Clinical Psychiatry News articles from December 2005

Clinical Psychiatry News archives from December 2005

Brief consults help suicide survivors.
December 1, 2005... MONTREAL -- A brief forensic psychiatric intervention after a suicide can be helpful in getting survivors to figure out why their loved one took such a step, Robert I. Simon, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of...

Length of hospital stays varies by region.(VITAL SIGNS)
December 1, 2005... Length of Hospital Stays Varies by Region Source: 2003 estimated data, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality RICHARD FRANKI, RESEARCH

FDA panel backs selegiline patch for depression.( Food and Drug Administration)
December 1, 2005... GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- The lowest dose of a transdermal formulation of an MAO inhibitor could become available for treating depression, with no dietary restrictions, if the Food and Drug Administration follows the majority opinion of one of its...

APA closer on policy for military interrogations.
December 1, 2005... MONTREAL -- The American Psychiatric Association is close to approving a policy outlining the role that psychiatrists should play--if any--in military or police interrogations. The consensus within the specialty is that psychiatrists should...

Self-care key when treating veterans.
December 1, 2005... TORONTO -- Clinicians treating recently returned veterans from combat in Iraq would do well to seek out psychological support for themselves, Dennis Reeves, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress...

Physicians push for Medicare fee schedule fix.
December 1, 2005... Doctors will see a 4.4% cut in their Medicare fees under rules announcing next year's fee schedule, unless legislation pending in Congress supersedes those rules. Mark D. McClellan, M.D., administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

AMA assails voluntary reporting program.(American Medical Association)
December 1, 2005... DALLAS -- Predicting more administrative burdens and an eventual mandate on performance measures, delegates at the interim meeting of the American Medical Association's House of Delegates voted to oppose the federal government's plans to...

FDA withdraws approval for pemoline due to liver toxicity.(Food and Drug Administration )(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn approval for pemoline (Cylert) because of the risk of liver toxicity. But the agency has stopped short of calling for a recall of existing stocks of the drug. Abbott Laboratories, which...

Study raises questions about formularies, antipsychotics.(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Patients who fail an index dose of antipsychotic medication are more likely to seek emergency psychiatric care and all levels of general medical care, compared with those who continue on medical treatment, Douglas L. Noordsy, M.D.,...

Dissociative disorders.(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2005... In the book "A Fractured Mind: My Life With Multiple Personality Disorder" (New York: Hyperion, 2005), Robert B. Oxnam, Ph.D., describes his struggle with dissociative identity disorder. Dr. Oxnam, a top U.S. expert on Asia, has advised...

Combo therapy can be dangerous.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2005... We read with dismay two articles on combination antidepressant therapy and want to warn clinicians of the inherent dangers of irrational polypharmacy ("Antidepressant Combos Show Synergistic Benefit," September 2005, p. 28, and "Combo Rx May...

Rethinking health care in Canada.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2005... In a recent column, Dr. Jan Leard-Hansson presented the outcome of a case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada as sole evidence that that country's health care delivery system is not superior to that of the United States ("Is the Canadian...

Families and anxiety.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2005... I am convinced that the article about anxiety disorders and families, and the research on which it was based, have it backward ("Anxiety Disorders Place Huge Burden on Child's Entire Family," September 2005, p. 40). It seems to make much...

Calming the acutely agitated.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2005... In the article on droperidol and acutely agitated patients, Dr. Todd Gengerke reported that, in patients treated with intramuscular injections of ziprasidone, the rate of hypoxia did not differ significantly compared with patients who received...

EHR interoperability still a problem.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2005... Upfront costs remain the biggest stumbling block to adoption of electronic health records, especially by smaller practices ("Incentives Needed to Kick-Start Health IT Adoption," August 2005, p. 83). Physicians are also concerned about lack...

Parents must face obesity in children.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2005... All charting, programming, and weight reduction programs are failures that only add to the statistics ("Parents of Overweight Children Fail to Accurately Perceive the Problem," October 2005, p. 42). Not a single day goes by without parents...

Exercise and realism.(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2005... Ultradistance running is an example alright, but an example of what? There is a distinction that needs to be made between health and ultradistance fitness, and I found Dr. Craig Lewis' attempt to equate the two unconvincing ("Setting an...

Corrections.(Correction notice)
December 1, 2005... The Web site produced by "Reel Life" columnist Roland Atkinson, M.D., offering extensive film reviews that are indexed and linked by psychiatric theme was incorrectly cited in the October issue ("Film Can Be Helpful Teaching Tools," October...

