Mental Health Weekly Digest
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 26th, 2004
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Anxiety - Social problems linked to mental illness in Pakistan
Depression - Preschoolers lead growth of antidepressant use
Geriatrics - Atherosclerosis linked to depression in older people
HIV/AIDS Dementia - Mitochondrial glutaminase augments glutamate output by HIV-infected macrophages
Substance Abuse - Depressed young women at highest risk of alcohol abuse
Adolescent Health - Health risk behavior assessment done in urban seventh-grade class
Alcoholism - Patients with alcohol, drug disorders more likely to have personality disorders
Alzheimer Disease - A-beta-peptide neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease brain reviewed
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Study links ADHD drugs to growth delays, though permanent effects not known
Behavior - Why help each other?
Bipolar Disorder - New evidence for whole genome linkage in bipolar disorder
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Patients who suffer from chronic fatigue have poor social support
Cognitive Function - Lack of specific brain protein causes marked deficits in learning, memory
Correctional Health - Committee proposes mental health jobs in prisons
Depression - Antidepressant use in children and adolescents continues to grow, study shows
Depression - Antidepressants are not safe for children
Depression - Dangerous interaction reported between the fluvoxamine and tizanidine
Depression - Depression PMA-S on FDA panel's June agenda
Depression - Elderly get tips to beat back the blues
Depression - Improving treatment creates long-lasting improvements for minority patients
Depression - Late-stage molecule licensed for the treatment of depression
Depression - More than half of surveyed antidepressant drug users still feel depressed
HIV/AIDS - Discovery agreement inked regarding AIDS-related dementia
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Borna disease virus infection confirmed in HIV patients
Head and Neck Cancer - Radiation impacts quality of life in head and neck cancer patients
Market Analysis - Branded drug-makers prepare for the inevitable
Melanoma Vaccine - gp100209-2M peptide vaccine induces immune response in melanoma patients
Mental Health - Auditor: Potential impact of parity mandate unclear
Mental Health - Crimes involving mental patients stoke fear about reform
Mental Health - Defendant's mental health is focus of murder trial
Mental Health - Psychotherapy records off-limits in emotional distress lawsuits
Mental Health - West Virginia mental health center settles federal whistle-blower lawsuit
Mergers & Acquisitions - Horizon Health Corp. acquires Indiana psychiatric hospital
Nicotine Addiction - Sitting in nonsmoking sections a powerful tactic for preventing teen smoking
Patents - New European patent granted for naltrexone
Pediatric Psychiatry - Concern over poor facilities for young people with mental illness
Personnel - Hythiam names Monica Alfaro Welling as VP of marketing
Personnel - Psychiatric Solutions elects new member to board of directors
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD increases in children with extended ICU stays after cardiac surgery
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Rates of trauma and PTSD higher among incarcerated youth
Psychiatric Assessment - Will a new discipline, clinimetrics, change approach to clinical psychiatry?
Psychosocial Medicine - Rapid workplace expansion linked to long-term sick leave, especially by women
Psychosomatic Illness - Psychological factors may predict outcome of treatment in GI disorders
Schizophrenia - Four neuroscience compounds to be co-developed and co-commercialized
Stem-Cell Research - Neurogenesin-1 induces neurogenesis in adult hippocampus
Strep Throat - Researchers caution against linking strep, neuropsychiatric disorders
Telemedicine - Mental-health services center will cover 7-county region in Nebraska
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