psychiatric disorders

Psychiatrists and GPs: Diagnostic Decision Making, Personality Profiles and Attitudes Toward Depression and Anxiety.

Psychiatrists and GPs: diagnostic decision making, personality profiles and attitudes toward depression and anxiety.

Australas Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 25;
Lampe L, Fritz K, Boyce P, Starcevic V, Brakoulias V, Walter G, Shadbolt N, Harris A, Malhi G

OBJECTIVES: The… Continue reading

Cannabinoid and Opioid Interactions: Implications for Opiate Dependence and Withdrawal.

Cannabinoid and opioid interactions: implications for opiate dependence and withdrawal.

Neuroscience. 2013 Apr 24;
Scavone JL, Sterling RC, Van Bockstaele EJ

Withdrawal from opiates, such as heroin or oral narcotics, is characterized by a host of aversive physical and… Continue reading

ED Management of Patients With Eating Disorders.

ED management of patients with eating disorders.

Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Apr 23;
Trent SA, Moreira ME, Colwell CB, Mehler PS

BACKGROUND: Eating disorders are one of the “great masqueraders” of the twenty-first century. Seemingly healthy young men… Continue reading

Antiaggressive Activity of Central Oxytocin in Male Rats.

Antiaggressive activity of central oxytocin in male rats.

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Apr 28;
Calcagnoli F, de Boer SF, Althaus M, den Boer JA, Koolhaas JM

RATIONALE: A substantial body of research suggests that the neuropeptide oxytocin promotes social affiliative… 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

Issues in the Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Migrant Women in the Perinatal Period.

Issues in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety and depression in migrant women in the perinatal period.

Australas Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 24;
Neale A, Wand A

OBJECTIVES: Perinatal depression and anxiety are prevalent in migrant women. The main aims… Continue reading

Childhood Maltreatment Is Associated With a Sex-Dependent Functional Reorganization of a Brain Inhibitory Control Network.

Childhood maltreatment is associated with a sex-dependent functional reorganization of a brain inhibitory control network.

Hum Brain Mapp. 2013 Apr 24;
Elton A, Tripathi SP, Mletzko T, Young J, Cisler JM, James GA, Kilts CD

Childhood adversity represents a… Continue reading

Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Among Current and Former Injection Drug Users Within a Multidisciplinary Treatment Model at a Community Health Centre.

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection among current and former injection drug users within a multidisciplinary treatment model at a community health centre.

Can J Gastroenterol. 2013 Apr; 27(4): 217-23
Newman AI, Beckstead S, Beking D, Finch S, Knorr… Continue reading

Investigating the Genetic Load of an Emblematic Invasive Species: The Case of the Invasive Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia Axyridis.

Investigating the genetic load of an emblematic invasive species: the case of the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis.

Ecol Evol. 2013 Apr; 3(4): 864-71
Tayeh A, Estoup A, Hufbauer RA, Ravigne V, Goryacheva I, Zakharov IA, Lombaert E, Facon… Continue reading

Role of Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Psychiatric Practice.

Role of Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Psychiatric Practice.

PharmaNutrition. 2013 Apr; 1(2): 41-49
McNamara RK, Strawn JR

Nutrition plays a minor role in psychiatric practice which is currently dominated by a pharmacological treatment algorithm. An accumulating body of… Continue reading