The Association

The Association Between Self-Reported History of Physical Diseases and Psychological Distress in a Community-Dwelling Japanese Population: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study.

The association between self-reported history of physical diseases and psychological distress in a community-dwelling Japanese population: the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study. Eur J Public Health. 2013 Feb 26; Nakaya N, Kogure M, Saito-Nakaya K, Tomata Y, Sone T, Kakizaki M,… Continue reading

Neuroplasticity-Based Brain Stimulation Interventions in the Study and Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Review.

...  Thailand, a Thai Health Professional Alliance against Tobacco, with 17 allies from medical, nursing, traditional medicine, and other health professional organizations, is working in a concerted manner toward promoting tobacco control. Indian Dental Association intervention is another good example.… Continue reading

Using the Mood Disorder Questionnaire and Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale to Detect Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Among Eating Disorder Patients.

...  entry. Statistically significant associations with 25(OH)D concentrations were observed for body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA), height, smoking, total vitamin D intake, physical activity, and race or ethnicity. Of the correlates of 25(OH)D, BMI, BSA, height, physical… Continue reading

TEEN TRUTH: INSIGHT – Words Can Hurt

...  to the way CAPS tracks and obtains clinical information, the multiple agents involved in diagnosis and treatment of the disorders and the tendency of eating disorders … Read more on Duke ChronicleMiss UNC Colleen Daly fights against eating… Continue reading

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

...  region, is a highly polymorphic, gene-dense region. It has been identified as a susceptibility locus of schizophrenia in Europeans, Japanese, and Chinese. In our previous two-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS), polymorphisms of zinc finger with KRAB and SCAN domains… Continue reading

Leptin and Its Association With Somatic Depressive Symptoms in Patients With the Metabolic Syndrome.

...  and its Association with Somatic Depressive Symptoms in Patients with the Metabolic Syndrome. Ann Behav Med. 2013 Feb 23; Chirinos DA, Goldberg R, Gellman M, Mendez AJ, Gutt M, McCalla JR, Llabre MM, Schneiderman N BACKGROUND: This study aimed… Continue reading

Pairwise Analysis Can Account for Network Structures Arising From Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity.

Pairwise analysis can account for network structures arising from spike-timing dependent plasticity. PLoS Comput Biol. 2013 Feb; 9(2): e1002906Babadi B, Abbott LF Spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) modifies synaptic strengths based on timing information available locally at each synapse. Despite this,… Continue reading

A Life Course Perspective on Economic Stress and Tobacco Smoking: A Population Based Study.

A life course perspective on economic stress and tobacco smoking: a population based study. Addiction. 2013 Feb 25; Lindström M, Modén B, Rosvall M AIMS: To investigate the associations between economic stress in childhood and adulthood, and tobacco smoking, with… Continue reading

Risk for Addiction-Related Disorders Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in a Large Cohort of Active-Duty U.S. Airmen.

Risk for Addiction-Related Disorders Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in a Large Cohort of Active-Duty U.S. Airmen. Am J Psychiatry. 2013 Feb 22; Miller SC, Baktash SH, Webb TS, Whitehead CR, Maynard C, Wells TS, Otte CN, Gore RK OBJECTIVE… Continue reading

Depression Treatment: Family-Based Study of AVPR1B Association and Interaction With Stressful Life Events on Depression and Anxiety in Suicide Attempts.

...  reported to associate with mood and anxiety disorders. This study aims, for the first time, to investigate association of AVPR1B genetic variants with mood and anxiety outcomes in suicidal behavior. Using a family-based study design of 660 complete nuclear… Continue reading