Rx: visit your 'mother' once a week.
December 1, 2005... The new film "Prime"--set in New York City--is billed as a romantic comedy, but the love story is a clunker. The encounters between the two paramours left me somnolent. So why bother with this movie? Because the fun takes place between the...

Psychiatry and medical education.(Drug overview)
December 1, 2005... We had completed our didactics. It was now time to embark on our third-year clerkship in surgery and psychiatry: two rotations considered to be on polar ends of the medical spectrum. In surgery, we routinely scurried from room to room in...

The art of Charles Mountain.(VISIONARY ART)
December 1, 2005... Charles Mountain is a self-admitted perfectionist. Although it's unclear if this trait has exacerbated his battles with major depression, it helps explain the drive behind his many diverse passions. His perfectionist streak has driven him to...

The value of medical hypnosis.
December 1, 2005... It's been 30 years since I first began using hypnosis. For me, it's been a great therapeutic tool. As an adjunctive technique, hypnosis has allowed me to integrate several behavioral therapies that often formed the basis of my treatment...

Focus on positive themes alleviates some depression.(Adult Psychiatry)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Positive psychotherapy, an approach that focuses patients' attention on the positive aspects of their lives, produced dramatic improvements in individuals with moderate to severe depression in a small pilot study. The...

Coexisting psychiatric problems common in veterans with PTSD.(posttraumatic stress disorder)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- More than 90% of Vietnam War veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder have a coexisting psychiatric disorder, Chandresh Shah, M.D., reported during a poster session at the American Psychiatric Association's Institute on...

For some, easy access to rx may prove deadly.(Adult Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... BROOMFIELD, COLO. -- Nearly half of a large sample of people who committed suicide had a diagnosed mental disorder other than substance abuse, for which almost three-quarters were receiving treatment at the time, Deb Stone, M.P.H., said at the...

Worry tied to impaired function.(clinical reports)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... Persistent worry about illness is associated with functional impairment, reported Russell Noyes Jr., M.D., of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and his associates. They studied 123 adults aged 18-65 who reported at least 1 month of worry...

Acute residential treatment.(cost effective psychiatric care for veterans)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... Short-term acute residential treatment (START) programs appear to provide effective voluntary acute psychiatric care at considerable cost savings to Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, reported William B. Hawthorne, Ph.D., of the...

IQ and mental disorders.(Brief article)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... Low premorbid IQ scores in young men appear to be associated with the development of mental disorders, reported Erik Lykke Mortensen of the University of Copenhagen and his associates. In a Danish study of 3,289 men who had an IQ exam when...

Race and Alzheimer's.(African Americans have greater cognitive defects)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... African Americans with Alzheimer's disease had greater cognitive deficits at baseline than non-African Americans but showed a significantly slower rate of cognitive decline than non-African Americans, reported Lisa L. Barnes, Ph.D., and her...

Necessity drives schizophrenia polypharmacy.(PRACTICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY)
December 1, 2005... Monotherapy with an antipsychotic is the only approved pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia, but it is often inadequate. Because of the poor response, about one-third of patients take more than one of these drugs concurrently, and if...

Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder show common etiology.(Adult Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... PITTSBURGH -- Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have in common several epidemiologic, genetic, and structural brain characteristics, which together suggest that they share certain etiologic factors. "The underlying genetic liability for...

Two subtypes of food refusal in preteens found.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- The presence or absence of body image distortion can help clinicians identify two distinct groups of latency-age children who present with severe food refusal, Robyn S. Mehlenbeck, Ph.D., reported at the annual meeting of the...

Expert sees possible link between strep throat and anorexia nervosa.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... MONTREAL -- Streptococcal pharyngitis may be a very occasional trigger for anorexia nervosa and other neuropsychiatric conditions and should be investigated in patients with sudden onset of psychiatric symptoms, Mae S. Sokol, M.D., said at an...

PTSD found in 16% of teens a year after organ transplant.(posttraumatic stress disorder)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES -- Adolescents who have experienced a significant, life-threatening illness can develop posttraumatic stress disorder, according to a study of 104 transplant patients. The study found that 1 year after a transplant procedure,...

DBT may benefit troubled youth in transition period: with its emphasis on mindfulness, dialectical behavioral therapy eases move into adult services.(Dialectical behavior therapy)
December 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Dialectical behavior therapy shows promise for emotionally troubled youths who are transitioning from state-run child services to state-run adult services, according to the results from a pilot study. The finding marks the...

