Mental Health Weekly Digest
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 30th, 2004
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Addiction Medicine - FDA approves Campral Delayed-Release Tablets for treating alcohol dependence
Diabetes Therapy - Education and psychotherapy needed to treat poorly controlled diabetes
Diabetic Neuropathy - Type 2 diabetes contributes to cognitive decline in old age
Neuropsychology - Intentions and expectations may emerge within behavior-generating networks
Vaccine Safety - Neurodevelopmental disorders reported after thimerosal-containing vaccines
Alcoholism - Brief intervention can help alcohol abusers
Alcoholism - Mass media campaigns effective for reducing alcohol-involved crashes
Alzheimer Disease - Transgenic animal models of Alzheimer disease reviewed
Antiretroviral Therapy - Sustained benefit of HAART lost when prisoners return to community
Behavior - Brain's reward circuitry revealed in procrastinating primates
Business Update - Fletcher Allen in Vermont gets approval for psychiatric unit
Cognitive Function - Use it or lose it: Seniors need to socialize to keep communication skills
Coronary Artery Disease - Psychological care should be offered after open-heart surgery
Dementia - Changes in behavior may signal dementia, depression, or delirium in elderly
Depression - Adolescents often respond well to antidepressants plus behavioral therapy
Depression - FDA approves Cymbalta for the treatment of depression
Depression - Physician notification program launched for kids on antidepressants
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - New hope for children with fetal alcohol syndrome
Fitness & Wellness - Group recreational music making relieves stress in nursing students, study shows
Fitness & Wellness - Top mistakes people make in the gym listed by American fitness group
HIV/AIDS Coinfection - HSV-2 infection increases risk of HIV transmission
HIV/AIDS Infection - HIV status disclosure improves therapy adherence in adolescents
HIV/AIDS Transmission - Education campaigns necessary as HIV transmission increases in Western Europe
Illicit Drugs - Feds say "club drug"-related visits to ERs show some sharp declines
Information Technology - University partners with drug company to launch health-focused software
Mental Health - Emergency rooms see rise in children needing psychiatric care
Mental Health - Family tried to institutionalize mentally ill shooting victim
Mental Health - Mentally ill losing services because of Los Angeles cuts
Mental Health - Researcher advises patients taking antidepressants not to stop abruptly
Mental Health - Singer/songwriter shares experience in national education campaign on depression
Mental Health - Survey shows North Carolina soldiers have PTSD rate near that of Vietnam vets
Metabolic Disease - Gene transfer causes behavioral recovery in murine phenylketonuria models
Obesity Therapy - Belief in controllability of weight affects perception of prejudice
Pain Medicine - Medications and imaginations help reduce postoperative pain in children
Pediatrics - ADHD medication equally affective in Caucasian, African American children
Personnel - Aricept maker announces launch of new CNS sales force
Personnel - Philip Holzman, psychologist and schizophrenia expert, dies at 82
Preventive Medicine - Former first lady stresses importance of preventive medicine
Schizophrenia - Gene variant linked to risk traits
Schizophrenia - Study aims to advance treatment, diagnosis and prevention of mental illness
Schizophrenia - Study links ACP-104 to improved cognition in schizophrenia patients
Seasonal Affective Disorder - Is bright light therapy sufficient for seasonal affective disorder?
Stress - Survey: Soldiers suffer stress disorder
Stress Response - Chronic stress regulates neuroendocrine responses in laying hens
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