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.ADAA NEWS
#ADAA2021 News
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#ADAA2021Virtual: ADAA is Going Virtual for 2021
ADAA is excited to announce that the 2021 Annual Conference is going virtual. We will be launching an innovative 3D virtual environment offering all the pieces of ADAA’s annual conference you know and won’t want to miss. Join your colleagues for informative and impactful sessions, vibrant networking opportunities, and access to special events like the Partner Solutions Hall, New Research Posters Hall, and SIG events – all from the comfort of your home with no travel costs involved. This cutting-edge conference is not simply another Zoom meeting or webinar! We look forward to seeing you there – registration will open in October 2020.
Submission Deadlines Soon
The 2021 ADAA Conference Committee invites you to submit your presentations for the 41st Annual Conference. ADAA leads the way in bringing together a multidisciplinary community of basic and clinical researchers and clinicians with diverse backgrounds in psychiatry, psychology, social work, counseling, nursing, neuroscience, and more. Watch ADAA’s Submissions Tutorial Video. Visit ADAA’s conference webpage for more information as it becomes available and to sign-up for conference updates. Deadline for conference submissions is Wednesday, October 7, 2020.
- ATTENTION ACCEPTED 2020 SESSION PRESENTERS:
ADAA is pleased to announce that all accepted submissions for the 2020 Annual Conference will be automatically accepted for the 2021 conference and will not require additional peer review. Please note, however, that ADAA has launched a new submissions portal for 2021, so you must resubmit your 2020 accepted presentation. While ADAA encourages you to update your data as appropriate the overall topic cannot be changed. If you wish to submit a new session abstract, it must be treated as a new submission.
ADAA Encourages New Research Poster Submissions. Poster sessions are lively, engaging sessions promoting the exchange of new research findings in a visual format. Poster sessions are interactive and provide an opportunity to interact with researchers, to ask questions, discuss findings, and share information. ADAA is excited to host a virtual Poster Hall as a part of #ADAA2021Virtual. Click here for more information or click here to begin your submission. The deadline for New Research Poster submissions is Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
Apply for the Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award:
ADAA offers an annual award to an early career investigator for the best original research paper on neurobiology, psychopharmacology, psychosocial treatments, or experimental psychopathology of anxiety disorders and depression. Click here to begin your application. The deadline for Donald F. Klein Award applications is Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
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Interested in securing your exhibit spot or sponsor benefits? Please email ADAA at conference@adaa.org. More information will be posted soon on the #ADAA2021Virtual Exhibitor and Sponsor website pages.
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ADAA Professional Education
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ADAA offers a variety of live and recorded webinars for mental health professionals. Many ADAA professional webinars offer CE/CME and AWSB credits – right now there are 14 webinars eligible for CE/CME credit, with more added each month! Sign up today to make sure you don’t miss out on these educational opportunities.
Socratic Dialogue and Collaborative Empiricism: Practical Strategies to Overcome Common Pitfalls
Presented by Scott Waltman, PsyD, ABPP
Tomorrow, Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
CE/CME Eligible
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Live! Introduction to Affirmative Clinical Practice with Sexual Minority Clients
Presented by David Pantalone, PhD
Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
CE/CME Eligible
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Live! Addressing Racism to Reduce Mental Health Inequities
Presented by Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD
Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
CE/CME Eligible
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 Live! The 2020 ADAA Virtual Fall Forum – October 29, 2020 from 12-3 pm EST – will focus on anxiety and worry in youth, a transdiagnostic issue affecting children, teens, and emerging adults and will address the ways in which technology can be harnessed to address these challenges. An interdisciplinary group of speakers will present on biological and psychosocial mechanisms and interventions.
Individual Presenters:
Sandra Pimentel, PhD & Mona Potter, MD
Panel Discussion: The Intersection of Technology and Youth Anxiety
Panel Participants:
- Eli Lebowitz, PhD
- Krystal M. Lewis, PhD
- Lynn Lyons, LICSW
- Jamie Micco, PhD, ABPP
- John T. Walkup, MD
The Fall Forum will be moderated by ADAA’s Board President, Luana Marques, PhD.
The fall forum will be eligible for 2 CE/CME credits. The webinar will be recorded and available on-demand after the live session. Learn more and register.
Live! Introduction to Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Disorders of Overcontrol
Featuring R. Trent Codd, EdS
Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm EST
CE/CME Eligible
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ADAA RECENT ON DEMAND RECORDINGS WITH CE/CME CREDITS
Vie all CE/CME eligible on demand webinars.
ADAA RECENT ON DEMAND RECORDINGS WITHOUT CE/CME CREDITS
View a full list of all ADAA on demand webinars.
