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AASM: Chronic disease sufferers must seek sleep evaluation

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention links too little sleep (six hours or less) and too much sleep (10 or more hours) with chronic diseases -- including coronary heart disease, diabetes, anxiety and obesity -- in adults age 45 and older.

2 Oct 2013

Researchers take major step in development of possible treatment for stroke recovery

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have taken a step toward developing a new treatment to aid the recovery of limb function after strokes.

2 Oct 2013

Maternal smoking during pregnancy associated with twofold increased risk of BD in offspring

A study published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests an association between smoking during pregnancy and increased risk for developing bipolar disorder in adult children.

2 Oct 2013

Carbonyl stress suggests strategy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Patients with schizophrenia who have enhanced carbonyl stress have clinical features associated with treatment resistance, say researchers.

1 Oct 2013

Multiple aspects to severe bipolar mixed states

Researchers have identified four subgroups of severe bipolar mixed states, characterized by distinct symptomatologic presentations.

1 Oct 2013

FDA Approves Takeda-Lundbeck Drug For Major Depressive Disorder

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1 Oct 2013

FDA Approves Takeda-Lundbeck Drug For Major Depressive Disorder

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1 Oct 2013

Study to assess voluntary HIV testing, prompt treatment in South Africa, Zambia

A study in South Africa and Zambia will assess whether house-to-house voluntary HIV testing and prompt treatment of HIV infection, along with other proven HIV prevention measures, can substantially reduce the number of new HIV infections across communities.

1 Oct 2013

IUPUI researchers awarded grant to study how staff burnout affects mental health patients

A national research funding organization dedicated to improving patient-centered outcomes in the health care system has awarded $1.5 million to a team of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis researchers to study how staff burnout affects the treatment and progress of mental health patients.

1 Oct 2013

Emotion regulation training enhances efficacy of inpatient cognitive behavioral therapy for MDD

A new psychotherapeutic ingredient, emotion regulation skills training, has been found to enhance standard cognitive behavior therapy for depression in a trial published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

1 Oct 2013

Three UC Irvine scientists receive prestigious 2013 NIH New Innovator Awards

UC Irvine scientists Aaron Esser-Kahn, Sunil Gandhi and Ali Mortazavi have been named recipients of the prestigious 2013 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Awards.

1 Oct 2013

FDA approves Brintellix drug to treat depressive disorder in adults

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Brintellix (vortioxetine) to treat adults with major depressive disorder.

1 Oct 2013

Psychosomatics study shows prevalence of nightmares disorder in psychiatric patients

A study published in the current issue of psychotherapy and psychosomatics provides data concerned with the prevalence of nightmares disorder in psychiatric patients.

1 Oct 2013

Use of psychotropic prescription medications in very young children stabilizing

The use of psychotropic prescription medications to treat ADHD, mood disorders, anxiety and other mental health disorders in very young children appears to have leveled off.

30 Sep 2013

First Edition: September 30, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the readiness of the health law's online marketplaces and other key provisions the day before their Oct. 1 launch date even as the looming government shutdown becomes more of a reality.

30 Sep 2013

Omeros' OMS824 gets FDA orphan drug designation for treatment of Huntington's disease

Omeros Corporation announced that OMS824, its phosphodiesterase 10 inhibitor, has received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Huntington's disease.

30 Sep 2013

Study reveals new findings on role of psychotherapy in regulating serotonin receptors

A paper published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics provides new findings on the role of psychotherapy in regulating serotonin receptors.

30 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: Gerson says no compromises make for 'bad politics;' Democrats are getting a pass; Manchin signals a break in Democratic ranks

We are seeing that an anti-compromise ideology can make for bad politics. In our system, Obamacare will not be overturned by one house of Congress. A tea-party shutdown strategy - if implemented - would make securing the other house and the presidency less likely for Republicans. And the political energy consumed by Cruz and crew has not been available to promote incremental limits on Obamacare that might have aided GOP political prospects (Michael Gerson, 9/26).

30 Sep 2013

Chinese and Western medicine combination could offer new hope for cancer treatments, therapies

Combining traditional forms of Chinese and Western medicine could offer new hope for developing new treatments for liver, lung, colorectal cancers and osteosarcoma of the bones.

30 Sep 2013

Oxytocin helps humans accept others, study finds

Oxytocin - often referred to as the 'love hormone' because of its ability to promote mother-infant attachment and romantic bonding in adults - could also make us more accepting of other people, as found in new research, "Oxytocin Sharpens Self-other Perceptual Boundary," by Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation research grantee Valentina Colonnello Ph.D. published online today in Psychoneuroendocrinology.

30 Sep 2013

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Latest Mental Health News and Research

AASM: Chronic disease sufferers must seek sleep evaluation

Researchers take major step in development of possible treatment for stroke recovery

Maternal smoking during pregnancy associated with twofold increased risk of BD in offspring

Carbonyl stress suggests strategy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Multiple aspects to severe bipolar mixed states

FDA Approves Takeda-Lundbeck Drug For Major Depressive Disorder

FDA Approves Takeda-Lundbeck Drug For Major Depressive Disorder

Study to assess voluntary HIV testing, prompt treatment in South Africa, Zambia

IUPUI researchers awarded grant to study how staff burnout affects mental health patients

Emotion regulation training enhances efficacy of inpatient cognitive behavioral therapy for MDD

Three UC Irvine scientists receive prestigious 2013 NIH New Innovator Awards

FDA approves Brintellix drug to treat depressive disorder in adults

Psychosomatics study shows prevalence of nightmares disorder in psychiatric patients

Use of psychotropic prescription medications in very young children stabilizing

First Edition: September 30, 2013

Omeros' OMS824 gets FDA orphan drug designation for treatment of Huntington's disease

Study reveals new findings on role of psychotherapy in regulating serotonin receptors

Viewpoints: Gerson says no compromises make for 'bad politics;' Democrats are getting a pass; Manchin signals a break in Democratic ranks

Chinese and Western medicine combination could offer new hope for cancer treatments, therapies

Oxytocin helps humans accept others, study finds

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