November 2009 - Anxiety Insights - The Network of Care

Abstract+: A investigation of cognitive 'branching' processes in major depression

BMC Psychiatry 2009;9:69 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-9-69 A investigation of cognitive 'branching' processes in major depression Nicholas D Walsh , Marc L Seal , Steven CR Williams and Mitul A Mehta Background: Patients with depression demonstrate cognitive...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 11:39 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression

Abstract: Trends in prescribing and self-poisoning in relation to UK regulatory authority warnings against use of SSRI antidepressants in under-18-year-olds

Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;68(4):618-29. Trends in prescribing and self-poisoning in relation to UK regulatory authority warnings against use of SSRI antidepressants in under-18-year-olds. Bergen H, Hawton K, Murphy E, Cooper J, Kapur N, Stalker C...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 11:32 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: suicidality

Johns Hopkins: Antidepressant Medication “Poop Out”

What it is, what to do about it Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 3:14 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: antidepressants

Dark chocolate may ease psychological stress

Michael Bernstein American Chemical Society The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research . It found that eating about an ounce and a half of...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 11:00 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychological stress, alternative therapies

[USA] Web-based counseling service Vets Prevail offered to veterans

Veterans in need of counseling, support or information to deal with mental and emotional issues can now turn to an online, interactive program called Vets Prevail . The services are provided confidentially and free of charge. More... © 2009 LA Times...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 10:43 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: post traumatic stress disorder, internet based therapy

Neurogenesis may decay short-term fear memories

Cathleen Genova Short-term memory may depend in a surprising way on the ability of newly formed neurons to erase older connections. That's the conclusion of a report in the November 13th issue of the journal Cell , which provides some of the first...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 11:49 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: fear extinction, neurogenesis

Deep brain stimulation offers hope for severely depressed

May work even when other treatments have been unsuccessful University of Bonn Thanks to a new method there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. Physicians at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne used deep brain stimulation...

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 11:10 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, deep brain stimulation

Mice with deleted gene less anxious, depressed

Graeme Baldwin - BioMed Central Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an antidepressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knockout...

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 11:06 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: genetics

Banishing monsters from under the bed

Sarah Hutcheon Society for Research in Child Development Many parents of preschoolers struggle with their children's fears of real and imaginary creatures. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis offers some ideas on how...

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 10:57 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: phobias

Video: Transient vs. Persistent Anxiety [in children]

Dr. Pine describes the techniques that will help researchers better predict which children are most at risk for long-term anxiety. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 10:39 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: anxiety disorders

Telephone-based intervention eases bypass patients' depression

JAMA Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood than patients who received...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:06 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, psychotherapy

Depressed more likely to be prescribed opioids for chronic pain

Maia Szalavitz, HBNS Contributing Writer Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin® compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:00 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, chronic pain

Psychological stress linked to poor body image

Martyn Pearce - ANU Stress plays a significant role in young people developing body image problems, but the causes of that stress are very different for males and females, according to research from The Australian National University as part of National...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 10:54 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychological stress

Is your therapist a little behind the times?

By Timothy Baker, Richard McFall and Varda Shoham A young woman enters a physician's office seeking help for diabetes. She assumes that the physician has been trained to understand, value and use the latest science related to her disorder. Down the...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 10:50 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychotherapy

Depression as deadly as smoking, but anxiety may be good for you

Melanie Haberstroh - King's College London A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 10:50 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info