Mental Health Weekly Digest

Alzheimer Disease - Selective Alzheimer Disease Indicator-1 gene abundantly expressed by stem cells

Bipolar Disorder - Memory Pharmaceuticals starts dosing in trial of calcium channel blocker in bipolar disorder

Mental Health - Elevated neuroactive steroids were found in women with bipolar/major depressive disorder

Mental Health - Family criticism about weight and shape is associated with long-term emotional effects

Mental Health - Serious suicide attempts increased after September 11 terrorist attacks

Addiction Medicine - Cocaine use in non-opioid-dependent patients is decreased by baclofen

Alcohol Use - Adolescent alcohol abuse and dependence are affected by parental factors

Alcohol Use - More than 3.6 million adult children of alcoholics suffering in the United Kingdom

Anemia - Researchers find a relationship between anemia and impaired thinking

Anesthesia - Xenon is well tolerated as supplementary general anaesthesia in elderly patients

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - ADHD treatment by medication and psycho-educational program were compared

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Cortex to present data from adult ADHD study at AACAP meeting

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Group parent training improves behavior of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Structure of stable and meta-stable forms of atomoxetine are described

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Teen drivers with ADHD drive better after taking controlled-release stimulant, study shows

Autism Risk Factors - Autism susceptibility is linked to variation in ITGB3 linked and serotonin level

Avian Influenza - "Duty of care" among healthcare workers must be redefined in anticipation of an avian flu pandemic

Behavioral Medicine - Lexicon Genetics initiates phase I trial of LX6171 for cognitive disorders

Behavioral Medicine - Social anxiety transmission from mother to infant was demonstrated

Bipolar Disorder - Endophenotype strategy to improve phenotypic definition of bipolar disorder is described

Business Update - Health Management Associates completes sale of two psychiatric hospitals

Business Update - Therap Services announces sponsorship with mental retardation professionals group

Caregiving - Role of patient or caregiver and not information-seeking style influenced cancer coping

Child Abuse - Ecology of child maltreatment is focus of review

Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease - U.K. Department of Health reports 112 deaths in monthly Creutzfeldt Jakob disease statistics

Dementia - Automated prompting facilitates hand washing in people with dementia

Dementia - Dementia patients battle to receive proper information

Depression - Depressed employees vulnerable to presenteeism and absenteeism

Depression - Depression treatment outcomes are related to early changes in brain function after lead-in

Depression - Escitalopram improves mood and cognitive function in middle-aged women with depression

Depression - Fatty acids of adipose tissue better predict depression than those of cholesteryl esters

Diabetes Epidemiology - Diabetics of low socioeconomic status had greater adherence to preventive healthcare

Diet & Nutrition - Lower body satisfaction predicts behaviors that may place youth at risk for weight gain

Drug Abuse - Chronic cocaine exposure reduces cell growth in dentate gyrus, spares neural precursors

Drug Abuse - Service matches opioid-addicted patients with physicians offering in-office buprenorphine treatment

Drug Abuse - Teen mothers who are substance abusers have higher rate of continued adult drug use

Drug Safety - Atomoxetine treatment of ADHD in children seems well tolerated and effective in long term

Finance - Aktiv-Dry awarded research grant to develop inhalable vaccine to help stop smoking

Finance - Research grants awarded to study gambling disorders

HIV/AIDS Epidemic - HIV epidemic in India may ignite subepidemics in currently low prevalence areas

HIV/AIDS Quality of Life - Spiritual mantram repetition improves quality of life in HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AIDS Sociology - HIV-related factors compared among seropositive Latino gay men in the U.S.

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C gene expression inhibited by oxidative stress

Mental Health - Cortisol levels may be linked to intimate partner violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Mental Health - Department of Justice study shows mental illness of prison inmates worse than past estimates

Mental Health - Eating disorders increasing on college campuses, according to treatment center

Mental Health - Environment knowledge aids mental health provider effectiveness with American-Indian youths

Mental Health - Hypothalamic hamartoma associated with depression and anxiety

Mental Health - Jail rate for mentally ill people in public managed care was examined

Mental Health - Mental Health Association helps Pennsylvania inmates transition back into community