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ADAA
Application Deadline: Nov. 18
ADAA seeks to fill two vacancies on its Board of Directors. One seat is designated for an early career researcher or clinician who has completed his or her training within the past five years.
The ideal candidate is someone who considers ADAA his or her professional home; embraces the concept of a multidisciplinary organization involving clinicians and researchers from different disciplines; will actively recruit new members; promotes, presents and attends the annual conference; and thinks strategically about the organization's growth and development.
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| | ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION CONFERENCE 2017 |
ADAA
Join and save! ADAA members save $59 (plus free CE and CME) if they register before Nov. 1. Professionals who are not members can save $100 if they join and register at the member rate.
Submit new research poster abstracts on OCD, PTSD, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, depression and related disorders in children and adults. Deadline: Nov 1.
ADAA
 Non-prescribers: Register today!
Essential Psychopharmacology: What Every Therapist Needs to Know
Beth Salcedo, MD
Noon ET | Wednesday, Nov. 2 | 1 APA CE
This webinar will provide therapists with a working knowledge of the most commonly used medications for anxiety and depression. Non-prescribing treatment providers will gain an understanding of how decisions are made regarding medication choices, dosing and managing side effects. They will learn common misconceptions about medications and be able to provide a comfortable space for the client to work through the various issues that come up throughout treatment.
Mary Gies, MSW, is the ADAA Program Director. Please email suggestions for new offerings based on your professional needs.
The Atlantic
Across the United States, up to one in five children suffers from a mental disorder in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This equates to more than 17 million young people who meet criteria for disorders that affect their ability to learn, behave and express their emotions.
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The Huffington Post
A cultural conversation surrounding mental illness is critical for compassion. And these public figures are nailing it. There is still so much stigma surrounding mental illness ― between doctors not taking it seriously, the media disproportionately associating it with violence and suicide rates continuing to rise.
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National Institutes of Health
Most adults with depression might not be receiving treatment, a new study suggests. And many who do undergo treatment might not have the disorder. These findings highlight the need to deliver appropriate care for depression. To learn more about depression therapy nationwide, NIH-funded researchers analyzed data from more than 46,000 adults who completed a questionnaire to screen for depression.
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The Medical News
In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, a study analyzes the effects of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety. Social anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in Western countries. Even though the prevalence in in China is much lower, it translates into an enormous number of people (approx. 200 million adult people) in need for treatment of mental disorders.
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Medical News Today
Children in the United States who have been in foster care are at significantly higher risk of mental and physical health problems, including learning disabilities, depression, asthma and obesity, compared with children who have not been in foster care. This is the finding of a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.
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MIT Technology Review
At the Lieber Institute for Brain Development in East Baltimore, dozens of brains from people who were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder during their lifetimes are stored away in industrial-sized freezers intended to preserve vital tissue. The nonprofit research institute has amassed 81 of these PTSD brains — only a small portion of its nearly 2,000 total brains — in the six years it's been open.
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The CDI 2 can be used in both educational and clinical settings to evaluate depressive symptoms in children and adolescents.
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HealthDay News via Medical Xpress
Adults who suffered childhood abuse may be at increased risk for bipolar disorder, researchers report. People with bipolar disorder experience emotional extremes — lows and highs — which harm their quality of life and increase suicide risk. The study was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
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Newsweek
Sociologists have long said people who form bonds are less likely to kill themselves, but sometimes the opposite is true — studies now show that one person's suicidal behavior can spur another's, and one death can lead to more deaths. Decades of research prove that a startling range of emotions and behaviors can be contagious — from moodiness to yawning. Young people are especially susceptible.
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CNN
In the future, a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs could be used to treat depression, say University of Cambridge researchers. Drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen treat inflammation, the body's immune response to infections or pathogens. During an inflammatory response, immune cells flood the bloodstream with proteins known as cytokines.
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UPI
An international research team says they have identified the physical source of depression in the brain in a new study. Investigators traced depression to the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for a non-reward mechanism. The research was published in the journal Brain.
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Psych Central
Emerging research suggests binge-eating disorder may be associated with a variety of other illnesses. Specifically, investigators discovered the disorder is often linked to disturbances related to the endocrine and circulatory systems. The study was published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
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HealthDay News
Older men raised in caring families might have more secure marriages in late life, researchers say. Researchers looked at data on 81 men in the United States who took part in a long-term study, beginning when they were teens. Half went to Harvard, while the others were from inner-city Boston.
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