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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

Mom's depression tied to child abuse in some families

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In families with a history of child abuse, a mother's depression may increase the risk that she will act aggressively toward her child, a new study suggests. The study, which followed 5,500 U.S. families investigated by...

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

Filed under: clinical depression, childhood abuse

Abstract: An open trial in the NHS of Blues Begone®: A new home based computerized CBT program

Behav Cogn Psychother. 2009 Oct;37(5):541-51 An Open Trial in the NHS of Blues Begone®: A New Home Based Computerized CBT Program Purves DG, Bennett M, Wellman N. London Metropolitan University, UK; Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, UK; Thames...

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

Filed under: cognitive behavior therapy

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

Mediterranean diet may reduce risk of depression

JAMA Individuals who follow the Mediterranean dietary pattern-rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains and fish-appear less likely to develop depression, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry . The lifetime...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 12:16 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression

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

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

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

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

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

Lincoln and his depressions

His unremitting despair and constant failure steeled his character. by John McManamy The year is 1860. In a makeshift meeting hall, the Illinois delegation to the approaching Republican Convention is meeting to consider which of their own to back as a...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 12:02 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression

Abstract+: Cytokine polymorphisms in the pathophysiology of mood disorders

CNS Spectr. 2009;14(8):419-425 Cytokine Polymorphisms in the Pathophysiology of Mood Disorders Clerici M, Arosio B, Mundo E, Cattaneo E, Pozzoli S, Dell'Osso B, Vergani C, Trabattoni D, Altamura AC. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies...

Published Sun, Oct 04 2009 11:58 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, cytokines, immume system

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

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

Online psychotherapy as effective as the face-to-face kind

Steve Offner - UNSW In findings that could revolutionize the way psychologists treat their patients, researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and St Vincent's Hospital have shown online treatments are just as effective as face-to-face...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2009 1:16 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: internet based therapy

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