Prevalence of chronic emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems that require treatment.(DATA WATCH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Prevalence of Chronic Emotional, Behavioral, or Developmental Problems That Require Treatment Note: Based on a 2001 survey of the parents or guardians of 372,174 children aged 0-17 years. Source: MMWR 2005;54:985-9 KEVIN FOLEY,...

CAM use is common among families with autistic children.(complementary and alternative medicine)
December 1, 2005... CHICAGO -- The use of complementary and alternative medicine is very common among children with autistic spectrum disorders, according to two poster presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics....

Early parental support may stop externalizing problems later.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Parental emotional support of children as young as 1 year of age is associated with lower incidence of externalizing problems later in childhood. "Our results are suggestive of very early parenting potentially having a long-term impact on...

Children process adoption throughout early years: each stage of childhood has its own challenges; look for red flags that may indicate a need for treatment.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- During each stage of childhood, adopted children must master a different level in processing their unique life story, Kay Seligsohn, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Each stage has its...

Teen pregnancy may rise with parental notification laws.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... Laws that require parental notification for teens to receive prescription contraception at family planning clinics could increase the risk of teen pregnancy, according to a study by Rachel Jones, Ph.D., and her colleagues. "Family planning...

Fluoxetine's effect on suicide events downplayed.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... TORONTO -- Few suicide attempts occurred during the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS), but suicide-related events were more common in both fluoxetine arms than in the placebo arm, Graham J. Emslie, M.D., reported at the...

Study examines impact of drug warnings in Canada.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- A specific warning issued in June 2003 by the United Kingdom Committee on Safety of Medicines that advised physicians not to use paroxetine in patients younger than 18 years of age significantly influenced how the drug was...

Obesity is not a risk factor for chronic daily headache.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... PHILADELPHIA -- Children and adolescents who were overweight or obese were not found to have an increased risk for chronic daily headache in a study on CDH risk factors in a pediatric population. CDH was defined in the study as headaches...

Girls' body images can be bolstered.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Survey)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Adolescent girls who reported peer and parental attitudes that encouraged healthy behavior and exercise, rather than weight loss, were significantly more likely to report high levels of body satisfaction, said Amy M. Kelly, M.D., and her...

Group CBT as effective as sertraline.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(cognitive-behavioral therapy)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Children and adolescents aged 9-17 years with obsessive-compulsive disorder demonstrated equally significant symptom reductions after being randomized to 12 weeks of sertraline (Zoloft) or 12 weeks of group cognitive-behavioral therapy, said...

Smoking stunts girls' growth.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Persistent cigarette smoking retards physical growth in early adolescence, based on data from a 3-year follow-up study of 496 girls aged 11-15 years, said Eric Stice, Ph.D., and Erin E. Martinez, of the University of Texas at Austin. ...

Academic problems beget bullying.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Elementary school students who suffer from psychosocial distress are more likely to be involved in bullying, and those with academic problems are more likely to be victims or bully-victims, according to a cross-sectional study of 3,530...

Drug reduces disruptive behavior.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(treating autism spectrum disorders)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Daily risperidone was significantly more effective than placebo at reducing disruptive behaviors in children aged 5-17 years with autism spectrum disorders, said Pieter W. Troost, M.D., of the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), and his...

Deep brain stimulation failures often preventable: study shows that many errors are either avoidable or correctable by more experienced physicians.(Geriatric Psychiatry)(usage of Activa deep brain stimulator)
December 1, 2005... MIAMI BEACH -- Operator errors are responsible for more than half of the failures of deep brain stimulation to lessen essential tremor or Parkinson's symptoms, according to the findings of one study presented at the American Academy of...

Quick dementia screen increased number of diagnoses.(Geriatric Psychiatry)(Mini-Cog screening test )
December 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Routine use of a simple dementia screening tool can boost the number of possible dementia cases identified in primary care without putting a substantial drain on physician time, according to data presented at an international...

Reliance on relationships may herald depression: individuals' dependence on social support can set them up for depression after adverse life events.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... STOCKHOLM -- People who rely chiefly on interpersonal relationships for support into old age may have a high risk for depression when adverse life events disrupt those relationships, Carolyn Mazure, Ph.D., said at the 12th Congress of the...

