to be best supported by data?

Abstract: Partial sleep deprivation therapy combined with sertraline [Zoloft] induces more rapid improvements in quality of life items in major depressive disorder.

Friday, 24 June 2005 12:35 P GMT+01
J Affect Disord. 2005 Jun 18; [Epub ahead of print] Partial sleep deprivation therapy combined with sertraline induces more rapid improvements in quality of life items in major depressive disorder. Caliyurt O, Guducu F. Psychiatry Department, Trakya

Millions of Migraineurs in US Not Receiving Preventative Medicine

Friday, 24 June 2005 12:35 P GMT+01
Millions of Migraineurs in US Not Receiving Preventative Medicine There are five general classes of preventative medications for migraine - anticonvulsants, antihypertensives, antidepressants, serotonin antagonists and unconventional treatment, such

Melatonin Agonist Shows Benefits in Treating Bipolar Depression

Thursday, 23 June 2005 8:37 A GMT+01
Melatonin Agonist Shows Benefits in Treating Bipolar Depression The new agent works on the melatonin 1 and melatonin 2 receptors and also has 5-HT2c antagonist properties, as do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), said Dr. Calabrese, a p

Abstract: Influence of age of onset on clinical features in OCD.

Thursday, 23 June 2005 8:30 A GMT+01
Depress Anxiety. 2005 Jun 17; [Epub ahead of print]Influence of age of onset on clinical features in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Tukel R, Ertekin E, Batmaz S, Alyanak F, Sozen A, Aslantas B, Atli H, Ozyildirim I. Istanbul University, Istanbul Facu

Abstract: Influence of the serotonin transporter promoter gene polymorphism on susceptibility to PTSD.

Thursday, 23 June 2005 8:30 A GMT+01
Depress Anxiety. 2005 Jun 17; [Epub ahead of print]Influence of the serotonin transporter promoter gene polymorphism on susceptibility to posttraumatic stress disorder. Lee HJ, Lee MS, Kang RH, Kim H, Kim SD, Kee BS, Kim YH, Kim YK, Kim JB, Yeon BK,

New Clinical Tool To Help War Veterans With PTSD

Wednesday, 22 June 2005 7:33 A GMT+01
New Clinical Tool To Help War Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder A new clinical tool for assessing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), developed by the Atlanta Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN), the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medica

Insomnia may precede and prolong major depression

Wednesday, 22 June 2005 7:33 A GMT+01
Public release date: 21-Jun-2005 Contact: Greg WilliamsUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterInsomnia may precede and prolong major depression Sleep studied as potential treatment for depre

[Lack of] Heart Rate Changes Linked to Depression in Women

Wednesday, 22 June 2005 7:33 A GMT+01
Heart Rate Changes Linked to Depression in Women Middle-aged women with no obvious signs of cardiac trouble may be prone to depression and the eventual development of heart disease if their heart rate varies less than expected in response to fluctuat

Better prognosis for depressed patients if spouses agree reasons for their illness

Wednesday, 22 June 2005 7:32 A GMT+01
Royal College of PsychiatristsBetter prognosis for depressed patients if spouses agree reasons for their illness A new study has found for the first time that depressed patients whose spouses agree with them about the reasons for their illness have a

Abstract: A comparative study of fluoxetine, moclobemide, and tianeptine in the treatment of PTSD

Wednesday, 22 June 2005 7:32 A GMT+01
Eur Psychiatry. 2005 Jun 16; [Epub ahead of print]A comparative study of fluoxetine, moclobemide, and tianeptine in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder following an earthquake. Onder E, Tural U, Aker T. Center for Psychological Trauma, Me

Computer-assisted cognitive therapy could reduce costs

Tuesday, 21 June 2005 8:37 A GMT+01
Computer-assisted cognitive therapy could reduce costs Computer-assisted cognitive therapy is as effective as standard cognitive therapy, despite involving less time with a therapist, say US researchers who suggest that such treatment could help to r

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