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Mental Health Weekly Digest


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 28th, 2006
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Mental Health Weekly Digest | Other Publications

Depression - Depression is linked to low long-term dietary intake of docosahexaenoic acid

Electrotherapy - U.S. FDA-cleared electrical device offers hope for depression, anxiety, pain and insomnia

Mental Health - Menopause negatively affects treatment response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Perinatal Psychiatric Care - Novel day hospital program may provide effective perinatal psychiatric care for women

Addiction Medicine - European Union's CHMP adopts positive opinion for Suboxone for treatment of opioid dependence

Addiction Medicine - Thienorphine is potent long-acting partial opioid agonist

Alcohol Use - Brain chemical plays a critical role in drinking and anxiety

Alzheimer Disease - Alzheimer disease functional gene polymorphisms studied

Angiology - CABG predictors of early neurocognitive deficits in low-risk patients are determined

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Dopamine system genes are linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Researchers find that almost half of kids with ADHD are not being treated

Behavioral Medicine - Study shows that teen body dissatisfaction predicts behaviors that can lead to poor health

Brain Function - Kids need more time than adults give them, study finds

Business & Finance - Lexicon Genetics reports 16% increase in revenues

Business Update - Chicago VITAS hospice care programs earn National Institute of Jewish Hospice certification

Chromatography - Method to measure piracetam in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid has been developed

Contraception - Survey reveals birth control not often discussed by couples

Depression - Ketamine, a general anesthetic agent, may provide fast-acting relief for symptoms of depression

Depression - Northstar Neuroscience to study cortical stimulation for depression

Diabetes & Alcohol Use - Alcohol use is inversely associated with adherence to diabetes self-care behaviors

Diabetes & Depression - Patients with diabetes and depression may need additional support for exercise

Diabetes Control - Self-monitoring of blood glucose among diabetics may improve with external quality assessment

Diabetes Therapy - VA patients with diabetes and mental illness appear to receive care comparable to standard care

Diet & Nutrition - Strawberry, blueberry diets helped animals learn and remember maze patterns, data show

Domestic Violence - Watching wrestling is associated with date fighting and other violence

Drug Abuse - Alcoholics Anonymous, other meetings benefit diverse groups after treatment

Drug Abuse - Methamphetamine use promotes the spread of virus in HIV-infected users

Drug Abuse - National campaign addresses prescription and illicit drug abuse

Epidemiology - Sexually transmitted disease rates higher in blacks than whites in United States

Epidemiology - Sexually transmitted disease rates in south shaped by historic and contemporary social forces

Facilities - Behavioral Center of Michigan opens unit with upscale amenities for patients

Finance - Universal Health reports $60.3 million Q2 2006 net income, down from $158.8 million in Q2 2005

HIV/AIDS Dementia - HIV-infected opiate abusers with ApoE4 allele may have increased dementia risk

Information Technology - InforMedix expands agreement with Enhanced Care Initiatives to include Texas

Learning Research - Learning does not necessarily scale proportionally with error

Liver Transplantation - Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease selection criteria are studied

Malaria Healthcare - Shopkeeper training to improve malaria home management in Kenya is cost-effective

Mental Health - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphism confers bipolar disorder susceptibility

Mental Health - College women at risk for an eating disorder may benefit from online intervention

Mental Health - Decision support system complements the clinical evaluation of boys with behavioral problems

Mental Health - Depression is a potential cardiac risk factor in coronary artery bypass grafting patients

Mental Health - Eating disorder rates are similar in Spanish and Mexican women despite socio-cultural differences

Mental Health - Neocortical transcriptome changes occur during embryogenesis or adulthood

Mental Health - Recent advances in optimizing electroconvulsive therapy are focus of review

Mental Health - Specialist offers tips to recognize and overcome back-to-school anxiety

Mental Health - Therapists' group attachments affect expectations of patients' group therapy attitudes

Mental Health - Virtual communities may foster mental health in severely ill kids

Obesity Pathogenesis - Obesity is associated with taste, reward, and behavioral control brain abnormalities

Obesity Research - Scripps researchers successfully test new anti-obesity vaccine in animals models

Obesity Therapy - Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonists offer new obesity therapies

Obstetrics - Caution urged in using St. John's wort during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Obstetrics - Routine screening for perinatal depression appears to be acceptable practice to women

Oral Cancer - Researchers study the relationships between oral cancer, smoking and nutrients

Otorhinolaryngology - Pediatric cochlear implantation should be performed before the age of 2

Panic Disorder - Barr receives approval for generic Xanax XR tablets for panic disorder

Parkinson Disease - Nicotine may protect against brain damage that occurs in Parkinson disease

Parkinson Disease - Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation cognitive sequelae are reviewed

Parkinson Disease - Teva Neuroscience launches rasagiline compound as once-daily tablet for Parkinson disease

Personnel - Lawrence Weinstein, MD, joins Hythiam as senior vice president of medical affairs

Postpartum Depression - Postpartum depression assessment can be aided by partner evaluation

Schizophrenia - Polymorphism interaction does not influence susceptibility to schizophrenia

Sleep Research - U.S. Department of Defense researcher studies sleep deprivation's effect on decisions

Tobacco Use - Repeated tobacco-use screening and intervention is cost effective

Type 2 Diabetes - Chronically high blood sugar is linked to an increased risk of cognitive impairment

Type 2 Diabetes - Diabetes diagnosis can cause emotional eating behaviors increasing energy intake

Cardiology - Researchers' data from Australia, Sweden and Italy advance cardiology research

Depression - Researchers' data from Australia, France and the United States advance depression research

Diabetes - New data from Netherlands and Italy lluminates research in diabetes

Diabetes - New data from the United States and Denmark lluminates research in diabetes

Diabetes - Researchers' work from Hungary, the South Korea and Canada adds to diabetes body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from France, the United States and Switzerland detail new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' data from the Trinidad & Tobago and United States advance HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Studies from the United States advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

Healthcare - Researchers from Netherlands and United States publish new studies and findings in the area of healthcare

Obesity - Findings from New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom in obesity provide new insights

Obstetrics - New research from the United States and Sweden in the area of obstetrics detailed



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