Psychiatric Disorders in Combat Zone Veterans: What Mandatory Screens Can Find
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Postdeployment mental health screening results in high yields.
By Joel Yager, MD
May 12, 2008
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Seal KH et al., Am J Public Health 2008 Apr; 98:714
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The "bad" form of the gene implicated in Alzheimer disease is associated with better prognosis in TBI patients.
By Jonathan Silver, MD
May 12, 2008
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Willemse-van Son AHP et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008 Apr; 79:426
Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder STEPPS Up?
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A new psychotherapeutic program might be helpful.
By Joel Yager, MD
May 12, 2008
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Blum N et al., Am J Psychiatry 2008 Apr; 165:468
Neurosurgery for Depression: Pinpointing the Way to Success
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Precise location of the ablative lesion seems important in anterior cingulotomy.
By Steven Dubovsky, MD
May 12, 2008
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Steele JD et al., Biol Psychiatry 2008 Apr 1; 63:670
Cellular Processes and Depression Treatments: An Animal Study
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A new focus on BDNF
By Steven Dubovsky, MD
May 12, 2008
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Adachi M et al., Biol Psychiatry 2008 Apr 1; 63:642
Tamoxifen: An Intracellular Target for Treatment of Mania
Another small, positive study for a drug that alters intracellular dynamics
By Steven Dubovsky, MD
May 5, 2008
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Yildiz A et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008 Mar; 65:255
Postconcussion Symptoms in Mild TBI: Not Sensitive and Not Specific?
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Frequency of these symptoms was similar in patients with mild TBI and in those with trauma but no TBI.
By Jonathan Silver, MD
May 5, 2008
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Meares S et al., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008 Mar; 79:300
Imaging Traumatic Brain Injury: New Developments
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Unlike routine imaging, quantitative MRI is sensitive to some neuropathologic changes.
By Jonathan Silver, MD
May 5, 2008
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Levine B et al., Neurology 2008 Mar 4; 70:771
Wilde EA et al., Neurology 2008 Mar 18; 70:948
Quantitative EEG Findings and Future Antidepressant-Related Suicidality
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Might clinicians eventually examine frontal quantitative-EEG rhythm asymmetries to predict increased suicidal thinking?
By Joel Yager, MD
May 5, 2008
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Iosifescu DV et al., Acta Psychiatr Scand 2008 Apr; 117:271
Self-Criticism and CBT
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Highly critical adults may be less responsive to interpersonal psychotherapy.
