This message was sent to ##Email## February 14, 2017     Home  |   Understanding the Facts  |   Finding Help  |   Living and Thriving Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise      ADAA NEWS ADAA Wishes All of Our Members and Readers a Happy Valentine's Day ADAA We appreciate all of our members. Along with you, our goals are to eliminate barriers that impede progress toward a stigma-free society, and to foster an environment that improves mental health and behavioral health care for all. Please be our Valentine: Help us help you, your patients and clients, and your loved ones. Make a gift this Valentine's Day in honor of someone near and dear. Together We Change Lives. ADAA Anxiety and Depression Conference 2017 ADAA San Francisco — April 6-9 Hilton San Francisco Union Square Early Bird Registration Ends March 1! Register Today! ADAA Depression and Anxiety Journal ADAA Depression and Anxiety, the official journal of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, is available online. ADAA members can subscribe at no charge. The journal welcomes original research and synthetic review articles covering neurobiology (genetics and neuroimaging), epidemiology, experimental psychopathology, and treatment (psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic) aspects of mood and anxiety disorders, and related phenomena in humans. Acute stress disorder and the transition to posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: Prevalence, course, prognosis, diagnostic suitability, and risk markers Richard Meiser-Stedman, Anna McKinnon, Clare Dixon, Adrian Boyle, Patrick Smith and Tim Dalgleisho Version of Record online: 30 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/da.22602 Age of onset and family history as indicators of polygenic risk for major depression Anna R. Docherty, Alexis C. Edwards, Fuzhong Yang, Roseann E. Peterson, Chelsea Sawyers, Daniel E. Adkins, Ashlee A. Moore, Bradley T. Webb, Silviu A. Bacanu, Jonathan Flint and Kenneth S. Kendler Version of Record online: 2 FEB 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/da.22607 Depression care among depressed adults with and without comorbid substance use disorders in the United States Beth Han, Mark Olfson and Ramin Mojtabai Version of Record online: 2 FEB 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/da.22592 ADAA Membership ADAA ADAA offers a listing of clinical trials (and information about clinical trials) on its website. Consumers can search by title of study or by state. ADAA members can post a clinical trial for free on the website. Non-members pay a flat fee of $250 per study. ADAA has responded to an increasing demand for information about residential treatment centers by compiling a Q&A flyer based on typical questions from the public that we receive via email or phone regarding the selection of in-patient residential treatment centers. You can view/download the flyer here. The ADAA Residential treatment website page also includes Bradley C. Riemann, PhD (Clinical Director, OCD Center & CBT Services at Rogers Memorial Hospital) and Thröstur Björgvinsson, PhD (Program Director, Houston OCD Program) answering questions about residential treatment for OCD and related disorders. Did You Know? ADAA Technology incorporated into mental health treatment in the form of apps can be effective tools that make therapy more accessible, efficient and portable for those with anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, PTSD and other related disorders — as well as for those who provide treatment. ADAA's mental health apps review committee enlists the help of ADAA members to review apps that are posted on the ADAA website. To view a list of reviewed apps, click here. ADAA Triumph Newsletter ADAA ADAA provides its consumer community with news and resources through its monthly free email newsletter, Triumph. We have recently redesigned the newsletter to make it easier to read and to further encourage visits to the ADAA website. We encourage you to share the newsletter with your clients as it provides valuable free information and resources on anxiety, depression and related disorders. Click here to learn more and to sign up. ADAA Professional Webinars ADAA Last Call for the Wednesday, Feb. 15 webinar! What Mental Health Providers Need to Know About Primary Care — Behavioral Health Integration Feb. 15 | Noon to 1 p.m. ET Featuring: Risa B. Weisberg, PhD Assistant Chief of Psychology, VA Boston Healthcare System Training Director, VA Boston Healthcare System Clinical Psychology Internship Program Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University This webinar will provide participants with an overview of the key principals of helping our patients via collaborating with and consulting to primary care providers. While this is essential knowledge for anyone hoping to work in a primary care-behavioral health setting, the information presented should also be of value to specialty mental health providers who intend to continue to practice in mental health settings, but hope to increase their referrals from and collaborations with primary care providers. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Summarize the benefits to collaborating with primary care providers in treating patients with common mental/behavioral health problems. Describe at least four ways in which the role of a primary care-behavioral health consultant differs from that of a specialty mental health provider. Write intake reports and progress notes that are more likely to be read and viewed as helpful by primary care providers. Presentation level: Introductory. Register today Please note: These webinars are approved by the American Psychological Association and New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work for 1 continuing education credit/hour. View and register for all upcoming webinars. Questions/Suggestions for topics? Please contact Mary Gies, MSW, ADAA Program Director    COMMUNITY NEWS ISTSS 33rd Annual Meeting Abstract Submissions are Open! ADAA Submissions Accepted: Feb. 7 - March 21 The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Trauma and Complexity: From Self to Cells, will be held Nov. 9-11 at the Palmer House Hilton, in Chicago. You can find the Abstract Submission Guidelines and Sample Abstract Guidelines on the ISTSS website. You can submit your abstract here.     .  SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT        RESEARCH AND PRACTICE NEWS Depressed patients with earlier and more severe symptoms have high genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders Science Daily Clinical features of major depressive disorder may help identify specific subgroups of depressed patients based on associations with genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders, reports a study in Biological Psychiatry. Researchers found that patients with an early age at onset and higher symptom severity have an increased genetic risk for MDD, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  READ MORE For anxiety disorders, CBT may restore brain's structural balance Psych Central New research finds that cognitive behavioral therapy actually changes key brain structures that are involved in processing and regulating emotions. The finding helps to explain the success of CBT for anxiety disorders. Remediation of social anxiety is an important accomplishment as anxiety in social situations is not a rare problem.  READ MORE Hospice caregivers should be screened early to prevent depression, anxiety Medical Xpress Currently, more than 34 million people in the U.S. care for terminally ill loved ones, but few resources are available to help them navigate the challenges they encounter. A study at the University of Missouri School of Medicine found that nearly one-quarter of caregivers were moderately or severely depressed and nearly one-third had moderate or severe anxiety.  READ MORE Ketamine may prevent PTSD symptoms Neuroscience News Columbia University Medical Center researchers have found that a single dose of ketamine, given one week before a stressful event, can buffer against a heightened fear response. The study, conducted in mice, suggests that prophylactic administration of ketamine might prevent post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in soldiers and others who subsequently experience psychological trauma.  READ MORE Hospice caregivers at risk for depression Psych Central A new University of Missouri study discovered that nearly one-quarter of hospice caregivers were moderately or severely depressed and nearly one-third had moderate or severe anxiety. Currently, more than 34 million people in the U.S. care for terminally ill love ones, but few resources are available to help them navigate the challenges they encounter. The study appears in the journal Palliative Medicine.  READ MORE    MISSED AN ISSUE OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION INSIGHTS? VISIT AND SEARCH THE ARCHIVE TODAY. Depression strikes today's teen girls especially hard National Public Radio It's tough to be a teenager. Hormones kick in, peer pressures escalate and academic expectations loom large. The whole mix of changes can increase stress, anxiety and the risk of depression among all teens, research has long shown. But a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests many more teenage girls in the U.S. may be experiencing major depressive episodes at this age than boys.  READ MORE For kids, regular exercise seems to put depression on the run HealthDay News For generations, parents have told kids to go outside and play. Now, a new study suggests an added benefit to that advice — physical activity may lower children's risk of depression. The researchers assessed about 700 children at ages 6, 8 and 10. Kids who got regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise were less likely to develop depression over those four years, the investigators found.  READ MORE Extra love may be best tonic for partner with the blues Psych Central New research suggests the more depressed your romantic partner may be, the more love you should give them. And, this often includes taking more responsibility for day-to-day tasks. Investigators from University of Alberta say that although it can be tempting to pull back, helping your loved one stick it out through a bout of depression can help their future mental health.  READ MORE Sleep deprivation handicaps the brain's ability to form new memories, mouse study shows Science Daily Studying mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins have fortified evidence that a key purpose of sleep is to recalibrate the brain cells responsible for learning and memory so the animals can "solidify" lessons learned and use them when they awaken — in the case of nocturnal mice, the next evening. A summary of the study appears online in the journal Science.  READ MORE    POPULAR MEDIA The real reason you get depressed in winter New York Daily News When Manhattan writer Anna Breslaw is invited out for drinks, she usually says no. It's not because she has sworn off alcohol or has other commitments. Breslaw suffers from seasonal affective disorder, also known as winter depression or seasonal depression. Its symptoms include excessive sleeping, low energy and increased anxiety — all caused by lack of natural light.  READ MORE Are you smiling on the outside, but feel down in the dumps? This may be why Today You see smiling faces, but are those people really happy? Or maybe you’re the one who's smiling, but inside you're down in the dumps. Do you walk into a party looking excited and energized, but go into the bathroom for a break and find yourself rolling your eyes or muttering under your breath?  READ MORE How diet affects depression Men's Journal If you're part of the 10 percent of men who suffer from depression, there's more options than getting a prescription to Zoloft, Paxil,or Oleptro, drugs that all contain a laundry list of side effects. Among the well-studied "all-natural" things that may decrease depressive symptoms is Vitamin D, meditation and old-fashioned therapy.  READ MORE    TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most. ADAA Member Blog Posts (6) (ADAA) Parents of kids with heart defects face PTSD risk: Study (HealthDay News) Your smartwatch could help with social anxiety (Inc.) Depression can create opportunities (Psych Central) Don't be left behind. 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