Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from November 2008

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from November 2008

Data on anxiety disorders published by researchers at Purdue University.(Report)
November 3, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Exposure to stress during adolescence is known to be a risk factor for alcohol-use and anxiety disorders. This study examined the effects of footshock stress during adolescence on subsequent...

New anxiety disorders study findings have been reported by R. Sweetingham and co-researchers.(Report)
November 3, 2008... According to a study from Redhill, the United Kingdom, "Empirical studies have found associations between eating pathology and childhood experiences of being bullied and teased about appearance. However, the nature of these links is not clear."...

New anxiety disorders study findings have been reported from York University.(Report)
November 3, 2008... According to a study from Toronto, Canada, "Although prescription rates may be declining, benzodiazepines (BZs) are still very commonly prescribed for the treatment of anxiety disorders. Because many anxiety patients require assistance in...

New anxiety disorders study findings reported from E.C. Miguel and co-authors.
November 3, 2008... In this recent study, researchers in Porto Alegre, Brazil conducted a study "To describe the recruitment of patients, assessment instruments, implementation, methods and preliminary results of The Brazilian Research Consortium on...

New anxiety disorders study results reported from Rutgers University.
November 3, 2008... "One hypothesized reason for the lower rates of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) response among older as compared to younger anxiety patients is that they are more likely to show age-related deficits in executive skills, which are complex...

New eating disorders study results from S. Davies et al described.(Report)
November 3, 2008... "This study investigates the management of physical activity in young inpatients with anorexia nervosa. Through telephone interviews and postal surveys inpatient units across the UK were asked about written documents regarding physical activity...

Study results from University of Bristol in the area of eating disorders published.
November 3, 2008... "When significant weight loss occurs in anorexia nervosa, routine physical examination may reveal the striking phenomenon of myoedema or muscle mounding," scientists in Bristol, the United Kingdom report (see also Eating Disorders). "This...

Scientists at University of Wurzburg discuss research in enzyme research.
November 3, 2008... According to recent research published in the Journal of Neural Transmission, "The relative contribution of the two tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) isoforms, TPH1 and TPH2, to brain serotonergic system function is controversial." "To...

Study findings on addiction medicine are outlined in reports from Washington University, Medical Department.
November 3, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "This review describes and evaluates methodological approaches aimed at unraveling the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and later misuse of alcohol, which is complicated by...

Data on alcoholism published by researchers at Royal Brisbane Hospital.
November 3, 2008... "Multiple studies have shown that genetic variation in the alpha-2 subunit of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor (GABRA2) is associated with risk for alcohol dependence. Recent reports have suggested that GABRA2 may exert its...

Studies from University of Bradford yield new information about dementia.
November 3, 2008... "The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force in U.K. and Wales during 2007. The Act enshrines a legal right to autonomy (negative and positive) of people lacking decision-making capacity, such as people with dementia," scientists writing in...

New findings from G. Stoduto and co-authors describe advances in depression.(Survey)
November 3, 2008... According to recent research published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, "Because both alcohol and depressed mood exert deleterious effects on psychomotor performance, the possibility that people with depressed mood may be more...

University of Melbourne publishes research in depression.(Report)
November 3, 2008... According to a study from Melbourne, Australia, "This study examined the relations among maternal socialization of positive affect (PA), adolescent emotion regulation (ER), and adolescent depressive symptoms. Two hundred early adolescents,...

Studies from J.A. Schaefer et al further understanding of life sciences.(Report)
November 3, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Although speculation suggests that continuity of care predicts abstinence following substance-use disorder (SUD) treatment, models examining staff's continuity of care practices and engagement in...

Studies from University of Leeds add new findings in the area of life sciences.
November 3, 2008... According to a study from Leeds, the United Kingdom, "This paper introduces the controversy surrounding active voluntary euthanasia and describes the legal position on euthanasia and assisted suicide in the UK. Findings from studies of the...

New mental health study findings have been published by scientists at Swansea University.(Survey)(Clinical report)
November 3, 2008... "The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to examine the relationship between assessments and eligibility decisions made by health and social care staff in multidisciplinary community teams in U.K.. The data were collected between...

Studies from T. Hemmingsson et al in the area of mental health described.
November 3, 2008... In this recent article published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, scientists in Stockholm, Sweden conducted a study "To examine the association between intelligence quotient (IQ) measured at ages 18 to 20 and onset of smoking, and the...

Reports from Laurentian University advance knowledge in mental illness.
November 3, 2008... According to recent research from Sudbury, Canada, "During the past two decades, consumers, providers and policy makers have recognized the role of supported housing intervention for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) to be...

