http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A key brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) - is highly elevated during clinical depression yet is unaffected by treatment with commonly used antidepressants, according to an important study published today in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The study has important implications for our understanding of why antidepressants don't always work. http://www.physorg.com/news179504088.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:15:16 EST news179504088 Despite government warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and actions while taking antiepileptic drugs, these medications do not appear to be associated with increased risk of suicide attempts in individuals with bipolar disorder, and may have a possible protective effect, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news179430797.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:40:04 EST news179430797 Young adults with higher blood lead levels appear more likely to have major depression and panic disorders, even if they have exposure to lead levels generally considered safe, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news179430568.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:00:01 EST news179430568 (PhysOrg.com) -- The nation is still debating the effects of antidepressant medications on brain chemistry almost 20 years after publication of the best-seller "Listening to Prozac." Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are widely used to treat depression today, understanding of their mechanisms remains limited. http://www.physorg.com/news179424614.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:10:44 EST news179424614 Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome studies have shown that many patients with Borderline Personality Disorder can achieve full recovery across the complete range of symptoms. http://www.physorg.com/news177830854.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:28:47 EST news177830854 (PhysOrg.com) -- A gene variant makes people who experienced trauma as children or adults more susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Yale researchers have found. http://www.physorg.com/news176408321.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:22:58 EST news176408321 When people get brief, structured, phone-based cognitive behavioral psychotherapy soon after starting on antidepressant medication, significant benefits may persist two years after their first session, with only modest rises in cost. Over two years, this treatment is cost-effective, according to a randomized trial in the October 2009 Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news173987632.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:30:01 EST news173987632 (PhysOrg.com) -- Immunization with an experimental anti-cocaine vaccine resulted in a substantial reduction in cocaine use in 38 percent of vaccinated patients in a clinical trial supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The study, published in the October issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, is the first successful, placebo-controlled demonstration of a vaccine against an illicit drug of abuse. http://www.physorg.com/news173978776.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:26:51 EST news173978776 (PhysOrg.com) -- In the first functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of its kind, neurologists and psychiatrists at Columbia University have identified an area of the brain involved in the earliest stages of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. http://www.physorg.com/news171562825.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:37:02 EST news171562825 Depression among preschoolers appears to be a continuous, chronic condition rather than a transient developmental stage, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news168613056.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:20:07 EST news168613056 Major depression and coronary artery disease are only modestly related throughout an individual's lifetime, but studying how the two interact over time and in twin pairs paints a more complex picture of the associations between the conditions, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. For example, the association between coronary artery disease onset and major depression risk is much stronger over time than vice versa. http://www.physorg.com/news168537846.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:10:01 EST news168537846 A family history of depression, anxiety, alcohol dependence or drug dependence is associated with the presence of each condition and also may predict its course and prognosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news166117883.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:00:05 EST news166117883 An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients' sleep, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news166117582.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:20:01 EST news166117582 Combining antidepressant drugs with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does a better job of reducing symptoms of severe depression and causes less memory loss than using ECT alone, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues. http://www.physorg.com/news166117304.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:02 EST news166117304 University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have discovered that a common anti-oxidant, widely available as a health food supplement, may help stop the urges of those with trichotillomania, a disorder characterized by compulsive hair-pulling. http://www.physorg.com/news166116740.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:32:52 EST news166116740 The antidepressant citalopram does not appear to reduce the occurrence of repetitive behaviors in children and teens with autism spectrum disorders, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news163093138.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:39:21 EST news163093138 Danish children who move frequently appear to have an increased risk of attempted or completed suicide between ages 11 and 17, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news163092971.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:38:07 EST news163092971 Toddlers with autism appear more likely to have an enlarged amygdala, a brain area associated with numerous functions, including the processing of faces and emotion, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, this brain abnormality appears to be associated with the ability to share attention with others, a fundamental ability thought to predict later social and language function in children with autism. http://www.physorg.com/news160675501.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 17:05:24 EST news160675501 About half of women whose symptoms of severe premenstrual syndrome are relieved by the antidepressant sertraline appear to experience relapse within six to eight months after stopping medication, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Women with more severe symptoms and those who took the drug for a shorter period of time may be more likely to relapse. http://www.physorg.com/news160674702.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 16:52:25 EST news160674702 (PhysOrg.com) -- Children who are bullied at school over several years are up to four times more likely to develop psychotic-like symptoms by the time they reach early adolescence. http://www.physorg.com/news160406866.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 14:28:13 EST news160406866 Most males who commit suicide or need hospital care for suicide attempts during their teen or early adult years appear to have high levels of psychiatric problems at age 8, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, later suicide attempts in females are not predicted by mental health issues at this age. http://www.physorg.com/news158254753.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:40:03 EST news158254753 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have compiled the first-ever review of the neurobiology of wisdom - once the sole province of religion and philosophy. The study by Dilip V. Jeste, MD, and Thomas W. Meeks, MD, of UC San Diego's Department of Psychiatry and the Stein Institute for Research on Aging, will be published in the Archives of General Psychiatry on April 6. http://www.physorg.com/news158254472.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:35:20 EST news158254472 A statistical modeling study suggests that problems with alcohol abuse may lead to an increased risk of depression, as opposed to the reverse model in which individuals with depression self-medicate with alcohol, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news155240528.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:22:36 EST news155240528 (PhysOrg.com) -- See something disturbing? Maybe it's a scene from the nightly news of someone being beaten in a riot, or a person scowling at you in a crowd. http://www.physorg.com/news152900462.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:21:57 EST news152900462 People with mental illness alone are no more likely than anyone else to commit acts of violence, a new study by UNC researchers concludes. But mental illness combined with substance abuse or dependence elevates the risk for future violence. http://www.physorg.com/news152819983.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:00:13 EST news152819983 Exposure to more television and other electronic media during the teenage years appears to be associated with developing depression symptoms in young adulthood, especially among men, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news152819488.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:51:56 EST news152819488 Women who have higher levels of a hormone produced by the placenta midway through pregnancy appear more likely to develop postpartum depression, a study authored by a UC Irvine researcher finds. http://www.physorg.com/news152803062.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:17:58 EST news152803062 UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear. Published in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, their study may offer a more accurate method for tracking brain aging. http://www.physorg.com/news150461594.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:53:14 EST news150461594 Childhood trauma is a potent risk factor for development of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a study by researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study is published in the Jan. 5, 2009 Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news150396443.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:23 EST news150396443