2013

February

• Drop in alcohol-related deaths by nearly a third follows minimum alcohol price increase of 10 percent -

• Lower drinking ages lead to more binge drinking -

• Induction of mild inflammation leads to cognitive deficits related to schizophrenia -

• UTHealth research shows American Indians at greater risk of suicide after alcohol intoxication -

• Mentally Ill Smoke 30% of All Cigarettes -

• Body language can predict outcomes for recovering alcoholics -

• Damaged blood vessels loaded with amyloid worsen cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease -

• U.S. Army to build soldier “resilience” to fight suicides, violence -

• Bullying declines for LGB youth over time -

• Poor mental health leads to unhealthy behaviors among low-income adults -

• U.S. military veteran suicides rise, one dies every 65 minutes -

• Overdose education, bystander nasal naloxone rescue kits associated with decreased opioid overdose death -

January

• Exposure to antiepileptic drug in womb linked to autism risk -

• Heart risk link to SSRI antidepressants confirmed -

• Study demonstrates health benefits of coming out of the closet -

• Boosting sleep ‘may slow memory rot’ -

• Best friends influence when teenagers have first drink -

• Frontiers publishes systematic review on the effects of yoga on major psychiatric disorders -

• UK Study Shows Abuse May Affect Cancer-Related Well-being in Female Patients -

• U.S. mental health experts urge focus on early treatment -

• Prenatal inflammation linked to autism risk -

• Mental health approach to teenage alcohol prevention is successful, finds new study -

• Astrocytes identified as target for new depression therapy -

• Alcohol use from adolescence to adulthood follows different, complex pathways -

• Scientists Find Gene Interactions That Make Cocaine Abuse Death 8 Times More Likely -

• Study suggests increased diagnosis rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at health plan -

• Study finds childhood diagnosis of ADHD increased dramatically over 9-year period -

• Perfectionism and eating disorders: A complex issue -

• Penn Vet Study Reveals a Promising New Target for Parkinson’s Disease Therapies -

• Children ‘may grow out of autism’ -

• New insights into the ‘borderline personality’ brain -

• Drug abuse impairs sexual performance in men even after rehabilitation -

• People with low risk for cocaine dependence have differently shaped brain to those with addiction -

• Study examines link between incarceration and psychiatric disorders -

• Choline supplementation during pregnancy presents a new approach to schizophrenia prevention -

• Major step toward an Alzheimer’s vaccine -

• Study documents that some children lose autism diagnosis -

• Depression after heart attack: Threat perception has to be addressed -

• Sweetened Drinks Linked to Depression Risk -

• Expectant dads’ mental health linked to kids’ behavior -

• Common blood pressure drugs may lower risk of dementia -

• Black and Hispanic patients less likely to complete substance abuse treatment, Penn study shows -

• ‘Protecting’ psychiatric medical records puts patients at risk of hospitalization -

• Bisexual men on the ‘down low’ run risk for poor mental health -

• Naloxone reverses overdoses without hefty price tag -

• Late-life depression associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment, increased risk of dementia -

2012

December

• U.S. mentally ill and their families face barriers to care -

• People with mental disorders more likely to have experienced domestic violence -

• Link between pot, psychosis goes both ways in kids -

• Elevated levels of C-reactive protein appear associated with psychological distress, depression -

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