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February 28, 2017

Depression is highly prevalent in patients with chronic pain. Mindfulness-based therapies show initial promise for both depression and chronic pain individually but have not been tested in patients with...
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February 22, 2017

DSM-5 includes a new tool for assessing anxiety in depression. Read this article to find out how the anxious distress specifier performs as a predictor of major depressive disorder...
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February 22, 2017

Read a study following the course of illness in women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa to investigate both early and long-term recovery rates.
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February 22, 2017

When your patients say they can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, should you dig deeper into their mental health issues? These study results may change how...
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February 22, 2017

Does continued nicotine dependence have an impact on long term outcomes of substance use treatment or abstinence? Read this article to learn if smoking may be associated with relapse...
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February 22, 2017

Are you concerned that high-dose citalopram or escitalopram may increase your patient's risk of having an arrhythmia-related death? This analysis of 54,000 patients illustrates the cardiac risk of these...
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February 14, 2017

Early evidence suggests that exercise may be an effective treatment approach for stimulant use disorders. Here, find out if exercise was superior to a health education intervention in reducing...
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February 14, 2017

Early-onset bipolar disorder may represent a distinct phenotype with greater severity, but the genetics of it are still poorly understood. This study used candidate genetic risk score analysis to...
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January 25, 2017

When a patient doesn' t experience remission with first-line antidepressant treatment, what should you try next? While a number of adjuncts are used, benefits are often limited. This study...
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January 25, 2017

A large group of adults who do not meet full criteria for antisocial personality disorder still exhibit antisocial behavior symptoms. Goldstein et al used data from NESARC-III to look...
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January 25, 2017

Exposure to infectious agents has been proposed as a risk factor in the development of serious mental illness. How is cognitive functioning affected by these agents? Does exposure to...
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January 25, 2017

What is the course of recovery from postpartum psychosis? A group from the Netherlands looked at the degree of psychological distress and level of psychosocial functioning in patients with...
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January 25, 2017

If clinical trials by design exclude as many as 85% of individuals with a target disorder, how can these studies be representative of the clinical population? Discover in this...
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January 25, 2017

It's well known that people with chronic mental disorders are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease and other physical health conditions. Could a collaborative care model improve physical health-related...
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January 25, 2017

Read a placebo-controlled study discussing OROS methylphenidate dosages in treatment for Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
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January 25, 2017

Want to improve your strategy for treating older depressed patients with metabolic syndrome?  Read this article to see how particular cardiovascular risk factors contribute to a chronic course.
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January 25, 2017

Environmental and genetic risk factors influence whether a person will develop depression as well as what the prognosis will be. This study looked at illness incidence over 10 years...
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January 25, 2017

Can physical fitness determine your patients' odds of developing some psychiatric disorders? This large population-based study with a median follow-up of 4.5 years looked at the relationships of both...
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January 25, 2017

Many studies have shown that people with MDD have reduced work productivity, and cognitive symptoms are common. This study looked at whether antidepressant treatment with vortioxetine would improve cognitive...
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January 17, 2017

The shorter life expectancy in patients with psychotic disorders is largely due to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. This comparison of youths with first-episode psychosis...
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January 3, 2017

The risks of medication for bipolar disorder during pregnancy must be weighed carefully against the risks of untreated illness. Find out whether exposure to maternal illness and/or to medication...
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December 28, 2016

Irritability and anger attacks affect about one-third of patients with major depressive disorder. This study by Fava et al evaluates adjunctive brexpiprazole as a strategy for patients with MDD...
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December 28, 2016

Cortical thinning, identified during prodromal Alzheimer's disease, is a "candidate" biomarker used in clinical therapy trials. This study looked at change in cortical thickness after 1 year of donepezil...
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December 28, 2016

Twenty US veterans kill themselves every day. What more can be done to stop this self-slaughter? Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which combines behavioral intervention with cognitive techniques of mindfulness,...
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