psychiatric disorders

Summer Editorial Board: A Call to Conversation

Summer Editorial Board: A Call to Conversation
Oftentimes, the emergence of eating disorders is related to a need for influence over personal matters. The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders has suggested that 86 percent of women in… Continue reading

Depression and Chronic Diseases: It Is Time for a Synergistic Mental Health and Primary Care Approach.

Depression and chronic diseases: it is time for a synergistic mental health and primary care approach.

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2013; 15(2):
Voinov B, Richie WD, Bailey RK

Objective: To identify the growing significance of depression as a… Continue reading

Mental Health Response to Community Disasters: A Systematic Review.

Mental health response to community disasters: a systematic review.

JAMA. 2013 Aug 7; 310(5): 507-18
North CS, Pfefferbaum B

Exposure to a disaster is common, and one-third or more of individuals severely exposed may develop posttraumatic stress disorder or… Continue reading

SAHA Enhances Synaptic Function and Plasticity in Vitro but Has Limited Brain Availability in Vivo and Does Not Impact Cognition.

SAHA Enhances Synaptic Function and Plasticity In Vitro but Has Limited Brain Availability In Vivo and Does Not Impact Cognition.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(7): e69964
Hanson JE, La H, Plise E, Chen YH, Ding X, Hanania T, Sabath EV,… Continue reading

Susceptibility Genes Are Enriched in Those of the HSV-1/host Interactome in Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders.

Susceptibility genes are enriched in those of the HSV-1/host interactome in psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Pathog Dis. 2013 Aug 3;
Carter CJ

Herpes simplex (HSV-1) can promote beta-amyloid deposition and tau phosphorylation, demyelination or cognitive deficits relevant to Alzheimer’s disease or multiple sclerosis and to many neuropsychiatric disorders with which it has been implicated. A seroprevalence much higher than disease incidence has called into question any primary causal role. However, as also the case with risk promoting polymorphisms, (also present in control populations) any causal effects are likely to be conditional. During its life cycle, the virus binds to many proteins and modifies the expression of multiple genes creating a host/pathogen interactome involving 1347 host genes. This dataset is heavily enriched in the susceptibility genes for multiple sclerosis (P= 1.3E-99) >Alzheimer’s disease > schizophrenia > Parkinsonism > depression> bipolar disorder> childhood obesity> chronic fatigue> autism > and anorexia (P=0.047) but not ADHD, a relationship maintained for GWAS datasets in multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s… Continue reading

Pharmacologically Assisted Treatment of Opioid-Dependent Youth.

Pharmacologically Assisted Treatment of Opioid-Dependent Youth.

Paediatr Drugs. 2013 Aug 3;
Pecoraro A, Fishman M, Ma M, Piralishvili G, Woody GE

Opioid misuse, abuse, and dependence are global problems whose patterns vary across cultures. In the USA, the non-medical… Continue reading

Three Dimensional Anatomy of the Human Nucleus Accumbens.

Three dimensional anatomy of the human nucleus accumbens.

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2013 Aug 3;
Lucas-Neto L, Neto D, Oliveira E, Martins H, Mourato B, Correia F, Rainha-Campos A, Gonçalves-Ferreira A

The Nucleus accumbens (Acc) is the main structure of… Continue reading

Poisoning With Depilatory Agents in Iran.

Poisoning with depilatory agents in Iran.

J Res Med Sci. 2013 Feb; 18(2): 168-9
Mehrpour O, Farzaneh E, Hasanian-Moghaddam H, Abdollahi A, Rayesson MR, Abdollahi M

HubMed – addiction

Addiction is a Reward Deficit and Stress Surfeit Disorder.

Front… Continue reading

Association Between Ward-Specific Antimicrobial Use Density and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcu Aureus Surveillance: A 60-Month Study.

Association between ward-specific antimicrobial use density and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcu aureus surveillance: a 60-month study.

Infect Drug Resist. 2013; 6: 59-66
Yoshida J, Kikuchi T, Matsubara N, Asano I, Ogami N

It is not known whether or not ward-specific antimicrobial… Continue reading

Influence From Friends to Drink More or Drink Less: A Cross-National Comparison.

Influence from friends to drink more or drink less: A cross-national comparison.

Addict Behav. 2013 Jun 13; 38(11): 2675-2682
Astudillo M, Connor J, Roiblatt RE, Ibanga AK, Gmel G

Drinking habits are socially patterned and social networks influence individuals’… Continue reading