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Intimate Partner Violence and Depression Symptom Severity among South African Women during Pregnancy and Postpartum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study

By MedWorks|2016-02-02T02:15:18-08:00February 2nd, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

By Alexander C. Tsai, Mark Tomlinson, W. Scott Comulada, and Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus Abstract Background Violence against women by intimate partners remains unacceptably common worldwide. The evidence base for the assumed psychological impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) is derived primarily from studies conducted in high-income countries. A recently published systematic review [...]

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Awesome Apps for Kids/Teens with ADHD

By MedWorks|2016-02-01T16:36:22-08:00February 1st, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

Let’s face it. We live in the age of technology. Things that were learned through books, lectures, and hand-written practices when we were kids are now being learned through games, apps, and videos by the kids of this generation. Even their leisure time is spent differently than ours. For ADHD [...]

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Scientists Move Closer to Understanding Schizophrenia’s Cause

By James La Rossa|2016-01-28T14:51:39-08:00January 28th, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

From The New York Times, Thursday, January 28. Scientists reported on Wednesday that they had taken a significant step toward understanding the cause of schizophrenia, in a landmark study that provides the first rigorously tested insight into the biology behind any common psychiatric disorder. More than two million Americans have [...]

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U.S. Task Force Recommends All Adults Should be Screened For Depression

By MedWorks|2016-01-26T16:36:55-08:00January 26th, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

Screening of Pregnant Women and New Mothers a Priority January 26, 2016. CNN reports this morning that if new recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are followed, primary care physicians will do this type of depression screening for all adult patients at least once. The recommendations by the task [...]

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A Drug to Cure Fear

By James La Rossa|2016-01-25T13:57:21-08:00January 25th, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

According to Richard A. Friedman, a professor of clinical psychiatry and the director of the psychopharmacology clinic at the Weill Cornell Medical College, writing in Sunday's New York Times, "Who among us hasn’t wanted to let go of anxiety or forget about fear?" Phobias, panic attacks and disorders like post-traumatic stress are extremely [...]

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Decreased Brain Levels of Vitamin B12 in Aging, Autism and Schizophrenia

By MedWorks|2016-01-23T17:51:42-08:00January 23rd, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

Abstract Many studies indicate a crucial role for the vitamin B12 and folate-dependent enzyme methionine synthase (MS) in brain development and function, but vitamin B12 status in the brain across the lifespan has not been previously investigated. Vitamin B12 (cobalamin, Cbl) exists in multiple forms, including methylcobalamin (MeCbl) and adenosylcobalamin [...]

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5 Accused of Stealing Drug Secrets From GlaxoSmithKline

By MedWorks|2016-01-21T16:32:06-08:00January 21st, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia said on Wednesday that they had indicted five people, including two research scientists, on charges of stealing trade secrets about drugs to treat cancer and other diseases from GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant, according to today's New York Times According to prosecutors, the two scientists, Yu [...]

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Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

By MedWorks|2016-01-20T16:28:54-08:00January 20th, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

Editorial | January 20, 2016 Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) believes that there is an ethical obligation to responsibly share data generated by interventional clinical trials because participants have put themselves at risk. In [...]

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Serotonin Improves High Fat Diet Induced Obesity in Mice

By MedWorks|2016-01-17T19:28:06-08:00January 17th, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

Serotonin Improves High Fat Diet Induced Obesity in Mice Animal studies are not the usual coverage topic of brainscienceblogs.com. However, in this instance, we could not resist. Serotonin (5-HT) is a monoaminergic neurotransmitter with activities that modulate central and peripheral functions. The first step in the synthesis of 5-HT from [...]

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New Partnership To Support Mental Health Of College Students Of Color

By MedWorks|2016-01-13T21:53:54-08:00January 13th, 2016|We Know Psychiatry|

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Jed Foundation (JED) and the Steve Fund, two leading mental health organizations, announced a joint plan to provide colleges and universities with recommended practices for improving support for the mental health and emotional well-being of America's college students of color. The [...]

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