Researchers who have spent their careers studying schizophrenia and mood disorders might be forgiven a bit of "biomarker envy." At long last, it seems that the neurologists and neuropsychiatrists have developed some fairly sensitive and specific "lab tests" for Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
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July 19, 2010
Alzheimer’s Disease without Dis-ease? New Conundrums for Psychiatric Diagnosis and Public Health
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May 26, 2010
Study Finds Adolescents Cope With Mental Illness Stigmas
Living with a mental illness can be a tough experience for adults, but with the increasing numbers of youth diagnosed and taking medications for mood disorders, it can become a time of isolation, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences...
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February 5, 2010
UT Center Of Excellence On Mood Disorders Combines Discovery, Patient Care
Innovative neuroscience research and expanded clinical care have been launched at the new Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. "New research here is trying to pinpoint the neurobiological mechanisms involved in mood disorders," said Jair Soares, M.D...
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January 8, 2010
Whither Melancholia?
After formulating and signing "Melancholia: A Declaration of Independence," an international cadre of psychiatrists recently launched a campaign to have the upcoming DSM-V recognize melancholia as a distinct syndrome rather than as a specifier for the mood disorders of major depression and bipolar disorder.
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October 29, 2009
Q&A: Chronic Pain and Mood Disorders—Identifying and Understanding Shared Neurophysiological Mechanisms
An interview with Vladimir Maletic, MD, PA
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The Way To Overcome Emotional Disturbances In Children May Be Improving Their Psychological Well-being
A group of investigators of the University of Bologna suggest a new way of approaching emotional disturbances in children by improving their psychological well-being. The study is published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Anxiety, mood disorders and somatoform disorders are among the most prevalent forms of psychological suffering during childhood and adolescence.
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October 23, 2009
Could Drugs For Mood Disorders, Pain And Epilepsy Cause Psychiatric Disorders Later In Life?
Young animals treated with commonly-prescribed drugs develop behavioral abnormalities in adulthood say researchers. The drugs tested include those used to treat epilepsy, mood disorders and pain.
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August 31, 2009
Mood Disorders in Later Life, 2nd ed
This text provides an excellent overview of mood disorders during older adulthood. Chapter 1 deals with diagnosis and includes helpful diagnostic tools and pertinent laboratory values. Chapter 2 addresses nonmajor depressive syndromes-a much-needed area of discussion-and provides a literature review in an easy-to-read table. Chapter 3 includes very good information about epidemiology and a most u
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May 22, 2009
The Therapeutic Process Of Mother-Infant Psychotherapy
Psychotherapists who treat mothers suffering from postpartum depression and other mood disorders with their infants have developed a proven process that contributes to a greater positive experience with immediate insights for the mothers to develop healthy connections between their maternal experiences and their infants' behaviors.
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May 21, 2009
The Therapeutic Process Of Mother-Infant Psychotherapy (Medical News Today)
Psychotherapists who treat mothers suffering from postpartum depression and other mood disorders with their infants have developed a proven process that contributes to a greater positive experience with immediate insights for the mothers to develop healthy connections between their maternal experiences and their infants' behaviors.
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