Research from University of Manchester in the area of psychosis published.
November 3, 2008... According to a study from Manchester, the United Kingdom, "Partnership working between health and the voluntary and community sector has become an increasing political priority. This paper describes and explores the extent and patterns of...

Reports from Nagoya University add new data to research in schizophrenia.
November 3, 2008... "PLP1 is one of the major myelin-related genes. A large body of expression-based studies showed significantly lower levels of the PLP1 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) transcripts in schizophrenia," scientists in Japan report (see also...

Research in the area of schizophrenia reported from B.J. Roach and colleagues.
November 3, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, "An increasing number of schizophrenia studies have been examining electroencephalography (EEG) data using time-frequency analysis, documenting illness-related...

Studies from Huazhong Agricultural University have provided new data on suicide.
November 3, 2008... According to recent research from Wuhan, People's Republic of China, "To investigate the effect of a factor-associated suicide (FAS) gene polymorphism on the death of chicken embryos, we genotyped 190 dead embryos and 69 normally developing...

New dementia research reported from Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
November 3, 2008... Current study results from the report, 'Repeat and Point: differentiating semantic dementia from progressive non-fluent aphasia,' have been published. According to a study from Cambridge, the United Kingdom, "To determine whether a new, simple,...

Researchers at University College, Windeyer Institute of Medical Science target schizophrenia genetics.
November 3, 2008... Fresh data on schizophrenia are presented in the report 'Confirmation of the genetic association between the U2AF homology motif (UHM) kinase 1 (UHMK1) gene and schizophrenia on chromosome 1q23.3.' According to recent research from London, the...

Kooth.com - the Online Counselling Service for Young People Wins Local Government IT Excellence Award.
November 3, 2008... Kooth, the pioneering advice and support service for 11-25 year olds, received the Local Government IT Excellence Award for Service Transformation at the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm) Annual Conference last week in...

Pilot Programs Reduce Emergency Room Use, Promote Better Health.
November 3, 2008... A report issued today, A Dollars and Sense Strategy to Reducing Frequent Use of Hospital Services, provides evaluation data from six California counties demonstrating that programs that provide services to "frequent users" of emergency rooms...

McCain, Obama: What if They Need Mental Health Care?
November 3, 2008... One in four Americans experience mental health problems at some point during their lifetime (see also NAMI). If John McCain or Barack Obama were to ever need to seek help from their home states through public mental health services, they...

Phillies World Series Rally By the River on Wednesday.
November 3, 2008... Fans of all ages are invited to celebrate Game 1 of the World Series with a "Phillies Rally By the River" on Wednesday, October 22, at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing. Hosted by the Penn's Landing Corporation, the free event will feature the...

The Authoritative Work on the Great Depression by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke.
November 3, 2008... "The financial crisis has made Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's book ESSAYS ON THE GREAT DEPRESSION a hot seller...Bernanke, a former Princeton University economist, is considered the pre-eminent living scholar of the Great Depression....

Get a Financial Insight of Consumer Markets with This Essential Report That Contains Extensive Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Monthly Deal Activity.
November 3, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4152fd/financial_deal_ins) has announced the addition of the "Financial Deal Insights Consumer Markets 2008" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets). This...

Obtain Competitive Intelligence with Brazil Food and Drink Report Q4 2008.(Report)
November 3, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/155db9/brazil_food_and_dr) has announced the addition of the "Brazil Food and Drink Report Q4 2008" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets Ltd.). Brazil...

Swords to Plowshares 12th Annual Veterans Day Dinner.
November 3, 2008... On November 6th at Moscone West in San Francisco, over 600 people from the community will gather together with veterans who have endured the tough journey from combat to the community, and ensure that as our veterans return from war, we give...

The GEO Group and GEO Care Awarded Joint Contracts for the Construction and Management of a New 2,000-Bed Special Needs Prison in Florida.
November 3, 2008... The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE:GEO) ("GEO") announced that it has received a Notice of Intent to Award contracts from the State of Florida, Department of Management Services for the design, construction, and operation of a new 2,000-bed special...

Wayport Signs Agreement with Sun Healthcare Group to Enable Public Internet Access.
November 3, 2008... Wayport, Inc. announced a new agreement with Sun Healthcare Group to offer public Internet access to Sun's inpatient services subsidiaries. These groups, including SunBridge Healthcare Corporation, collectively operate 208 skilled nursing,...

