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SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Psychological Treatment Changes Brain Structure in Schizophrenia

• May 20, 2013
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

By improving information processing, cognitive remediation might reduce patients' psychotic interpretations of reality.

• Reviewing:
• Penadés R et al. Biol Psychiatry 2013 May 15; 73:1015

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Genetics of Claustrophobia

• May 20, 2013
• Joel Yager, MD

Can defects in a single gene account for this phobia?

• Reviewing:
• El Kordi A et al. Translat Psychiatry 2013 Apr 30; 3:e254

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Couch Potatoes May Have the Right Idea

• May 20, 2013
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

In this animal study, even mild exploratory activity was associated with DNA damage that in wild-type animals was repaired with resting.

• Reviewing:
• Suberbielle E et al. Nat Neurosci 2013 May; 16:613

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Gaining Access to Infant ConsciousnessFree

• May 13, 2013
• Barbara Geller, MD

Electrophysiologic proof of infants' awareness bolsters the potential usefulness of therapies targeting the very young.

• Reviewing:
• Kouider S et al. Science 2013 Apr 19; 340:376

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Autism Linked to Epigenetic Differences in Monozygotic Twins

• May 13, 2013
• Barbara Geller, MD

Could these differences become targets for prevention or treatment?

• Reviewing:
• Wong CCY et al. Mol Psychiatry 2013 Apr 23

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Childhood Trauma Shortens Telomeres

• May 13, 2013
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

The mechanism of how childhood trauma gets "under the skin" might explain psychopathology in some individuals later in life.

• Reviewing:
• Shalev I et al. Mol Psychiatry 2013 May; 18:576

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Can We Predict Future Arrest in Criminals?

• May 13, 2013
• Jonathan Silver, MD

In this narrow study, anterior cingulate cortex activity is linked to re-arrest in criminals.

• Reviewing:
• Aharoni E et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 Apr 9; 110:6223

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

I've Got a Secret, and I'll Try to Lie About It

• May 13, 2013
• Jonathan Silver, MD

To learn what happens inside the brain when people are deceptive, one research group uses imaging, and another focuses on movement-disordered patients.

• Reviewing:
• Lee TMC et al. Sci Rep 2013 Apr 10; 3:1636

FEATURE

Reviews of NoteFree

• May 13, 2013

TBI today, chronicity of anorexia nervosa, new methods of observing deep brain structures, sleep disturbances and stress disorder, and resilience

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Acetaminophen for Disturbing Emotional States?Free

• May 6, 2013
• Joel Yager, MD

In a laboratory experiment, acetaminophen modified how people responded to angst.

• Reviewing:
• Randles D et al. Psychol Sci 2013 Apr 11

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