Mental Health Weekly Digest

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Algorithm for pharmacotherapy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is revised

Depression Risk Factors - Affective disorders risk is increased in patients with adrenocortical insufficiency

HIV/AIDS Mental Health - Psychiatric disorders prevalent in youth with perinatally-acquired HIV infection

Schizophrenia - Acadia reports encouraging results from trials with ACP-104 in patients with schizophrenia

Addiction Medicine - Inappropriate vasopressin secretion was found in ecstasy-using 'clubbers'

Addiction Medicine - Opioid receptor polymorphism is linked to opioid neuropeptide gene expression in heroin abusers

Alcohol Use - 5-HT_1A and 5-HT_2C ligands reduce ethanol-withdrawal-induced anxiety-like behavior

Alcohol Use - Olanzapine reduces alcohol consumption in people with seven-repeat allele of DRD4 VNTR polymorphism

Alcohol Use - There is no economic evidence that the alcohol beverage industry targets youth in its magazine ads

Antipsychotics - Chronic olanzapine induces metabolic and food intake alterations in mouse model

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder associated with gene polymorphisms

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Daytrana methylphenidate transdermal system available for ADHD in children

Behavioral Medicine - Role of mutagenesis in defining genes in behavior is examined

Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar disorder screening test effectiveness depends on clinicians' skill

Bipolar Disorder - Lamotrigine is cost-effective for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder

Bipolar Disorder - SSRIs act as mood stabilizers for bipolar II disorder

Breast Cancer - Older women may exhibit cognitive function loss in conjunction with adjuvant chemotherapy

Business & Finance - Clinical Data reports 2006 year-end results

Business Update - Managed care company ValueOptions launches cardiovascular and behavioral health initiative

Business Update - Transdermal medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children now available

Cardiology - CABG-associated cognitive decline assessment affected by number of tests

Cardiomyocytes - Cardiomyocyte ATP-sensitive K⁺ channels are inhibited by cocaine

Cardiovascular Research - CABG surgery off-pump and on-pump groups demonstrate comparable neurocognitive outcomes

Cardiovascular Research - CABG surgery-associated neuropsychological impairment correlates with white cell count

Central Nervous System Tumors - Survivors of central nervous system tumors had reduced risk for leaving home

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - MM2 cortical subtype of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease clinical features are described

Dementia - Use of life story in care of people with dementia is reviewed

Depression Diagnosis - Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale was reliable for detecting depression in Mongolian women

Depression Therapy - Drug costs of step-therapy edit for generic antidepressants are reported

Depression Therapy - Physical exercise may decrease depressive symptoms among elderly adults

Diabetes & Depression - In type 2 diabetes, depression therapy and prevention improve health-related quality of life

Diabetes Complications - Cognition in older type 1 diabetes patients is only mildly disturbed

Diabetes Prevention - High-risk individuals are reluctant to pay full price for diabetes risk-reduction programs

Diabetes Therapy - Diabetes risk does not appear to significantly increase with antipsychotic drugs

Domestic Abuse - Research shows that race and ethnicity, economic resources, and age are factors in abuse of women

Drug Abuse - Current training in substance abuse assessment and treatment has gaps

Drug Abuse - Interventions to reduce substance abuse may not reduce abortion rate

Drug Abuse - Researchers establish connection between a brain chemistry trait and the tendency to abuse cocaine

Drug Abuse - Substance use disorder treatment outcomes monitoring system is described

Drug Development -  Aloysia polystachya extracts possess anxiolytic-like effects

Finance - Horizon Health announces Q3 revenues up 41.7% to $76.2 million

Gender Research - Transgender experience leads Stanford scientist to fight gender bias in science

General Anxiety Disorder - Abiogen's initiates phase II trial in Vienna for new anti-anxiety drug

Generic Drugs - U.S. FDA approves first generic sertraline

Generic Drugs - U.S. FDA grants final approval to Teva for generic version of Pfizer's Zoloft tablets

Genetics & Genomics - Angelman syndrome is more severe in children with larger, class I deletions

HIV/AIDS Caregiving - Stigma associated with AIDS patient caregivers leads to social isolation

HIV/AIDS Disclosure - Parents often do not disclose their HIV status to their children

HIV/AIDS Drug Adherence - 'Simply forgot' is most frequently stated reason for missed doses of HAART

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Predictive demographic factors for HIV positivity determined for Thai clinic attendees

HIV/AIDS HAART - Reduced adherence only partly explains differences in viral suppression from HAART regimens