Psychiatry: Archives

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Treating Chronic Insomnia OvernightFree

• February 6, 2012
• Deborah Cowley, MD

Intensive sleep retraining is a novel, brief, and effective treatment for sleep-onset insomnia.

• Reviewing:
• Harris J et al., Sleep 2012 Jan 1; 35:49 Spielman AJ and Glovinsky PB., Sleep 2012 Jan 1; 35:11

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Healthy Nutrients in the Blood Help the Aging Brain

• February 6, 2012
• Jonathan Silver, MD

A study of nutrient biomarker levels in plasma confirms the usual suspects that help or hurt our cognition.

• Reviewing:
• Bowman GL et al., Neurology 2012 Jan 24; 78:241 Tangney CC., Neurology 2012 Jan 24; 78:230

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Antipsychotics Vary in Mortality Risk in Dementia Patients

• February 6, 2012
• Joel Yager, MD

Haloperidol had the highest 6-month mortality rate; quetiapine, the lowest.

• Reviewing:
• Kales HC et al., Am J Psychiatry 2012 Jan; 169:71

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Sobering Data About Young People's Attitudes Toward Alcohol

• February 6, 2012
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

Strict societal and parental attitudes toward drinking decrease drinking and alcohol-related problems in young adults.

• Reviewing:
• Huckle T et al., J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2012 Jan; 73:53 Abar CC et al., J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2012 Jan; 73:71

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Family Therapy After Hospitalization for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

• February 6, 2012
• Joel Yager, MD

A focus on family dynamics benefits patients.

• Reviewing:
• Godart N et al., PLoS ONE 2012 Jan 4; 7:e28249

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Emergency Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior: Are We Doing Our Best?Free

• January 30, 2012
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

Many patients with self-injury, including those with the greatest risks, never receive a psychiatric evaluation.

• Reviewing:
• Olfson M et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2012 Jan; 69:80

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Make the Brain Younger to Treat Anxiety: An Animal Study

• January 30, 2012
• Jonathan Silver, MD

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may change the brain to an immature state where behavior therapy may be more effective.

• Reviewing:
• Karpova NN et al., Science 2011 Dec 23; 334:1731

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A Clinically Relevant Way to Assess Antidepressant Effectiveness

• January 30, 2012
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

Looking at response trajectories instead of endpoints reveals that early response to antidepressants likely means continued improvement.

• Reviewing:
• Gueorguieva R et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2011 Dec; 68:1227

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Epilepsy and TBI May Increase Risk for Violence

• January 30, 2012
• Jonathan Silver, MD

This population-based study suggests that substance use and developmental factors also play a role.

• Reviewing:
• Fazel S et al., PLoS Med 2011 Dec; 8:e1001150 Volavka J., PLoS Med 2011 Dec; 8:e1001148

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Information-Processing Deficit Precedes Onset of Schizophrenia

• January 23, 2012
• Steven Dubovsky, MD

Two markers of preattentive processing of changes in the auditory environment are different in healthy controls than in new schizophrenia patients or individuals at high disease risk.

• Reviewing:
• Atkinson RJ et al., Biol Psychiatry 2012 Jan 15; 71:98 Belger A et al., Biol Psychiatry 2012 Jan 15; 71:94