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• Biological links found between childhood abuse and adolescent depression

• Alzheimer’s diagnostic guidelines updated for first time in decades

• How children learn to say ‘no’

• Social environment linked to gay teen suicide risk

• New target for developing effective anti-depressants

• Fatigue and sleep woes worsen neurocognitive problems in childhood cancer survivors

• Primary care targeted for suicide prevention efforts

• Treatment for depression a long-term solution

• Income loss linked to risk of mental disorders

• Genetic changes behind sweet tooth

• Antidepressants linked to heart risk: twins study

• Post-tsunami mental health concerns mount

• Deciphering Hidden Code Reveals Brain Activity

• Higher prevalence of psychiatric symptoms found in children with epilepsy

• Micro-RNA’s contribute to risk for panic disorder

• Tourettes brains are structured for greater, not lesser, cognitive motor control

• Gift Will Allow Mayo Researchers to Further Explore Common, but Little Recognized, Cause of Dementia

• First Successful Double-Blind Trial of Gene Therapy for Advanced Parkinson’s

• Virtual conversation simulator found beneficial for adults with autism

• Former U.S. nurse convicted of advising suicide

• Depolarizing the debates about pediatric mental health diagnosis and treatment

• Online messaging delivers follow-up care for depression

• Depression can worsen knee arthritis symptoms in older adults

• Managing post-stroke depression improves physical functioning

• First international index developed to predict suicidal behavior

• Two-thirds of states cut mental healthcare funds: advocacy group

• How Depression and Anxiety Differentially Influence Physical Symptom Reporting

• New Study Shows That Most Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Accept Private Health Insurance

• Study underlines cannabis link to psychosis

• Effects of depression on quality of life improvement after endoscopic sinus surgery

• Heart attack patients with depression less likely to receive priority care in emergency rooms

• Hyperactive nerve cells may contribute to depression

• Nationwide Children’s Hospital Joins Autism Treatment Network

• Look after your brain

• Warning signs of suicide

• Males’ Drug-Related Suicide Attempts Vary by Month

• Good Grief: Can Grief be Treated as a Mental Disorder?

• New mode of dementia care improves health, lowers hospitalization rates

• Memory problems may be sign of stroke risk

• Income inequalities are increasing the occurence of depression during financial crisis

• Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in Treatment of Dementia Declined After FDA Warning

• Contact With the Criminal Justice System May Be Associated With Suicide Risk

• Scientists Find New Link Between Genes and Stress Response, Depression

• Rural underage binge drinkers put their health at risk

• Study supports restricted diet for kids with ADHD

• Misuse of FDA Exemption Law May Harm Vulnerable Psychiatric Patients

• A Strong Community Protects Teens from Risky Health Behavior

• Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Memory Loss in Older People

• MIT: Understanding the autistic mind

• A deficiency of dietary omega-3 may explain depressive behaviors

• Memory training explored as strategy for addiction treatment

• Eating poorly can make us depressed

• Operation makes dementia patients faster and smarter

• Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks

• Montrealers are feeding fish Prozac

• Parental divorce linked to suicidal thoughts

• Beyond Improving Parkinson’s Symptoms, Does Deep Brain Stimulation Stall Their Progression?

• Adolescents with severe mental disorders have never received treatment

• Radiosurgery Can Help Patients with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Scientists shed light on what causes brain cell death in Parkinson’s patients

• Light therapy shows promise for seniors’ depression

• Maternal depression adversely affects quality of life in children with epilepsy

• Mount Sinai develops first screening tool for war veterans to assess traumatic brain injury

• Sexual Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: Findings

• The Effects of Schizophrenic Medications on Male Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life

• Resurrecting the so-called ‘depression gene’

• Team-based approach to care shows success in fight against depression with diabetes, heart disease

• Severe allergies linked to suicide risk

• Multiple Sclerosis More Linked to Depression in Minorities

• Psychologists find skill in recognizing faces peaks after age 30

• AMA Recommends Strategies to Reduce Violence in ED

• Screening Mandate Will Be Boon to Early Mental Illness Detection

• Children with autism lack visual skills required for independence

• Interactions cause seniors to drop antidepressants

• Fear discovery could lead to new interventions for PTSD

• Hospice care increasing for nursing home patients with dementia

• Depression drug may relieve pain from breast cancer treatment, U-M study finds

• Including Smoking Cessation Program with Treatment for PTSD Shows Higher Rate of Quitting

• Delivering Drugs to the Brain: New Research into Targeted Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Other Brain Illnesses

• Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children misses the mark

• Uncertainty a huge source of anxiety in patients

• More gay and bisexual teens expelled and jailed

• Gene-Environment Interactions Could Influence Several Psychiatric Disorders

• Data mining depression

• Brain scans accurate at spotting autism: U.S. study

• Gene Duplication Detected in Depression

• Virtual biopsy may allow earlier diagnosis of brain disorder in athletes

• A List of Common Mood Disorders

• Lafayette group helps women with postpartum issues

• Neurological protein may hold the key to new treatments for depression

• Playing with building blocks of creativity help children with autism

• Alcohol consumption decreases with the development of disease

• Dim lights at night linked to depression

• Modulating a protein in the brain could help control Alzheimer’s disease

• New Insight Into the Cause of Common Dementia Found by Researchers

• Post-traumatic stress disorder linked to death, atherosclerosis in veterans

• The Pericyte Becomes a Player in Alzheimer’s, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases