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Psychotherapy is “talk” therapy. It involves talking with a mental health professional to treat a mental illness. Psychotherapy can occur one-on-one or in a group. Research shows that support from family and friends can be an important part of therapy.

New insights on role of placebo in depression

A randomized controlled trial published in one of the last issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics unravels new insights on the role of placebo in depression.

10 Feb 2013

Research roundup: 'Shared decision making' can reduce costs, improve care; Effects of mental health parity

With shared decision making, patients and their clinicians collaboratively review the risks and benefits of available treatments options while also considering the patients' preferences and values.

10 Feb 2013

Emotion regulation therapy benefits bipolar patients

Dialectical behavior therapy shows promise for the treatment of bipolar disorder, findings from a pilot study show.

6 Feb 2013

Scientists discover functional control strategies in emotional circuits of people with social phobia

Fear is a protective function against possible dangers that is designed to save our lives. Where there are problems with this fear mechanism, its positive effects are cancelled out: patients who have a social phobia become afraid of perfectly normal, everyday social situations because they are worried about behaving inappropriately or being thought of as stupid by other people.

30 Jan 2013

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children: an interview with Donna Gillies

Children with PTSD suffer significant distress or negative impacts on their daily lives. Estimates of the prevalence of PTSD in children and adolescents experiencing trauma are generally very high, at 30% to 40%.

28 Jan 2013

Yoga has positive effects on major psychiatric disorders

Yoga has positive effects on mild depression and sleep complaints, even in the absence of drug treatments, and improves symptoms associated with schizophrenia and ADHD in patients on medication, according to a systematic review of the exercise on major clinical psychiatric disorders.

25 Jan 2013

New systems of classification of mental disorders may supplement diagnostic formulations

This paper introduce new systems of classification of mental disorders that may supplement diagnostic formulations. Characterizing each stage of an illness demarcates major prognostic and therapeutic differences among patients who otherwise seem to be deceptively similar since they share the same psychiatric diagnosis.

24 Jan 2013

Article analyzes role of nutrition in mood swings

In this study, preliminary data yields conflicting but mainly positive evidence for the use of n-3 fatty acids and chromium in the treatment of bipolar depression. Limited evidence found that inositol may be helpful for bipolar depression, but larger sample sizes are needed. Preliminary randomized, controlled trials suggest that choline, magnesium, folate and tryptophan may be beneficial for reducing symptoms of mania.

23 Jan 2013

Fifteen established scientists to receive NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) announced the latest recipients of its highly competitive NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants.

16 Jan 2013

Obesity not linked to bipolar disorder course

Obesity is not significantly associated with psychiatric disease course in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), Canadian researchers report.

14 Jan 2013

Views on Conn. shootings: Mental illness doesn't generally lead to violence; Need for more treatment options; Helping the survivors

It's possible that preventing people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other serious mental illnesses from getting guns might decrease the risk of mass killings. Even the Supreme Court, which in 2008 strongly affirmed a broad right to bear arms, at the same time endorsed prohibitions on gun ownership "by felons and the mentally ill." But mass killings are very rare events, and because people with mentally illness contribute so little to overall violence, these measures would have little impact on everyday firearm-related killings.

19 Dec 2012

Zucker Hillside Hospital celebrates opening of new $120 million inpatient pavilion

Zucker Hillside Hospital today celebrated the opening of a new 130,000-square-foot, $120 million inpatient pavilion. Constructed with the generous support of North Shore-LIJ Health System trustees Donald and Barbara Zucker and other donors, the 130,000-square-foot building will consolidate outdated living quarters dispersed across the psychiatric facility's campus, significantly improving the coordination of services and treatment along the continuum of care.

12 Dec 2012

Surgical patients with chronic psychological symptoms require psychotherapeutic treatment

In their study, the research group, headed by Privatdozent Dr. Henning Krampe, psychologist at the Charité Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Prof. Claudia Spies, Director of the Charité Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and Prof. Elmar Brähler, Head of the Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology at the University of Leipzig, initially recorded how many patients faced by a forthcoming operation were interested in psychotherapy sessions and to what extent this interest was associated with the increased psychological distress occurring before the operation. Finally, the scientists examined whether changes in the psychological symptoms took place during the six months following the surgery.

10 Dec 2012

Study examines role of inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome

A new study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has examined the role of inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder that affects many people and does not seem to have an explanation that is likely to yield satisfactory treatment.

1 Dec 2012

New insights into relationship between autoimmunity and brain function

A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by a group of French investigators of the University of Paris unravels new insights as to the relationship between autoimmunity and brain function.

30 Nov 2012

Medically unexplained symptoms cause relevant annual excess costs in health care

This study highlights that medically unexplained symptoms cause relevant annual excess costs in health care that are comparable to mental health problems like depression or anxiety disorders and which may be reduced by interventions targeting physicians as well as patients. More extensive research on indirect costs and cost-effectiveness is needed.

30 Nov 2012

HDAC6 enzyme could be possible target for therapies against Alzheimer's

Scientists from the DZNE sites in G-ttingen and Bonn, the UMG as well as from the US participated in this basic research project on Alzheimer's disease. The study is published in "EMBO Molecular Medicine".

30 Nov 2012

Sharp decline in ECT availability and use in the U.S. general hospitals

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered the most effective treatment option for patients with severe depression who cannot find symptom relief through antidepressant medications or psychotherapy. In a new study, researchers at Butler Hospital and Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island found a sharp decline in the availability and use of ECT in general hospitals across the U.S.

21 Nov 2012

People with PTSD experience lasting benefits from MDMA-assisted psychotherapy

People suffering from chronic, treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced lasting benefits from MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, according to a new long-term follow-up study published online November 20 in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

20 Nov 2012

New bulimia nervosa therapy for patients with eating disorders

An eating disorders research team led by Stephen Wonderlich, a Director of Clinical Research at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (NRI), has developed a successful bulimia nervosa therapy that can provide patients an alternative for treating this debilitating disorder.

18 Nov 2012

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New insights on role of placebo in depression

Research roundup: 'Shared decision making' can reduce costs, improve care; Effects of mental health parity

Emotion regulation therapy benefits bipolar patients

Scientists discover functional control strategies in emotional circuits of people with social phobia

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children: an interview with Donna Gillies

Yoga has positive effects on major psychiatric disorders

New systems of classification of mental disorders may supplement diagnostic formulations

Article analyzes role of nutrition in mood swings

Fifteen established scientists to receive NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants

Obesity not linked to bipolar disorder course

Views on Conn. shootings: Mental illness doesn't generally lead to violence; Need for more treatment options; Helping the survivors

Zucker Hillside Hospital celebrates opening of new $120 million inpatient pavilion

Surgical patients with chronic psychological symptoms require psychotherapeutic treatment

Study examines role of inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome

New insights into relationship between autoimmunity and brain function

Medically unexplained symptoms cause relevant annual excess costs in health care

HDAC6 enzyme could be possible target for therapies against Alzheimer's

Sharp decline in ECT availability and use in the U.S. general hospitals

People with PTSD experience lasting benefits from MDMA-assisted psychotherapy

New bulimia nervosa therapy for patients with eating disorders

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