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Transdiagnostic Treatment of Depression: Targeting Mechanisms for Lasting Change with Rochelle I. Frank, Ph.D.
Tuesday, April 26 | Noon ET - 1 p.m. ET | 1 CE
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Ethical and Effective Telemental Health Practice Through Video Conferencing: Three-Part Webinar
Series with Mary Karapetian Alvord, Ph.D., Alvord, Baker & Associates, LLC (3 CE)
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Amanda Miska writes: Currently, in my vanity drawer, there are 16 varieties of concealer, four foundations, mattifying cream, two primers, redness corrector and three types of makeup setter. I can't recall a time in my life before age 17 where I didn't wake up and rush to the mirror to put something on my face to hide it. I've mastered this art, my face a canvas in reverse.
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The Atlantic
Severe trauma cases are seen on a daily basis on Lesbos, the pastoral Greek island currently serving as the front line to Europe's largest wave of forced migration since the Second World War. Since January, 2015, 1.2 million refugees have entered Europe, almost half of whom are from Syria, according to figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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ADAA
The April 2016 issue of Depression and Anxiety focuses on the work of the ADAA Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award winner and finalists.
Donald F Klein Investigator Award Winner
Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) and Genome-Wide by Environment Interaction Study (GWEIS) of Depressive Symptoms in African American and Hispanic/Latina Women (Erin Dunn, ScD, MPH)
2015 Donald F Klein Investigator Award Finalists
Neural Reactivity to Reward as a Predictor of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Response in Anxiety and Depression (Heide Klumpp Ph.D.)
Altered Default Mode Network (DMN) Resting State Functional Connectivity Following a Mindfulness-Based Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Combat Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq (Anthony P. King Ph.D.)
Structural and Functional Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Associations with FKBP5 (Negar Fani Ph.D.)
Epigenetic Variation at SKA2 Predicts Suicide Phenotypes and Internalizing Psychopathology (Naomi Sadeh Ph.D.)
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Psychiatric Services
Most depression among older adults is treated in primary care, and many patients do not adhere to medication treatment. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has recently introduced initiatives to address such treatment gaps. This study examined patient-reported antidepressant nonadherence during the acute treatment period (first four months after a prescription) and identified predictors of nonadherence in a sample of older veterans.
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HealthDay News via Physician's Briefing
Emotional distress is common in children during and after therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according to a study published online March 29 in Cancer. Researcher prospectively assessed anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and families after completion of treatment for childhood ALL.
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Medscape
Pramipexole, which is used to treat Parkinson's disease, can significantly improve symptoms of treatment-resistant depression, provided patients can tolerate the doses needed to achieve a therapeutic effect, suggests new research presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference 2016.
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Healio
Data presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Annual Meeting 2016 indicated associations between anxiety symptoms and dermatological conditions. "Anxiety disorders are common, yet often undiagnosed, in patients presenting to outpatient dermatology clinics," researchers wrote.
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HealthDay News
Effective treatment of depression seems to reduce a person's risk of heart disease, according to a new study. Depression is a known risk factor for heart disease, but how treatment for depression affected that risk was unclear, researchers said. The findings were presented recently at an American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago.
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HealthDay News
Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder may have blood vessels that don't expand normally, a new study suggests. If vessels don't widen as they should, the risk of heart attack and stroke goes up, the researchers noted in the study published online March 23 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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National Public Radio
When parents suffer depression, there can be a ripple effect on children. Kids may become anxious, even sad. There may be behavior problems. Health may suffer. Recently, a large Swedish study showed that grades may decline, too, when a parent is depressed. The study was published in a February issue of JAMA Psychiatry.
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Medscape
For adolescents with depression who have comorbid sleep disturbances, the course of depression is more severe, regardless of the treatment they receive, in comparison with those whose sleep disturbances resolve, two new studies show. The research was presented at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference 2016.
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Reuters
Studies have linked the use of social media to depression, but addiction to social media, rather than use alone, may explain the connection, new research suggests. The researchers randomly selected 1,763 participants, ages 19-32, and asked them about their depressive symptoms, social media use and addictive behaviors. The research was presented March 30 at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
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Medical News Today
Results of a two-year study on health and resilience in U.S. veterans show that nearly 14 percent report having suicidal thoughts in one or both waves of the research. The research, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, used data from a nationally representative sample of over 2,000 American vets who were surveyed twice — once in 2011 and again in 2013.
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