2013

July

• Alarmingly high substance abuse rates found among street children in low-income countries -
  
  
  

• Calculating the value of effortful behavior: A clue to schizophrenia-related disability? -
  
  
  

• Combination of smoking and heavy drinking ‘speeds up cognitive decline’ -
  
  
  

• Adults with eating disorders have a poorer prognosis if they suffer hyperactivity -
  
  
  

• CPAP therapy reduces nightmares in veterans with PTSD and sleep apnea -
  
  
  

• Researchers investigate mechanism of Alzheimer’s therapy -
  
  
  

• Alzheimer’s research, education needs funding -
  
  
  

• New evidence suggests impulsive adolescents more likely to drink heavily -
  
  
  

• A calculator to estimate the likelihood of antidepressant response -
  
  
  

June

• Pre-existing insomnia linked to PTSD and other mental disorders after military deployment -
  
  
  

• Ritalin shows promise in treating addiction -
  
  
  

• Lithium reduces risk of suicide in people with mood disorders -
  
  
  

• UCSB research points to a potential therapeutic approach to Alzheimer’s disease -
  
  
  

• Patient suicide and homicide risk often missed say researchers -
  
  
  

• Addiction relapse might be thwarted by turning off brain trigger -
  
  
  

• Depression screening in AF Clinics recommended by study -
  
  
  

• Compound enhances SSRI antidepressant’s effects in mice -
  
  
  

• High rates of burnout and depression among anesthesia residents -
  
  
  

• U of M researchers identify risk and protective factors for youth involved in bullying -
  
  
  

• Bullying and suicide among youth is a public health problem -
  
  
  

• Missing enzyme linked to drug addiction -
  
  
  

• Psychiatric disorders linked to a protein involved in the formation of long-term memories -
  
  
  

• China’s Alzheimer’s time bomb revealed -

• Treatment of Mental Illness Lowers Arrest Rates, Saves Money -
  
  
  

• Suicide risk factors mapped -
  
  
  

• Do antidepressants impair the ability to extinguish fear? -
  
  
  

• Sexual problems may linger after rape -
  
  
  

• Optogenetics is proving to be highly promising in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders -
  
  
  

• Non-invasive first trimester blood test reliably detects Down’s syndrome -
  
  
  

• Fear learning studies point to a potential new treatment for PTSD -

• Drug prevents post-traumatic stress-like symptoms in mice -

• Nearly One-Third of Children with Autism Also Have ADHD -

• PROSPER prevention programs dramatically cut substance abuse among teens -
  
  
  

• Obama urges greater openness in dealing with mental illness -
  
  
  

• Altered neural circuitry may lead to anorexia and bulimia -
  
  
  

• IU researchers focus on a brain protein and an antibiotic to block cocaine craving -
  
  
  

• Dogs help improve moods among teens in treatment -
  
  
  

• How cannabis can trigger schizophrenia -
  
  
  

• Lead acts to trigger schizophrenia -
  
  
  

May

• Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk -
  
  
  

• Help at hand for schizophrenics -
  
  
  

• Link between war support and PTSD, time it late in negotiations and courtship by narcissists -

• Depression common among children with temporal lobe epilepsy -
  
  
  

• Scientists uncover molecular roots of cocaine addiction in the brain -
  
  
  

• Genetic predictors of postpartum depression uncovered by Hopkins researchers -

• Anabolic steroids may affect future mental health -
  
  
  

• Genetic risk for schizophrenia is connected to reduced IQ -
  
  
  

• FDA Recommends Lower Bedtime Dose for Zolpidem -
  
  
  

• Can Breastfeeding Protect Against ADHD? -
  
  
  

• New program successful in reducing service and substance use among frequent health care users -

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