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New! The Anxiety and Depression Association of America announces the ADAA Clinical Fellows program, a new benefit for its professional members who are clinicians. As clinical fellows, they demonstrate their commitment to continuing education. And they signify to their patients, colleagues and employers their pledge to provide high-quality treatments for anxiety and mood disorders, OCD and PTSD. Those selected as ADAA Clinical Fellows receive a special designation in the ADAA Find a Therapist online directory, and they are recognized on the ADAA website and at the Anxiety and Depression Conference.
Applications are being accepted now. For more information, including requirements and fees, visit the ADAA website.
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The Washington Post
The computer screen and joystick are similar to those used with many virtual-reality games. It's just that at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the players compete while lying inside a highly sensitive MRI scanner. In one challenge, the youths maneuver through a maze of corridors, searching for bright green dollar signs. Another tests their ability to recognize an error on the screen.
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These early view articles are now available on Wiley Online Library
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The long-term efficacy of acute-phase psychotherapy for depression: A meta-analysis of randomized trials
Research Articles
Post-traumatic stress symptoms and aversion to ambiguous losses in combat veterans
Stat News
One of the world's largest drugmakers is testing a radical new approach to treating depression — by dialing down inflammation in the body, rather than tinkering with chemicals in the brain. If it works, it's likely to be expensive, have serious side effects and help only a subset of patients. But it could also open the door to a whole new field of drug development for other psychiatric conditions.
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Psych Central
Patients with Alzheimer's disease are prescribed antidepressants at a much higher rate than the general population, according to a study published last month in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Researchers compared data on prescription rates for a group of community-dwelling individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of AD with that of the same number of sex- and age-matched controls without AD.
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UPI
Higher symptoms of worsening depression were linked to dementia in a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry, either as an indicator or a symptom of cognitive declines in patients. The researchers say that while depression has been linked to various forms of dementia in previous studies, the downward trajectory of symptoms linked to increasing cognitive difficulty had not been seen before.
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Reuters
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder may also have damaged blood vessels that increase their risk for heart attacks and strokes, a U.S. study suggests. In a test, researchers found that the blood vessels of vets with PTSD dilated less when they should have, compared to the vessels of vets without the mental health condition.
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Depression and Anxiety
Among American adults, 65 percent used social networking sites in 2015, which is a massive increase from just 7 percent in 2005. But a new study finds that the more time young adults use social media, the higher their chances are of being depressed. The research comes from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania and is published in the journal Depression and Anxiety.
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Psych Central
A new Northwestern University study could significantly improve care for postpartum depression, researchers said. Investigators discovered higher oxytocin levels in the third trimester of pregnancy predicts the severity of postpartum depression symptoms in women with a history of depression. The study was published in the journal Archives of Women's Mental Health.
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HealthDay News
People who develop depression after being diagnosed with heart disease may be more likely to have a heart attack or die than those without depression, a new study finds. The study included nearly 23,000 heart patients in the Canadian province of Ontario who were diagnosed with heart disease between late 2008 and late 2013. It will be presented April 4 at an American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago.
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Psych Central
New research finds that sleep problems — in the form of nightmares — are often associated with suicidal thoughts, plans or attempts among individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder. Although additional factors influence suicidal thoughts, investigators believe the relationship between nightmares and suicidal behaviors represent feelings of defeat, entrapment and hopelessness, according to the study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
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HealthDay News
Widely used antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors don't appear to raise the risk for heart trouble among young and middle-age patients, a large analysis suggests. Commonly prescribed SSRIs include Celexa, Lexapro, Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft. The study was published March 22 in the BMJ.
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The Guardian
Suppressing bad memories from the past can block memory formation in the here and now, research suggests. The study could help to explain why those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological conditions often experience difficulty in remembering recent events, according to the research published in Nature Communications.
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STAT
A common genetic variant that changes how your brain is wired during adolescence could help explain why anxiety disorders most often strike in the teen years, a new study finds. Medications currently used to treat anxiety disorders are often informed by studies of the adult brain. "Kids are not mini-adults," said lead investigator Dylan Gee of the Weill Cornell Medical College at Cornell University. So it's important to use developmental neuroscience to create better therapies for teens.
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HealthDay News
More than 40 percent of young, low-income transgender women with a history of unsafe sexual behavior struggle with at least one serious mental health issue and/or substance abuse problem, a small study suggests. Nearly 20 percent have two or more serious mental health diagnoses, the investigators said.
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The Medical News
Motivating willingness to change is important in treating a person with severe worry. For this, integrating motivational interviewing techniques into the commonly practiced cognitive behavioral therapy is the ideal option, a study led by a York University researcher reveals.
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