Psychiatry

A new study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology found that the stress hormone cortisol, may be linked to some of the symptoms of Asperger Syndrome.

According to researchers, two-year-olds who have autism "pay attention to physical relationships between movement and sound and miss critical social information."

Researchers have performed a series of short-term memory tasks in soldiers with and without PTSD, progressing one step further to the possibility of one day using brain scans to diagnose the illness.

The accusation that Scott Reuben, MD, fabricated results in more than 20 papers published in peer-reviewed journals has been widely reported in the last three weeks.

An analysis of the DISC1 gene, which plays a role in mental illness, may lead to improved methods for prescribing targeted medications.

Study results reveal that the gene DISC1—shown "to help brain neuronal cells migrate to their correct positions and to help new neurons grow in the developing brain"—directly inhibits GSK3B activity.

A new study from the University of Central Florida offers insight on the benefits children with ADHD might derive from their hyperactive behavior.

New research has discovered how the toxoplasmosis parasite may activate the development of schizophrenia and other bipolar disorders.

A recent study suggests that medications indicated for severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are often prescribed "off-label" at inappropriately low doses for patients with less severe illnesses.

Do you know any parents who�ve made the decision not to vaccinate their children because they are convinced there is a link between vaccines and autism?

Anti-social behavior in young girls and anxiety in both young girls and boys are signs of adolescent depression.

Medtronic’s Reclaim Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy became the first deep brain stimulation device approved by the FDA to treat a psychiatric condition.

Reforming healthcare often took center stage during the presidential campaign. Having won the election, President Obama continues to tout healthcare reform as one of the top issues he wants addressed his first year in office.

Researchers have found that teenagers who watch the most television are more likely to exhibit symptoms of depression as young adults.

Disclosure is becoming a bigger and bigger issue now with respect to physicians’ relationships with drug companies.

The inheritable aspect of schizophrenia may be due to, in large part, structural changes in DNA called copy number variants, not more common genetic variants that have been the focus in previous studies.

Healthcare consumers may be the driving force behind Health 2.0, but are they really in control? And who knows what the final destination will be?

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced last week the offering of a new Assertive Community Treatment Knowledge Informing Transformation packet.

How does today’s connected, "always on" world translate to your medical practice?

How does today's connected, "always on" world translate to your medical practice?

Using MRI to detect changes in adolescents� brain structure, scientists found lower levels of grey matter in the brains of those who were experiencing a first psychosis outbreak, compared with healthy counterparts.

Researchers report that high levels of activity in the amygdala "reflect patients' hypersensitivity to anticipation of adverse events," while high activity in the anterior cingulated cortex is associated with "a positive clinical response to a common antidepressant medication."

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With the help of functional MRI (fMRI), Italian researchers at the University of Udine have found that in patients who suffer from stress-related psychiatric disorders, the neural circuitry that links the prefrontal cortex to the hippocampus is dysfunctional, hampering memory suppression.

Dean Heller, MD, President of VideoMD—an online library of physician-created, patient education videos—explains the benefits to both patients and physicians of www.videomd.com.

The ICD-9 medical coding system we’ve all relied on for decades will soon change.

Andy Josephson, MD, is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he directs the Neurohospitalist Program.

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Medical decision support software is the term used for computer programs and associated databases that help make diagnoses and advise on treatment.

Remember in the 1960s Star Trek series when Dr. McCoy would pass his medical tricorder over a prostrate body to discover not only which species of alien had invaded the young ensign, but also how to expel the creature with a dose of medicine?