October 2009 - Anxiety Insights - The Network of Care

Abstract: The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism impacts parahippocampal and amygdala volume in healthy humans: incremental support for a genetic risk factor for depression

Psychol Med. 2009 Nov;39:1831-1839 The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism impacts parahippocampal and amygdala volume in healthy humans: incremental support for a genetic risk factor for depression Montag C, Weber B, Fliessbach K, Elger C, Reuter M. Department...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:07 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, genetics, bdnf

Abstract+: Patterns of postural sway in high anxious children

Behav Brain Funct. 2009;5:42 doi:10.1186/1744-9081-5-42 Patterns of postural sway in high anxious children Stins JF, Ledebt A, Emck C, van Dokkum EH, Beek PJ. Background: Current research suggests that elevated levels of anxiety have a negative impact...

Published Sun, Oct 04 2009 11:55 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: anxiety disorders

Understanding the anxious mind

By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG Jerome Kagan's "Aha!" moment came with Baby 19. It was 1989, and Kagan, a professor of psychology at Harvard, had just begun a major longitudinal study of temperament and its effects. Temperament is a complex, multilayered...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 12:04 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: anxiety disorders

Older antidepressant spurs more suicidal thinking in men than newer medication

The largest clinical trial to date comparing an older, tricyclic antidepressant with a newer antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class has found that the emergence of suicidal thinking was almost 10 times more common in...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2009 11:52 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: suicidality, tricyclic antidepressants

Severe psychological stress linked to ischemic stroke

Mauritz Ljungman - University of Gothenburg, and BioMed Central Limited Many patients admitted to hospital with cerebral infarction ('ischemic stroke') state that they were under great psychological stress over a prolonged period prior to suffering...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2009 1:21 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychological stress, stroke

Intensive telephone-based therapy cost effective for depression

JAMA Patients who participate in a structured telephone program to manage their depression appear to experience significant benefits and only a moderate increase in health care costs when compared with those who receive usual care, according to a report...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:14 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, psychotherapy

Free online depression screening effective in connecting at risk people with treatment resources

Screening for Mental Health, Inc., the leading U.S. nonprofit provider of online and in-person mental health screening programs, today released results from a follow-up study of participants in the 2008 National Depression Screening Day® (NDSD) online...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 12:09 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: mental health

Primary care physicians urged to screen all adults for depression

Michele Surricchio - American College of Preventive Medicine The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) supports the recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that primary care providers should screen all adults for depression...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 12:23 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression

Depression is a dilemma for women in pregnancy

By RONI CARYN RABIN When Sherean Malekzadeh Allen of Marietta, Ga., learned she was pregnant, she was 43, had been married for two years, had gone through two miscarriages and had all but given up hope of having a baby. But instead of being overjoyed...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:09 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: antidepressants, pregnancy

Does depression cause inflammation, or is it caused by it?

Cindy Fox Aisen - Indiana University School of Medicine Which comes first, depression or inflammation? To help solve this long standing chicken and egg conundrum, researchers led by Jesse Stewart, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:23 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, cardiovascular disease, immune system, inflammation

Integrating treatment for veterans' chronic pain and PTSD

Allison Rubin - Boston University Medical Center The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in a growing number of soldiers evacuated to the United States for comprehensive care for physical and psychological trauma. Given the number of physical injuries...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 12:17 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: post traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain

Strong bi-directional link between mental disorders and obesity

David Ellis - University of Adelaide Doctors should pay more attention to the link between common mental illness and obesity in patients because the two health problems are closely linked, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide, Australia...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 12:26 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: obesity

Abstract: Resting metabolic activity in the cingulate cortex and vulnerability to PTSD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009;66(10):1099-1107 Resting Metabolic Activity in the Cingulate Cortex and Vulnerability to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Shin LM, Lasko NB, Macklin ML, Karpf RD, Milad MR, Orr SP, Goetz JM, Fischman AJ, Rauch SL, Pitman RK. Context...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2009 1:08 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: post traumatic stress disorder

Antidepressants and depression may both harm a fetus

Clare Wilson A US jury's decision that an antidepressant caused heart defects in an unborn baby is highlighting the painful dilemma facing pregnant women with depression. The most common antidepressants have been linked to birth defects and miscarriage...

Published Thu, Oct 22 2009 12:12 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: pregnancy

Psychology: a reality check

If clinical psychology in the United States wants to remain viable and relevant in today's health systems, it needs to publicly embrace science. Anyone reading Sigmund Freud's original works might well be seduced by the beauty of his prose, the...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2009 11:47 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychotherapy

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