Screen for geriatric syndrome to improve care.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO -- Screening for the four common problems of old age that constitute geriatric syndrome--cognitive loss, falls, incontinence, and depression--offers a holistic way to meet the needs of elderly patients, William J. Hall, M.D., said...

Gay men: therapy curbs risky sexual acts, HIV.(Addiction Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... OAKLAND, CALIF. -- Gay men seeking treatment for methamphetamine use significantly reduced both drug use and risky sexual behaviors during a 16-week program, Steven Shoptaw, Ph.D., said at a conference sponsored by the American Foundation for...

Percentage of holiday deaths that are alcohol related.(DATA WATCH)
December 1, 2005... Percentage of Holiday Deaths That Are Alcohol Related Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration KEVIN FOLEY, RESEARCH

Is nicotine replacement therapy effective?(EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE)
December 1, 2005... The Question You work in an outpatient psychiatric clinic, and one of the patients asks your opinion on the efficacy of nicotine replacement therapy. The Analysis We searched the Cochrane Collaboration Web site (www.cochrane.org)...

Perspective.(Community Psychiatry)(role of psychiatrists in preventing domestic violence)
December 1, 2005... Education alone is rarely enough to prevent or stop any adverse health behavior. People are complex, and as such, their exposure to multiple risk and protective factors steers them toward certain behaviors. In some cases, domestic violence...

Getting to the root of domestic violence.(PREVENTION IN ACTION)(Relationship Abuse Prevention project in Oakland, CA)
December 1, 2005... Most interventions for domestic violence are, by design, crisis oriented. They seek to curtail the cycle of violence by identifying, protecting, and perhaps strengthening people who have already been injured, by attempting to rehabilitate...

Try to minimize unconscious bias in forensic evaluations.(Forensic Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... MONTREAL -- Bias has a way of creeping into forensic evaluations, but it can be minimized if you ask yourself the right questions, Adam Goldyne, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. The...

Mentally ill adults suffer high rates of Crime Victimization.(Forensic Psychiatry)
December 1, 2005... More than one-quarter of Chicago-area adults with serious mental illness had been the victims of crime over the past year, according to a study by Linda A. Teplin, Ph.D., and her colleagues at Northwestern University, Chicago. This rate is...

Impact of liability concerns on residents in Pennsylvania.(DATA WATCH)(Chart)(Survey)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Impact of Liability Concerns on Residents in Pennsylvania Strongly or Somewhat Agree View every patient as a potential malpractice...

FOUR score challenges Glasgow Coma Scale.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Coma scale)
December 1, 2005... A new coma assessment scale provides greater neurologic detail than the Glasgow system and has the potential to become the most effective means of evaluating unresponsive patients, according to researchers who developed it at the Mayo Clinic....

Novel drug shows promise for sleep initiation, maintenance.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(gaboxadol)
December 1, 2005... DENVER -- Gaboxadol significantly improved sleep initiation and maintenance while also increasing time spent in restorative slow-wave sleep in an acute phase II placebo-controlled trial, Stephen Deacon, Ph.D., reported at the annual meeting of...

Abundance of insomnia therapies in the pipeline.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
December 1, 2005... DENVER -- The pharmaceutical industry envisions the insomnia market as a field of dreams, judging by the sizable array of agents moving through the developmental pipeline. And these aren't "me-too" drugs, either. They involve a wealth of...

Home diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea far less costly.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(ambulatory peripheral arterial tonometry)
December 1, 2005... DENVER -- Home ambulatory peripheral arterial tonometry is an accurate, convenient, and far less costly alternative to polysomnography in the sleep laboratory for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, Donald Townsend, Ph.D., said at the annual...

Pearls offered for end-of-life pain treatment.(Pain Medicine)
December 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO -- Opioids are the mainstay of pain treatment at the end of life, but using them in this population presents some challenges, Janet L. Abrahm, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. Dr....

Limit triptans, analgesics to prevent drug-overuse headache.(Pain Medicine)
December 1, 2005... PHILADELPHIA -- Analgesic and triptan use should be restricted to no more than 10-12 doses a month to prevent patients with episodic migraine or tension type headaches from developing a chronic condition, Volker Limmroth, M.D., Ph.D., reported...

Bipolar disorder, medical comorbidities linked.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
December 1, 2005... PITTSBURGH -- Patients with bipolar disorder have an unexpectedly high prevalence of medical comorbidities, based on findings from a study of 175 patients. These 175 patients, with an average age of 35, had a high prevalence of...

