2013

December

• James Bond’s preference for shaken martinis may be due to alcohol-induced tremor, say experts -
  
  
  

• Yelling, threatening parents harm teens’ mental health -
  
  
  

• Why Are Millions Addicted To A Drug That Eats The Flesh Off Their Bones? -
  
  
  

• Exercises helpful for people with dementia: study -
  
  
  

• Contractors who worked in conflict zones suffer high rates of PTSD, depression -
  
  
  

• Strong state alcohol policies protective against binge drinking -
  
  
  

• How a Concussion Can Lead to Depression Years Later -
  
  
  

• How can we improve the efficacy of antipsychotics in the era of personalized pharmacotherapy? -
  
  
  

• Study Points to Differences in High-School Crack, Powder Cocaine Use -
  
  
  

• Study links sleep to mood disturbance and poor quality of life in obese -
  
  
  

• Estimate: 135 million worldwide with dementia by 2050 -
  
  
  

• Group therapy may help ease social anxiety disorder -
  
  
  

• Talk therapy may reverse biological changes in PTSD patients -
  
  
  

• Neurofeedback tunes key brain networks, improving subjective well-being in PTSD -
  
  
  

• Air pollution and genetics combine to increase risk for autism -
  
  
  

November

• Military deployments tied to teens’ depression -
  
  
  

• The good news about the global epidemic of dementia -
  
  
  

• New clues to memory formation may help better treat dementia -
  
  
  

• Modafinil reduces depression’s severity when taken with antidepressants -
  
  
  

• ADHD linked to social and economic disadvantage -
  
  
  

• Making Sense of Sensation in Autism -
  
  
  

• Early care for psychosis catches on, raises questions -
  
  
  

• Study finds gene network associated with alcohol dependence -
  
  
  

• Where and how are fear-related behaviours and anxiety disorders controlled? -
  
  
  

• Size, connectivity of brain region linked to anxiety level in young children, Stanford study shows -
  
  
  

• Services fail to treat prisoners with schizophrenia – increasing risk of violent reoffending -
  
  
  

• Most teen mental health problems go untreated -
  
  
  

• Common Eye Disease Not Tied to Dementia: Study -
  
  
  

• Are probiotics a promising treatment strategy for depression? -
  
  
  

• Depression risk may fall after women’s periods end -
  
  
  

• Studies explore potential origins of addiction and treatments -
  
  
  

• Sons of cocaine-using fathers may resist addiction to drug, Penn Medicine study suggests -
  
  
  

• Experts Examine Success of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Treating Older Veterans’ Depression -
  
  
  

• New U.S. rules require equal insurance coverage for mental ills -
  
  
  

• Research reveals roles for exercise and diet in aging, depression -
  
  
  

• In animal study, ‘cold turkey’ withdrawal from drugs triggers mental decline -
  
  
  

• Children who have autism far more likely to have tummy troubles -
  
  
  

• Earliest marker for autism found in young infants -
  
  
  

• Personal reflection triggers increased brain activity during depressive episodes -
  
  
  

• Interactive computer program helps patients talk with their physician about depression -
  
  
  

• Access to health care increases prescription opioid availability and associated abuse -
  
  
  

• How drinking too much sabotages your finances -
  
  
  

• Eating disorders more common in males than realized -
  
  
  

• Bipolar and pregnant -
  
  
  

• Neuroscientists determine how treatment for anxiety disorders silences fear neurons -
  
  
  

October

• Douglas Institute researcher establishes direct link between stimulus-response learning and alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse -
  
  
  

• Long-term use of prescription-based painkillers increases the risk of depression, SLU researcher finds -
  
  
  

• Online forums a ‘mixed bag’ for depressed youth -
  
  
  

• Research identifies ways to improve access to mental health services -
  
  
  

• Autism and language impairment genetically linked -
  
  
  

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