Boston Medical Center researchers educating chief residents about addiction.
November 10, 2008... (Boston)-Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that education on addiction is inadequate during medical training, resulting in suboptimal medical care for those at risk. However, the research also found that a Chief Resident...

Critical genetic link found between human taste differences and nicotine dependence.
November 10, 2008... Could an aversion to bitter substances or an overall heightened sense of taste help protect some people from becoming addicted to nicotine? That's what researchers at UVA have found using an innovative new method they've developed to analyze...

New Alzheimer disease study findings reported from J. Gunstad and co-authors.
November 10, 2008... "Though elevated beta-amyloid deposition is associated with Alzheimer's disease, recent evidence suggests beta-amyloid is elevated in healthy older adults prior to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. No study has yet investigated whether reduced...

New findings from Emory University, Medical Department in the area of anxiety disorders published.
November 10, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "The fragile X disorder spectrum, due to a CGG expansion in FMR1, includes fragile X syndrome (> 200 repeats) and the premutation-associated disorders of ovarian insufficiency and tremor/ataxia...

Research in the area of anxiety disorders reported from University of Cape Town.
November 10, 2008... "Agomelatine is a novel agent that acts on melatonergic (MT1, MT2) receptors and serotonergic (5-HT2C) receptors. Preclinical data and data from clinical trials in major depression suggest that agomelatine may have anxiolytic properties,"...

Research on anxiety disorders published by J.X. Dai et al.
November 10, 2008... According to recent research from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "Central serotonin (5-HT) dysregulation contributes to the susceptibility for mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, and...

Research from D.V. Keen and co-authors provides new data about mutism.
November 10, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, "Selective mutism (SM) now acknowledged as an anxiety condition, tends to be a poorly understood, highly complex and vastly under-recognised clinical...

Scientists at Gazi University publish research in eating disorders.(Report)
November 10, 2008... Current study results from the report, 'An evaluation of eating disorders among a group of Turkish university students,' have been published. "The prevalence of eating disorders has been increasing in the last 20 years, not only in developed...

New life sciences in children study findings recently were published by researchers at Boston University, Psychology Department.(Report)
November 10, 2008... Research findings, 'Parental expressed emotion toward children: prediction from early family functioning,' are discussed in a new report. "Expressed emotion (EE), an index of family member criticism and emotional overinvolvement, predicts...

Study results from Tel-Aviv University provide new insights into post-traumatic stress disorders.(Report)
November 10, 2008... A report, 'The relationships between posttraumatic stress symptom clusters and marital intimacy among war veterans,' is newly published data in Journal of Family Psychology. "This study examined (a) the relationships between posttraumatic...

Research from University of South Dakota provides new data about addiction medicine.
November 10, 2008... "The par stability determinant of Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1 is the only antisense RNA-regulated addiction module identified to date in gram-positive bacteria. par encodes two small, convergently transcribed RNAs, designated RNA I and...

New findings from C.W.C. Tam and co-authors describe advances in dementia.(Report)
November 10, 2008... "Increasing evidence suggests that functional impairment can be detected in older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This study explores the functional profiles and the clinical correlates of a population-based sample of Chinese...

Studies from University of Pennsylvania reveal new findings on dementia.
November 10, 2008... "members of patients with advanced dementia to identify the factors that facilitate or hinder advance planning by persons with dementia. All interviews were analyzed using qualitative data analysis techniques," researchers in the United States...

Researchers from University of Cambridge publish findings in hypersensitivity.
November 10, 2008... "Depressed individuals show hypersensitivity to negative feedback during cognitive testing, which can precipitate subsequent errors and thereby impair a broad range of cognitive abilities. We studied the neural mechanisms underlying this...

Investigators at Oregon Health & Science University target addiction medicine.(Report)
November 10, 2008... Research findings, 'Replication and sustainability of improved access and retention within the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment,' are discussed in a new report. "The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx)...

Study data from University of Bielefeld provide new insights into alcoholism.
November 10, 2008... Data detailed in 'Confabulations in alcoholic Korsakoff patients' have been presented. According to recent research from Bielefeld, Germany, "Besides forgetting, memory is also prone to distortions, errors and illusions. Confabulation is one...

Reports from Cardiff University highlight recent research in depression in children.
November 10, 2008... Scientists discuss in 'Interparental conflict, negative parenting, and children's adjustment: bridging links between parents' depression and children's psychological distress' new findings in depression. According to recent research published...

Research from University of Notre Dame, Department of Psychology yields new data on depression.(Clinical report)
November 10, 2008... Research findings, 'Interrelations and moderators of longitudinal links between marital satisfaction and depressive symptoms among couples in established relationships,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from the United...

