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Archive for January, 2006

Possible Link between Virus and Obesity

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Study Strengthens Link between Virus and Weight Gain
Unlike some news outlets that are shortening this story down to “viruses cause obesity,” I appreciated Scientific American’s balanced and well-written article that explains how preliminary this research is (it was done on chickens, for gawdsakes!). While it may have relevance to people combatting weight gain in the […]

Scientific brain linked to autism? Maybe, maybe not.

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Scientific brain linked to autism
I wish I had access to the full text of this article, because it looks like one of those articles which is not a study at all, just an opinion piece (it’s in a section entitled, Perspectives, which seems to me to suggest it is exactly just that). Opinion pieces, while […]

Super Bowl Sunday and Domestic Violence

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Public Service Announcement: As another Super Bowl in the United States approaches this Sunday, it’s also a good time to revisit the myth that Super Bowl Sunday is the most active day for domestic violence calls in the year. This pops up every now and again, especially at this time of the year, but there’s […]

The Internet Brings People Together, Does Not Isolate

Monday, January 30th, 2006

There’s been some contradictory research as to whether the Internet is, on the whole, more socially isolating or more socially connecting. A previous study found that the Internet time was cutting into socializing and television watching. According to the most recent research however, it appears that this isn’t entirely the case. The Internet brings people […]

New Book: Juvenile-Onset Schizophrenia

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

A new book has been published that is written more for mental health professionals, but may be of interest to family members who are interested in learning more in-depth information about schizophrenia.
The book review, from the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, states:

Juvenile-Onset Schizophrenia: Assessment, Neurobiology and Treatment Robert L Findling, S Charles Schulz, editors. Baltimore (MD): […]

Single workout can lift mood in depressed patients

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

Single workout can lift mood in depressed patients
A single 30-minute walk on a treadmill can give a temporary emotional lift to patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder, the results of a small study suggest.
Researchers found that among 40 men and women recently diagnosed with major depression, those who spent just a half hour on a […]

Psychologists prescribe movies for self-help

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

Helping Patients Help Themselves
Increasingly psychologists are extending the impact of their work by recommending self-help groups, books, movies and more. With insurers limiting the number of sessions available to the client, “homework” or actions consumers can take to understand their problems and care for themselves enhance therapy.
As well, psychologists are expanding their services to […]

Depressing Results for Treatment of Depression

Friday, January 27th, 2006

In reviewing grant applications for the NIMH, you come across pretty stark reviews of the literature in terms of the efficacy of certain treatments for certain disorders. In reviewing such an application today, I’m reminded how poor the 2- and 3-year outcomes are for the treatment of depression, across a wide range of treatment modalities […]

Judge rips state on care for mentally ill children

Friday, January 27th, 2006

Judge rips state on care for mentally ill children
It’s very sad that I live in what is perceived to be a very progressive state, but that when you look beyond the facade of state government and services here in Massachusetts, you find quality no better than many very poor states.
The Boston Globe reports today […]

Coping with Addictions

Friday, January 27th, 2006

“It’s easier to become abstinent from alcohol if you quit smoking at the same time.”

Mind and Sun: Shedding Light on Suicide and Schizophrenia

Friday, January 27th, 2006

More reasons to love and hate our favorite star. Sunlight is positively, if counterintuitively, linked to an increased risk of suicide, while too little sun causes vitamin D deficiency, a factor newly implicated in schizophrenia.
Suicides peak in May and June in the Northern Hemisphere and in November and December in the Southern Hemisphere. Indeed, the […]

Nicotine found to help symtoms of Schizophrenia

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Nicotine…
While only one in four Americans now light up, cigarette use hovers near 90 percent among schizophrenics. But for folks with this personality disorder, smoking may be a form of self-medication. Nicotine, it seems, counteracts some of the impairments caused by schizophrenia and the drug most often used to treat it.
In experiments at Duke University […]



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