Is dorsolateral prefrontal cortex plasticity impaired in Alzheimer disease? Yes, according to researchers writing in JAMA Psychiatry. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex plasticity is impaired in Alzheimer disease and is associated with impaired working memory. Findings: In this cross-sectional study of 32 participants with early Alzheimer disease and 16 healthy control participants, significant [...]
Perceived Addiction to Internet Porn Examined Perceived addiction to internet pornography appears to be related strongly to moral scruples around pornography use, both concurrently and over time, rather than with the amount of daily pornography use itself, a recent study found. Participants were adults who had used pornography within the [...]
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Alan F. Schatzberg, MD Madness Rising Research into Hallucinogens Gives Hope to the Hopeless and Fuels a Drug Epidemic: A Tale of Two Disparate Worlds By James M. La Rossa Jr. Editorial Director and Publisher In Robert Stone’s influential book about the heroin trade that permeated the Vietnam [...]
Psychopharmacology Bulletin, V47, N3: Links to In-Depth Articles ORIGINAL PRESENTATIONS Baseline Demographics and Characteristics From a Paliperidone Palmitate Study in Subjects with Recent-Onset Schizophrenia or Schizophreniform Disorder. By Brianne Brown, Larry Alphs, Ibrahim Turkoz, Yong Yue Correlation of Caregiver Burden and Baseline Characteristics of Caregivers and Patients [...]
The prospect of millions of people unable to afford coverage led to an outcry from the health care industry as well as consumer groups. They found an uncommon ally in some insurers, who rely heavily on Medicaid and Medicare as mainstays of their business and hope the Senate will be [...]
The Achilles Heel of psychiatry has always been the public's distrust of what defines a mental disorder and whether it can be treated effectively. Oftentimes, not until a trusted public person speaks up about his or her battle with a mental disorder does the public, in turn, accept the disease [...]
In findings reported in a letter to the editor published online March 10 in Schizophrenia Research and reported by Medscape Medical News, the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) appears to enhance cognition in nonsmoking individuals with and those without schizophrenia. The results also showed that the drug reduced the cognitive [...]
Carfentanil, an opioid said to be 100 times more powerful than fentanyl, has been tied to at least 700 deaths in numerous states. Worst hit include Michigan, Florida, and Ohio, according to data compiled by US authorities. Carfentanil was originally intended to sedate large animals, such as elephants, and is [...]
The number of retirement-age Americans taking at least three psychiatric drugs more than doubled between 2004 and 2013, even though almost half of them had no mental health diagnosis on record, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and reported in today's New York Times. The new [...]