Refeeding syndrome looms for patients with eating disorders.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
December 1, 2005... MONTREAL -- Refeeding syndrome is a potential problem for all eating-disordered patients who are reintroducing fluids and food, but it is difficult to predict which patients are at greatest risk, Ovidio Bermudez, M.D., said at an international...

Eating disorders a challenge as patients become adults.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
December 1, 2005... MONTREAL -- When young patients with eating disorders transfer from the pediatric to the adult care setting, they literally take their lives into their own hands--which sometimes leaves their families and health care professionals empty handed....

Old drugs in new role: relieving chronic pruritus; Cannabinoid agonists, opioid receptor antagonists have attracted the attention of dermatologists.(Across Specialties)
December 1, 2005... PARIS -- Cannabinoid agonists and opioid receptor antagonists are among the novel treatments being explored for chronic pruritus, Dr. med. Sonja Stander, reported at the Fourth International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology World Congress. ...

Hypnotherapy may ease atopic dermatitis symptoms.(Across Specialties)
December 1, 2005... GLASGOW, SCOTLAND -- Hypnotherapy led to marked and persistent improvements in symptoms and quality of life in a pilot study of patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, Susannah E. Baron, M.B., reported at the annual meeting of the...

Psychiatric patients present challenges for ED: requirements for medical clearance mean that some patients may spend days in emergency department.(Across Specialties)
December 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Increasingly, emergency departments are having to house psychiatric and substance-abuse patients not just for hours but for days, in part because of a declining number of available inpatient beds for these cases. But by...

Delusions of parasitosis a sign of crystal methamphetamine use and possible HIV.(Across Specialties)
December 1, 2005... SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- Add delusions of parasitosis to the list of "red flags" for possible HIV infection, Marcus Conant, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery. "Every patient...

Pain relievers.(Across Specialties)(Cartoon)
December 1, 2005... "Psst!.... Canadian imports?"

CDC issues new HIV statistics.(Across Specialties)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )(Survey)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 63% of new cases of HIV infection are in men who have sex with men, 50% are in blacks, 32% are in whites, and 16% are in Hispanics. A recent report based on data gathered from 5...

Rate of psychopathology high in bariatric patients: preliminary study results suggest surgery candidates should be monitored for psychiatric disorders.(Across Specialties)
December 1, 2005... ORLANDO -- Psychiatric conditions are more common among patients who seek bariatric surgery than among the general population, according to preliminary results from a study reported by Melissa A. Kalarchian, Ph.D., at the annual meeting of the...

FDA mulls changing nutrition label.(Across Specialties)
December 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- The federal government is looking hard at whether to make changes to the "Nutrition Facts" label found on packaged foods, Barbara O. Schneeman, Ph.D., said at a meeting on obesity sponsored by Business Access. In April, the...

Sleep apnea found in 70% of gastric bypass candidates.(Across Specialties)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... DENVER -- All candidates for gastric bypass surgery should be evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea, Brian Abaluck, M.D., said at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. The prevalence of this sleep disorder is...

Panel seeks public's ideas for health care reform.(Practice Trends)(U.S. Citizens' Health Care Working Group)
December 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- American health care could be in for the world's largest customer satisfaction survey as the U.S. Citizens' Health Care Working Group seeks comments nationwide on how to reform the system. "In order to make health care work...

Many patients 'strongly favor' physicians' use of new medical technologies.(DATA WATCH)(Chart)(Survey)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Many Patients 'Strongly Favor' Physicians' Use of New Medical Technologies Home monitoring 51% E-mail with patient 49% Imaging by e-mail 44% Electronic records 42% Personal digital device 37% Note:...

More on drug-only treatment.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services: 2004)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The number of patients entering treatment for both alcohol and drug abuse problems has declined, but the number of patients getting substance abuse treatment alone has increased, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

Autism and genetics.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(consortium formed to organize research)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Five institutes at the National Institutes of Health and three private organizations have formed a consortium to identify genes that may contribute to the development of autism and autism spectrum disorders. The consortium has funded five...

Schizophrenia Research Forum.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(www.schizophreniaforum.org)(Website overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) has introduced the Schizophrenia Research Forum, an Internet site that allows researchers to discuss new findings on schizophrenia and related disorders, as well as...

Imaging accreditation.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Magnetic Resonance Laboratories)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Magnetic Resonance Laboratories (ICAMRL) has expanded its program to include accreditation for body, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and neurologic imaging. The revised accreditation...