Mental Health Weekly Digest

Anxiety - Even low-grade abnormal cervical smear test results elicit anxiety in women

Depression - Factors affecting depression relapse during fluvoxamine therapy are examined

Mental Health - Adolescent mental disorders are associated with increased risk of adult partner violence

Mental Health - Intermittent explosive disorder affects up to 16 million Americans

Addiction Medicine - Pilot study shows promise for treating complicated grief and substance use disorders

Adverse Drug Reaction - Linezolid can increase risk of serotonin toxicity

Alcohol Use - Stable remission from alcohol dependence without formal help provides insights on treatment

Asthma - Asthma management in children can be improved with school intervention programs

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Shire announces significant ADHD symptom control reported with shorter Daytrana wear time

Awards - Hazelden President and CEO Ellen Breyer named Administrator of the Year by ACTA

Behavioral Medicine - Oral Catha edulis enhances aggressive behavior in isolated rats

Breast Cancer - Race and income shape women's experiences with advanced breast cancer

Business Update - EuroPharma appointed exclusive U.S. distributor of new omega-3 with high absorption level

Cancer Therapy - St. Jude helps Brazil improve outcomes of children with leukemia

Cardiovascular Research - Researchers study potential benefits of green tea for Asian smokers

Caregiving - Colorectal cancer patients undergoing surgery were studied to edify their existential situation

Chemotherapy - During chemotherapy, alternative food intake methods need to be considered to prevent malnutrition

Dementia - Neuropsychiatric symptom prevalence in the elderly is not associated with cultural factors

Depression - Advanced cancer patient depression not correlated with spirituality

Diabetes & Depression - Depression is a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Disaster Preparedness - Cigna Behavioral Health launches disaster resource center

Drug Abuse - Intervention stabilized HIV prevalence among IDUs in Northern Vietnam and Southern China

Drug Abuse - Opioid addiction presents a major public health threat in Atlanta, Georgia

Drug Abuse - Treatment barriers experienced by substance abusers are identified

Drug Safety - Tolerability and safety of fluvoxamine and other antidepressants are considered in review

Dysphagia - Chronic dysphagia management requires a team approach

Finance - Cyberonics reports fiscal 2006 financial results, board authorizes stock repurchase program

Fitness & Wellness - Aerobic exercise intervention can reduce serum inflammatory mediators and BMI

Fitness & Wellness - Study explores correlation between education and the leading causes of preventable death

HIV/AIDS & Prison Health - Prison-based HIV prevention intervention increased intentions related to condom use

HIV/AIDS Disclosure - Majority of gay men do not regret disclosing HIV serostatus

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV incidence and sex behavior do not differ between out-migrants and residents in Zimbabwe

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Community-based HIV treatment service maintains efficacy after rapid scale-up

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - Sexually transmitted infection knowledge varies among female sex street workers in Italy

HIV/AIDS News Media - Australian community-based HIV media presents aura of ambivalence about HAART strategies

HIV/AIDS Prevention - HIV-infected person likely to engage in safe sex if partner is perceived as being uninfected

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Successful telephone recruitment strategies identified for HIV prevention for gay men

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Risk factors for unsafe sex behaviors among male rural migrants in Shanghai identified

HIV/AIDS Risk Reporting - Audio computer-assisted self-interview improves HIV risk reporting among substance abusers

HIV/AIDS Sexual Risk - Unprotected sex among gay men may not be specifically driven by serostatus assumptions

Head & Neck Cancer - Head and neck cancer patient quality of life improved by Nucare program

Hysterectomy - Method of hysterectomy does not affect psychological outcomes

Influenza Vaccine - Loss and marriage were linked with response to influenza vaccine in elderly

Lipid Research - Lipid peroxidation induced by ethanol in rats was inhibited by resveratrol

Market Analysis - Increase in treatment rates, drug approval will propel growth in bipolar depression market

Market Analysis - Patients with severe dementia require an additional 41-plus hours of care per week

Market Analysis - Report suggests that emerging data on triple reuptake inhibitors vs. SSRIs may not sway HMOs