Mental Health Weekly Digest
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 26th, 2003
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Behavior Disorders - Child health costs similar for behavioral compared with physical disorders
Bipolar Disorder - Study suggests risk of progressive brain damage
Breast Cancer - Clinical interventions are needed to reduce presurgery distress
Epilepsy - Downregulated calsenilin may be responsible for seizure in human patients
Geriatrics - Older cancer patients have improved life and outcome when supported
Schizophrenia - The hippocampus has more dentate granule cells with basal dendrites
Alzheimer Disease - Possible therapeutic agents, disulfonic stilbenes, prevent beta amyloid toxicity
Brain Tumor - Cognitive decline occurs weeks before measurable MRI progression
Breast Cancer - Women with more worry, distress were less likely to have a mammogram
Cancer-related Fatigue - The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory now has a valid French adaptation
Cognitive Function - Poorly controlled diabetes could lead to dementia in the elderly
Depression - Increased antidepressant prescribing linked with fewer suicides
Depression - Mothers' ability to care for children hampered
Depression - Study finds recurrent concussion raises risk
Depression - When antidepressant drugs stop working: A novel approach
Encephalopathy - Thyrotoxic autoimmune encephalopathy can occur in Graves disease
Healthcare Financing - Transition to mental health carveouts disrupts care for most fragile
Mammography Screening - A questionnaire regarding beliefs of Chinese-American women has been validated
Nursing - Personality profile done in United Kingdom shows good and bad characteristics
Panic Disorder - Application to market Lexapro submitted
Pediatric Brain Disorders - Diagnostic advances presented at ASNR 41st annual meeting
Psychosis - Antipsychotic drugs may reduce diabetes risk in mentally ill
Psychosis - New-generation antipsychotics neurological side effects similar to conventional drugs
Schizophrenia - Gene enhances prefrontal function at a price
Schizophrenia - Patients who miss a few days of medication at increased risk for hospitalization
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