Research from University of Wisconsin has provided new information about depression.
November 10, 2008... Fresh data on depression are presented in the report 'Continuity of paternal social support and depressive symptoms among new mothers.' "The present study examined trajectories of paternal support and maternal depressive symptoms over the first...

Studies from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism provide new data on DNA research.(Report)
November 10, 2008... New research, 'Differential blocking effects of the acetaldehyde-derived DNA lesion N2-ethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine on transcription by multisubunit and single subunit RNA polymerases,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from...

Reports outline heroin dependence research from Upstate Medical University, Genetics Research Center.
November 10, 2008... Data detailed in 'Genome-wide linkage analysis of heroin dependence in Han Chinese: results from Wave Two of a multi-stage study' have been presented. According to recent research from the United States, "Previously we reported the results of...

New findings from University of Sussex, Department of Psychology describe advances in life sciences.
November 10, 2008... Data detailed in 'Fear appeals and binge drinking: a terror management theory perspective' have been presented. According to recent research published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, "The aim of the current research was to test the...

New life sciences study findings have been reported by researchers at University of Waterloo, Department of Psychology.
November 10, 2008... Scientists discuss in 'In search of clarity: self-esteem and domains of confidence and confusion' new findings in life sciences. "To date, research suggests that self-concept clarity is a monolithic construct: Some people have clearly defined...

Reports outline life sciences study results from University of Chicago.
November 10, 2008... A report, 'Choice of nitrous oxide and its subjective effects in light and moderate drinkers,' is newly published data in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. "Alcohol-drinking status has been shown to modulate the reinforcing and subjective effects of...

Alzheimer's Strikes Every 71 Seconds! Carefree Senior Living Press Releases New Book: 'What the Heck Do We Do Now? Families Facing Alzheimer's'.
November 10, 2008... Carefree Senior Living Press, based in Santa Barbara, announces the release of its first book by local author and Alzheimer's care professional John G. Bloomer. The book, notably titled "What The Heck Do We Do Now? Families Facing Alzheimer's,"...

Number of Corporate Holiday Parties Reaches 20 Year Low According to Battalia Winston Amrop Annual Survey.
November 10, 2008... According to an annual survey conducted by Battalia Winston Amrop, one of the nation's leading executive search firms, only 81 percent of businesses will be conducting some type of holiday celebration this year, the lowest percentage of...

Sobriety Rocks: Celebrity Rehab Staff Joins Bianca Center for Substance Abuse.
November 10, 2008... Today, The Bianca Center for Substance Abuse announced it will open its doors in November 2008. Named after Bianca Halstead of the band Betty Blowtorch, The Bianca Center plans to offer an alternative to the high-priced, revolving door,...

Capella University Launches PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision.
November 10, 2008... Counseling is one of the country's fastest growing professions, driving an accompanying need for doctoral degree programs and faculty to educate counselors and specially educated professionals to oversee counselors. In response, Capella...

Fair Witness Questions the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation.
November 10, 2008... Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation ("HCEF"), with offices in the United States and Bethlehem, has as its stated mission "to maintain the presence and growth of the Arab Christians in the Holy Land, and to develop bonds of solidarity...

Alcohol: a life sentence.
November 10, 2008... Every year, almost 4000 babies in Germany are born with alcohol-related defects. The mothers of these children have often drunk alcohol regularly during the pregnancy. The consequences are often devastating and commonly persist into adulthood....

Erikson Institute Herr Research Center to Host Policy Conference on Trends and Needs in Early Childhood Mental Health Systems.(Conference news)
November 10, 2008... Erikson Institute's Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy this week will host leading child advocates, researchers, and state officials from Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin to discuss mental health services for children and...

GFI Sponsors 'Stand Up for Heroes'.
November 10, 2008... GFI Group Inc. (Nasdaq: GFIG) is again sponsoring the annual 'Stand Up For Heroes' - a benefit for the Bob Woodruff Family Foundation (see also GFI Group Inc). The foundation helps injured members of the United States Armed Forces. It...

MHS Announces Departure of Dr. Steven Friedman; Search for New Executive Director.
November 10, 2008... Mental Health Services (MHS) announced the departure of its long-serving Executive Director, Dr. Steven Friedman, who will assume the position of President and Chief Executive Officer at The Cleveland Sight Center (see also Mental Health...

