My Father's generation so admired the men and women that served in World War II, that when the Korean War raised its ugly head years later, he and my uncle quickly finished college and headed for Korea as Marine Corp. and Army officers. In stark contrast to a professional military [...]
BACKGROUND Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment that focuses on helping patients to better manage their emotions, and develop skills to cope with problems and negative feelings. A primary aim is to lead the patient to stop or reduce behavior that is harmful. DBT was initially created for people [...]
Writing in the JULY/AUGUST 2016 ISSUE of The Atlantic, Moises Velasquez-Manoff describes a 13-year-old boy named Sasha who was admitted to a hospital with what could only be described as complete madness. Until a clever neurologist put two and two together and determined that the boy's delusional behavior was an [...]
Efficacy and Safety of Basimglurant as Adjunctive Therapy for Major Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial Jorge A. Quiroz, MD, MBA; Paul Tamburri, PharmD; Dennis Deptula, PhD; Ludger Banken, PhD; Ulrich Beyer, PhD; Michael Rabbia, MA; Nikhat Parkar, MSc; Paulo Fontoura, MD, PhD; Luca Santarelli, MD ABSTRACT Importance Antagonism of the postsynaptic metabotropic glutamate subtype 5 receptor is a novel approach to modulate glutamatergic function and has proven efficacy in [...]
New York University’s medical school has quietly shut down eight studies at its prominent psychiatric research center and parted ways with a top researcher after discovering a series of violations in a study of an experimental, mind-altering drug. A subsequent federal investigation found lax oversight of study participants, most of [...]
After major policy changes in the United States, policymakers, health care professionals, and the general public seek information about whether recreational cannabis use is associated with physical health problems later in life, as compared with numerous known risks of tobacco use. Participants belonged to a representative birth cohort of [...]
A Longitudinal Comparison of Persistent Cannabis vs Tobacco Users Marijuana users might glean some good news from a soon to be published report comparing Cannabis vs. tobacco users, except when it comes to their dentists. After major policy changes in the United States, policymakers, health care professionals, and the general [...]
Medworks Media - 2016 MEDWORKS MEDIA June 3, 2016 Los Angeles CA www.medworksmedia.com Psychopharmacology Bulletin DIGITAL ISSN: 2472-2448; PRINT ISSN: 0048-5764 Call For Papers — 2016/2017 New Section on Epigenetics Introduced From: Michael E. Thase, MD, Editor-in-Chief James La Rossa Jr., Editorial Director This is a general [...]
By Natalie Parletta, Theophile Niyonsenga, and Jacques Duff Abstract Background There is evidence that children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have lower omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) levels compared with controls and conflicting evidence regarding omega-6 (n-6) PUFA levels. Objectives This study investigated whether erythrocyte [...]
By Arthur Caye; Thiago Botter-Maio Rocha, MD, MSc; Luciana Anselmi, PhD; Joseph Murray, PhD; Ana M. B. Menezes, PhD; Fernando C. Barros, PhD; Helen Gonçalves, PhD; Fernando Wehrmeister, PhD; Christina M. Jensen, MSc; Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, MD, PhD, DMSc; James M. Swanson, PhD; Christian Kieling, MD, PhD; Luis Augusto Rohde, MD, PhD ABSTRACT Importance The requirement of a childhood onset has always been a key criterion for the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, but [...]