IN THE NEWS
- Academic performance in first grade predicts depression risk in grade 7
- Temperament and family stress--risk factors in adolescent depression and anxiety
- Angry faces active brain's fear centre in youth with generalized anxiety disorder
- Exposure therapy and d-cycloserine (DCS) to combat social anxiety
- Measuring everyday cognition in older adults: New scale developed
- Drug may reverse mental retardation caused by autism
- Autism mutations may share common underlying mechanism
- Men and women show different depression symptom profiles
- Bipolar spectrum model--clinicians urged to be cautious when applying model to patients
- Cognitive function and quality of life linked in bipolar disorder
- Protein offers new treatment target for bipolar disorder
- Suicide most likely in major depressive or mixed phases of bipolar disorder
- Debunking the myth that East Asians somatise depression symptoms
- Academic advantage of full-day kindergarten does not last
- Toddlers can use "chunking" to increase their working memory capacity
- Effect of coal-fired plants on children's cognitive development and health
- Dopamine can also induce fear, not only pleasure
- Talking about feelings may not always be the best therapy
- Inability to express emotions linked to vulnerability to panic attacks
- Alexithymia among victims of childhood abuse
- Long-term grief can be addictive
- The "choking game" gains popularity under adolescents
- Cognitive restructuring and stress reduction can improve memory
- DIRT can be an effective treatment for OCD
- Cognitive function does not predict ability to cope with psychotic symptoms
- Simple model can predict violence in psychotic patients
- South Africans say they know how to protect themselves against the unwanted consequences of sex
- Homosexual brains show similarities with heterosexual brains of the opposite sex
- Men and women react differently to temptation in relationships
- Bikinis can make men impatient
- Adolescents and young adults with schizophrenia show abnormal surge in brain development
- Sleep apnea associated with memory loss
- Children's Report of Sleep Patterns may be a reliable, valid measure of children's sleep habits
- 'Banking' sleep
PSYCHLITS: ON THE PSYCH RADAR
- Incense alleviates anxiety and depression in mice
- Happiness index--the world is getting happier
- Measures of shyness and boldness in the brain
- OCD risk increased when several variations in a gene occur together
- Personal experience key to substance use in bipolar disorder
- Size of the hippocampus can predict depression relapse in men
- Insomnia effectively treated with MBCT--Pilot study
- Watermelon--the new Viagra?
PSYCH-POINTERS...
- Cognitive neuroscience and schizophrenia
DRUGS & MEDICATION
- Antidepressants can make the world seem a better place in just four hours
- Early response to antipsychotic medication predicts long-term response in schizophrenic patients
- Antipsychotics relieve some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, but not quality of life
- Alternative & complementary therapies
- Mental health: You are what you eat
- Could tomatoes provide a vaccine for Alzheimer's?
- Tai chi helps older adults sleep better
- Mindfulness meditation slows progression of HIV
AWARDS
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
RESOURCES ON THE WEB
- Resources for your patients
CONFERENCES & EVENTS
