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ADAA
ADAA is now accepting applications for its 2016 Awards Program: Career Development Leadership Program, Clinician Trainee Awards, Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award, and Travel Awards. Visit the ADAA website for individual awards criteria.
Eligible applicants are graduate and medical students, residents, clinical trainees, postdoc fellows and early career professionals who have recently completed their training or degrees and have an interest in pursuing careers focusing on anxiety disorders and depression.
These awards engage aspiring professionals with ADAA through participation at the annual conference and a unique pairing of winners with senior mentors from ADAA membership. They will be presented at the Anxiety and Depression Conference, March 31 - April 3, 2016, at the Philadelphia Marriott.
Application deadline: Dec. 1
ADAA
The latest edition of Depression and Anxiety includes commentaries on the Institute of Medicine report on evidence-based psychosocial interventions. The issue provides a comprehensive look at the report, emphasizing its strengths and its shortcomings.
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Youth Today
A new toolkit is out that aims to help services providers give a survey about traumatic childhood experiences that are linked to negative effects on health and well-being. The toolkit, developed by The National Crittenton Foundation, offers recommendations about the Adverse Childhood Experiences survey, including how to talk to children and parents about the survey, track results and use the data for public education and policy advocacy.
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Houstonia
Anxiety has overtaken depression as the most common mental health diagnosis in university clinics across the nation. According to an annual national study by the American College Health Association, more than half of U.S. college students said they felt overwhelming anxiety in the past year, a huge spike from 2000, which saw only 6.7 percent report the same. In 2014, 14 percent of college students were diagnosed or treated for the disorder.
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National Institutes of Health
People with depression who benefited from a placebo showed signature changes in the brain and also responded better to subsequent medication. Gaining a better understanding of how placebos work could lead to the development of more effective therapies for a variety of mental disorders.
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British Journal of Pharmacology
A new study in mice reveals that increased body weight and high blood sugar as a result of consuming a high-fat diet may cause anxiety and depressive symptoms and measurable changes in the brain.
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Medical Daily
What are some of the new ways of receiving therapy for anxiety and depression? Let's begin with your laptop. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy, when combined with some in-person care, can benefit people with depression, anxiety and emotional distress caused by illness, a new review of past studies finds.
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Medical Xpress
People with post-traumatic stress disorder have reduced activity of the protein serum and glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 in their prefrontal cortices, and experimentally reducing the protein's activity in rats leads to PTSD-like behavior, according to a new study in PLOS Biology. The study suggests that augmenting activity of SGK1 may be therapeutic in PTSD.
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Medical Daily
"Binge watch" was just dubbed the word of the year, thanks to the many Americans who watch large numbers of programs in one sitting. A team of researchers set out to discover how people feel when they binge watch TV. The new research, presented at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting, revealed a previously undiscovered link between binge watching and depression and anxiety.
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Medical Xpress
African-American youth whose anxiety levels are elevated by the everyday struggles they encounter will overproduce the stress hormone cortisol into adulthood, according to new research published in the International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Researchers found that anxiety among females and alcohol use among males in their teens predict their cortisol output seven years later.
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Medical News Today
Past research has suggested that women with polycystic ovary syndrome are at greater risk for mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. Now, a new study suggests this may be down to hormonal imbalances before birth that affect the brain. Researchers published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Psych Central
Traditional medical opinion has held that people who have experienced an episode of major depression are at high risk for having another episode. New research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggests this may not always be the case. Researchers discovered the risk of depression recurrence is significantly lower for people with complete, rather than partial depressive symptom resolution.
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HealthDay News
Young women who weigh themselves frequently may be at risk for depression, a new study suggests. They were much more likely to be concerned about their weight, to have depression and to have lower levels of self-esteem and body satisfaction, the researchers said. The study appears in the November/December issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
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Runner's World
Experts know that exercise reduces anxiety and symptoms of depression, elevates mood and enhances stress resiliency. As such, they are exploring its potential for both the prevention and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. A recent study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise looked specifically at the effect of exercising before a traumatic experience on the prevalence of symptoms associated with PTSD.
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Psych Central
The end of Daylight Savings Time and the passing of autumn marks the beginning of days in which darkness is prevalent and depression and sadness become common. Although light therapy is the recommended course of treatment for seasonal affective disorder, a new study finds cognitive-behavioral therapy is a more effective intervention. The study appears in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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