ADAA is excited to share our new professional education webinar submissions portal. Designed to easily capture all proposal information required for peer review and to provide a seamless user experience, all webinars can be submitted by clicking here. Have questions about the new portal or your proposal? Email us at webinars@adaa.org.
Check out this new webinar portal tutorial video for helpful tips on submitting your professional education webinar proposal.
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Visit ADAA’s resource page - updated daily - to provide helpful tips and strategies for coping with heightened anxiety and depression related to the COVID-19 outbreak from our ADAA members. Please share this resource with your colleagues and with your clients.
Recent Free Public Member Webinars
- OCD, COVID, and Return to Life, Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD
- Managing Anxiety in Turbulent Times, Debra Kissen, PhD, MHSA, Ken Goodman, LCSW, and David Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP
These webinars are provided on demand at no charge.
Recent Public Member Blog Posts
Recent Member News
- New PTSD Treatments as Cases Rise Among Some Groups
WSJ.com, Tanja Jovanovic, PhD, Barbara Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP, Murray Stein, MD, MPH
- Stress over Pandemic Makes OCD Symptoms Worse in Some Children, WashingtonPost.com, Joseph McGuire, PhD
- Video: Dr. Elizabeth McIngvale on Navigating the Challenges of OCD, McLeanHospital.org, Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD, LCSW
If you have blogs, webinars, podcasts, or other media articles you would like ADAA to include on our resource page, please email Lise Bram.
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Members' Corner
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Madelaine Ellberger
Angela-Marie Fayaz
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New ADAA Member Public Webinar
Addressing Systemic Racism: A Call to Action for Allies
by Kimerblye Dean, PhD
SocialLink is ADAA’s member only online community – your place to connect, chat, and learn. Getting involved on SocialLink is easy and allows you to expand your ADAA network and learn about up-coming events and new research or treatment information. If you’re not quite sure how to make the most of SocialLink, watch the short video tutorial to learn about all the helpful features available! Have questions? Reach out to membership@adaa.org.
ADAA Announces New Membership Partnership With PSI
As part of our ongoing commitment to enhance member value, ADAA is excited to announce a partnership with Postpartum Support International (PSI), whose mission - to promote awareness, prevention and treatment of mental health issues related to childbearing in every country worldwide - compliments ADAA's continued efforts to provide educational and support resources to our public and professional communities.
ADAA members now receive 25% off of PSI Membership - check the QuickLinks in your member community for the discount code or contact ADAA at membership@adaa.org.
Gerald Tarlow, PhD
"I originally joined ADAA in the 1980s. Since I obtained my Ph.D. in clinical psychology I have specialized in treating anxiety disorders. ADAA is a place where I can share my professional interests and continue to learn about the treatment of anxiety disorders. Since 2016 I have been a Clinical Fellow in the organization.
There are so many positive aspects about the organization. Some of my favorites include: the level of presentations at the conferences, the continuing education presentations online, the Depression and Anxiety journal, the resources that are made available to the community and the Find-a-Therapist Directory."
Read the full member profile here.
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ADAA News
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 ADAA Early Career Board Seat Open – Apply Now – Here is your opportunity to help lead ADAA into the future!
The ADAA Board of Directors has an open board seat and will be selecting one candidate to become a member of the Board effective at the end of December, 2020. The open Board seat is designated as ADAA's Early Career Board seat. The early career board member is a voting member of the ADAA Board and serves a two-year term. The Board wishes to enhance its engagement with early career professionals and seeks to have the early career voice fully represented and involved on the ADAA Board. Early career is defined as a professional who has completed her/his/their terminal degree or postdoctoral fellowship/medical/clinical residency (or the equivalent) within the past 10 years.
This opportunity is only available to current ADAA members. For more information and to download an application, click here. Please email ADAA Executive Director Susan Gurley with any questions.
ADAA Welcomes Sasha Sicard, Membership and Education Manager
ADAA is delighted to introduce you to our newest team member - Sasha Sicard. Sasha joins us as ADAA's Education and Membership Manager and will be working with all of us on our membership, professional and public education and conference projects. Please join us in welcoming Sasha to ADAA!
Sasha is a cause-driven advocate of social, mental, and environmental health and wellbeing issues. Prior to joining ADAA, she spent five years dedicated to the growth of New York City non-profit organizations as a manager of a development team at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, a social media coordinator for a supportive housing organization, and as an event planner. Sasha has extensive experience in client-facing relations, database management, donor recruitment , and event planning, and production. Sasha received her Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park and her Masters in Arts in Environmental Conservation Education from New York University.