NAMI Pennsylvania Announces Program for Annual Statewide Conference.(Conference news)
November 10, 2008... More than 600 Pennsylvanians are expected to attend the 2008 Annual Conference of The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Pennsylvania (NAMI PA). This year's theme, "Today's Family and the Faces of Mental Illness: A Life's Journey," will focus...

To Better Serve Consumers, PLCB Makes Licensee Database Available Online.
November 10, 2008... The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's searchable database of more than 17,000 restaurants, taverns, beer distributors and other businesses licensed by the commonwealth to serve, sell or distribute alcoholic beverages is now available to the...

Understanding Alcoholic Drinking Occasions: the Off-Trade Challenges.
November 10, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/599f33/understanding_alco) has announced the addition of the "Understanding Alcoholic Drinking Occasions: The Off-Trade" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets...

mtvU and the Jed Foundation Ask Students 'How Are You a Friend?'.
November 10, 2008... mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, and The Jed Foundation, the leading nonprofit working to reduce emotional distress and prevent suicide among college students, are expanding their Peabody Award-winning "Half of Us" campaign with new content...

Suicide Awareness Community Events Feature Suicide Attempt Survivor; Discussion of Economy's Impact.
November 10, 2008... Kevin Hines, who survived a suicide attempt off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA, and was featured in the critically acclaimed documentary "The Bridge," will appear at two suicide awareness presentations on October 28 at the...

Veterans and Military Families for Progress Endorses Barack Obama for President.(Company overview)
November 10, 2008... By vote of the Board of Directors, Veterans and Military Families for Progress (www.vmfp.org) proudly endorses Senator Barack Obama in the upcoming United States presidential election. Founded in 2005, VMFP is dedicated to ensuring that the...

Wounded Warrior Project WWP Offers Mind, Body, Spirit Healing Program at Acadia National Park.
November 10, 2008... From October 27-29, 13 wounded warriors will take part in outdoor activities like sea-kayaking and rock-climbing as part of Wounded Warrior Project's Project Odyssey. Project Odyssey brings together veterans with combat stress and...

Research shows raised incidence of psychoses among migrant groups.
November 17, 2008... Researchers examining the occurrence of psychoses among migrant groups have shown a raised incidence for all black and ethnic minority subgroups compared with white British counterparts, and reveal that the risk of psychoses for first and...

New research on anxiety disorders from University of Pittsburgh, Medical Department summarized.(Report)
November 17, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale (GADSS) is a validated measure of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) symptom severity. Given the high prevalence of GAD in the elderly and the...

New research on anxiety disorders from University of Sao Paulo summarized.
November 17, 2008... "This article evaluates the comparability of the telephone and in-person Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) interviews in assessing patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) as an independent anxiety diagnosis. One hundred...

Research from Ghent University provides new data about anxiety disorders.(Report)
November 17, 2008... "Undergoing coronary-artery bypass surgery (CABG) remains a significant life-event, with an important psycho-emotional impact on patients and their families. The authors examined the incidence and course of depression and anxiety in CABG...

Research from University of Zurich provides new data on anxiety disorders.
November 17, 2008... According to a study from Zurich, Switzerland, "The benzodiazepine (BZD) receptor system has been implicated in the pathophysiologic mechanism of panic disorder (PD) by indirect evidence from pharmacological challenge studies and by direct...

Studies from University of Wisconsin reveal new findings on depression.(Report)
November 17, 2008... "It is widely recognized that stigmatization of mental disorders leads stigmatized individuals to avoid treatment altogether or discontinue treatment prematurely. Literature suggests that the impact of stigma may differ by diagnosis; however,...

Report summarizes dementia study findings from University of Regina.
November 17, 2008... According to recent research published in the Clinical Journal of Pain, "The communication impairments that characterize severe dementia make pain assessment challenging. As such, pain problems often go undetected." "Our goal was to...

Reports summarize dementia research from University of North Carolina.
November 17, 2008... "With the increase in the number of older adults with dementia, research efforts have focused on increasing community-based support service (CBSS) use to improve older adult and caregiver outcomes. However, the research on factors that may...

Scientists at Chicago Medical Center discuss research in dementia.
November 17, 2008... Researchers in the United States conducted a study "To compare assessments of the decisional capacity of cognitively impaired patients by research assistants (RAs) and by family caregiver/proxies and to determine whether either or both groups...

New data from Harvard University illuminate research in depression.(Report)
November 17, 2008... "Previous studies have shown that patients with major depression have an interhemispheric imbalance between right and left prefrontal and motor cortex. We aimed to investigate the interhemispheric interactions in patients with major depression...