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Association of Functional DBH Genetic Variants With Alcohol Dependence Risk and Related Depression and Suicide Attempt Phenotypes: Results From a Large Multicenter Association Study.

...  of functional DBH genetic variants with alcohol dependence risk and related depression and suicide attempt phenotypes: Results from a large multicenter association study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jul 30; Preuss UW, Wurst FM, Ridinger M, Rujescu D, Fehr… Continue reading

Shame and Guilt in Social Anxiety Disorder: Effects of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Association With Social Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms.

...  memory in health and depression. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4): e61494Woudstra S, van Tol MJ, Bochdanovits Z, van der Wee NJ, Zitman FG, van Buchem MA, Opmeer EM, Aleman A, Penninx BW, Veltman DJ, Hoogendijk WJ Major depressive disorder (MDD)… Continue reading

Screening and Counselling in the Primary Care Setting for Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence (WEAVE): A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.

...  However, we suggest that family doctors should be trained to ask about the safety of women and children, and to provide supportive counselling for women experiencing abuse, because our findings suggest that, although we detected no improvement in quality… Continue reading

Genetic Variants Associated With Disordered Eating.

...  variants associated with disordered eating. Int J Eat Disord. 2013 Apr 9; Wade TD, Gordon S, Medland S, Bulik CM, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Martin NG OBJECTIVE: Although the genetic contribution to the development of anorexia nervosa (AN) has… Continue reading

Defining a Service for People Who Use Drugs as ‘low-threshold’: What Should Be the Criteria?

...  a service for people who use drugs as ‘low-threshold’: What should be the criteria? Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Apr 5; Mofizul Islam M, Topp L, Conigrave KM, Day CA HubMed – addiction   Case-control association study of WLS… Continue reading

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...  regulated as a state monopoly. HubMed – addiction   Drug addiction is associated with leukocyte telomere length. Sci Rep. 2013 Mar 26; 3: 1542Yang Z, Ye J, Li C, Zhou D, Shen Q, Wu J, Cao L, Wang T,… Continue reading

Ketamine Is Associated With Lower Urinary Tract Signs and Symptoms.

...  disorders, particularly under conditions of stress. Based on the hypothesized effects of CRHR1 variation on stress reactivity, measures of adulthood traumatic stress exposure were analyzed for their interaction with CRHR1 haplotypes and SNPs in predicting the risk for alcoholism.… Continue reading

Gene Expression and Thiopurine Metabolite Profiling in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Novel Clues to Drug Targets and Disease Mechanisms?

...  drug   Replication of Association between Schizophrenia and Chromosome 6p21-6p22.1 Polymorphisms in Chinese Han Population. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2): e56732Zhang Y, Lu T, Yan H, Ruan Y, Wang L, Zhang D, Yue W, Lu L Chromosome 6p21-p22.1, spanning the… Continue reading

Addiction Rehab: BDNF Val66Met Variant and Smoking in a Chinese Population.

...  (mean age at smoking initiation of 17.4, 17.9 and 21.2 years for Met/Met, Met/Val, and Val/Val, respectively; both p0.05). In addition, there was no main effect of genotype on serum BDNF levels. Our findings suggest that the BDNF Val66Met… Continue reading

Prevalence and Type of Functional Somatic Complaints in Patients With First-Episode Depression.

Prevalence and Type of Functional Somatic Complaints in Patients with First-episode Depression. Filed under: Depression Treatment East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 2012 Dec; 22(4): 146-53Grover S, Kumar V, Chakrabarti S, Hollikatti P, Singh P, Tyagi S, Kulhara P, Avasthi A OBJECTIVE.… Continue reading