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Better Presurgery Mood Predicts Better Postsurgery Recovery

Better Presurgery Mood Predicts Better Postsurgery Recovery
Stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems can weaken immune systems and make one more susceptible to illness and disease. Studies have demonstrated the positive effects of psychosocial interventions on cancer patients… Continue reading

Promoting Innovation and Excellence to Face the Rapid Diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances in the EU: The Outcomes of the ReDNet Project.

Promoting innovation and excellence to face the rapid diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances in the EU: the outcomes of the ReDNet project.

Hum Psychopharmacol. 2013 Jul; 28(4): 317-23
Corazza O, Assi S, Simonato P, Corkery J, Bersani S, Demetrovics… Continue reading

Brain Damages in Ketamine Addicts as Revealed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Brain damages in ketamine addicts as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging.

Front Neuroanat. 2013; 7: 23
Wang C, Zheng D, Xu J, Lam W, Yew DT

Ketamine, a known antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartic (NMDA) glutamate receptors, had been used as… Continue reading

Depression, It’s My Time.


 

Depression, It’s my time. – I made this video for all who have loved me. I can’t do this anymore. I love you all. Goodbye world.

 

European Union Approves Some DHA and EPA Health Claims
Low levels of… Continue reading

Sugar Addiction: Pushing the Drug-Sugar Analogy to the Limit.

Sugar addiction: pushing the drug-sugar analogy to the limit.

Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2013 May 27;
Ahmed SH, Guillem K, Vandaele Y

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review research by testing the validity of the analogy between addictive… Continue reading

Characteristics of Outpatients in an Addictions Clinic for Co-Occurring Disorders.

Characteristics of Outpatients in an Addictions Clinic for Co-occurring Disorders.

Am J Addict. 2013 May; 22(3): 297-301
Malat J, Turner NE

To examine characteristics of treatment-seeking outpatients from a clinic for co-occurring disorders within an urban psychiatric hospital.Patients (n?=?131)… Continue reading

Second-Line Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Prednisone and Radiotherapy for Symptom Relief.

Second-line treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. Prednisone and radiotherapy for symptom relief.

Prescrire Int. 2013 Mar; 22(136): 74-8

First-line treatment based on androgen suppression is initially very effective in relieving the symptoms of metastatic prostate cancer. When androgen suppression… Continue reading

Rehab Centers: A General Theoretical Framework for Interpreting Patient-Reported Outcomes Estimated From Ordinally Scaled Item Responses.

A general theoretical framework for interpreting patient-reported outcomes estimated from ordinally scaled item responses.

Filed under: Rehab Centers

Stat Methods Med Res. 2013 Feb 19;
Massof RW

A simple theoretical framework explains patient responses to items in rating scale… Continue reading

Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation: Paraoxonase 1 Gene Polymorphism Does Not Affect Clopidogrel Response Variability but Is Associated With Clinical Outcome After PCI.

Paraoxonase 1 Gene Polymorphism Does Not Affect Clopidogrel Response Variability but Is Associated with Clinical Outcome after PCI.

Filed under: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

PLoS One. 2013; 8(2): e52779
Park KW, Park JJ, Kang J, Jeon KH, Kang SH,… Continue reading

How to Identify and Treat Depression


 

How to Identify and Treat Depression – What is depression? What are its symptoms? What is the biology behind it? How can it be treated – medicinally or by a cognitive behavioral therapy? What lays in the future of… Continue reading