Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from July 2008

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from July 2008

Revisiting the CATIE schizophrenia study.(Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness)
July 1, 2008... Revisiting the CATIE schizophrenia study Although questions remain, some clinical guidance has emerged. The ongoing U.S. Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) study is the largest and longest independent...

Protecting children and teens from cyber-harm.
July 1, 2008... Protecting children and teens from cyber-harm Certain patterns of behavior confer risk; here's what the research shows. More than four in five adolescents currently own at least one type of electronic device, such as a cell phone,...

Moving from one stage of addiction recovery to the next.
July 1, 2008... Moving from one stage of addiction recovery to the next Different tasks and interventions are required at different stages. The transtheoretical model of behavior change * often referred to simply as the "stages of change" model * has...

In Brief: Abdominal fat boosts later dementia risk.(Report)
July 1, 2008... In Brief Abdominal fat boosts later dementia risk Research has shown that people who accumulate abdominal fat as they age * making them "apple shaped" rather than "pear shaped" * are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease...

In Brief: SSRIs and risk of postpartum hemorrhage.(selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... In Brief SSRIs and risk of postpartum hemorrhage Several studies have concluded that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) substantially increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding. University of Toronto researchers...

Commentary: The value of regret.
July 1, 2008... Commentary The value of regret Regret is a powerful and potentially devastating emotion. In 1995, a Liverpool man who regularly played one set of lottery numbers failed to renew his ticket during the week his numbers came in....