 ADAA Board Member Risa Weisberg, PhD Receives Funding for COVID-19 and Opioid Related Study
ADAA Board member Risa Weisberg, PhD and a research team at the Boston VA Research Institute (BVARI), in collaboration with IBM Watson Health, Boston University School of Public Health, the VA National Center for PTSD, the VA Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, and VA Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center have been approved for a $2.3 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the impact of COVID-19-related medication-assisted treatment policy changes on patients with opioid use disorder.
Read more here.
Have you published a research or article or book for the public or professional communities? ADAA member publications on ADAA website. Please email us.
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ADAA Members in the Media — Recent Articles
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Have you been quoted in a recent news article/story? Please let us know so we can share your news with your ADAA colleagues and with our public community (here, through the website and via our social media platforms).
09/21/2020 New PTSD Treatments as Cases Rise Among Some Groups, WSJ.com, Tanja Jovanovic, PhD, Barbara Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP, Murray Stein, MD, MPH
09/13/2020 Stress over Pandemic Makes OCD Symptoms Worse in Some Children, WashingtonPost.com, Joseph McGuire, PhD
09/11/2020 Video: Dr. Elizabeth McIngvale on Navigating the Challenges of OCD, McLeanHospital.org, Elizabeth McIngvale, PhD, LCSW
09/10/2020 8 Signs You Might Be an Energy Vampire, Yahoo.com, Simon Rego, PsyD, ABPP, ACT
09/10/2020 Combating mental illness during a pandemic, News.CTGN.com, Mary Alvord, PhD
09/09/2020 6 Ways to Channel Your Anger Into Something Positive Right Now, RealSimple.com, Jenny Yip, PsyD ABPP
09/09/2020 The Importance of Managing Stress for Diabetes Health Care Professionals, NIDDK.NIH.gov, Krystal M. Lewis, PhD
09/09/2020 An ADAA Expert Weighs in on the Impacts of Credit Card Debt and Stress During the COVID-19 Crisis, Cardrates.com, Michael Ziffra, MD
09/04/2020 Trauma screenings and teacher trainings: How Virginia schools are trying to boost students’ mental health, Washington Post Mary Alvord, PhD
ADAA Has Two Free Online Peer to Peer Mental Health Communities
ADAA offers English- and Spanish-speaking online, peer-to-peer communities through Health Unlocked. These communities provide support for those struggling with anxiety, depression, and co-occurring disorders. ADAA encourages you to share this information with your clients and networks.
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Depression and Anxiety Journal News
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Volume 37, Issue 9
FOCUS ON: GENETIC TESTING, TREATMENT, AND SUICIDE RISK IN DEPRESSION
SEPTEMBER 2020
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH - Editor-in-Chief
Highlighted Articles
Randomized, controlled, participant‐ and rater‐blind trial of pharmacogenomic test‐guided treatment versus treatment as usual for major depressive disorder
Roy H. Perlis, Daniel Dowd, Maurizio Fava, Todd Lencz, David S. Krause
Attitudes on pharmacogenetic testing in psychiatric patients with treatment‐resistant depression
Michael J. McCarthy, Yucui Chen, Anna Demodena, Eileen Fisher, Shahrokh Golshan, Trisha Suppes, John R. Kelsoe
Association of anxiety phenotypes with risk of depression and suicidal ideation in community youth
Ran Barzilay, Lauren K. White, Tyler M. Moore, Monica E. Calkins, Jerome H. Taylor, Ariana Patrick, Zeeshan M. Hugue, Jami F. Young, Kosha Ruparel, Daniel S. Pine, Ruben C. Gur, Raquel E. Gur
Depression and Anxiety, the official journal of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, is available online at no charge to ADAA members. 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. A priority is placed on papers focusing on treatment, as well as those providing cutting-edge reviews of key areas and issues, in order to enhance the clinical evaluation and care of individuals struggling with the effects of these disorders. All submissions are peer-reviewed; there is no handling or publishing fee.
Per the ISI Journal Citation Reports Rankings for 2017, the Depression and Anxiety impact factor is 5.043. The journal ranks 19 of 142 in psychiatry journals; 8 of 77 in psychology journals; 5 of 121 for psychology clinical journals, and 15 of 139 for psychiatry social science journals. Google Scholar psychiatry journal ranking (spring 2017) ranked Depression and Anxiety #19 of 20.
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH - Editor-in-Chief
Meet the Journal Editorial Board
Interested in submitting an article? View the Depression and Anxiety Submissions Guidelines.
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Mental Health Community News
 DBSA 2020 Leadership Summit – Supporting Youth Mental Health Conference Track
Parents, peers, clinicians, educators, young adults who attend the DBSA Leadership Summit- Supporting Youth Mental Health track will experience three sessions featuring panels, lectures, interactive feedback, Q&As, and talk-back sessions focused on youth mental health. They’ll discuss the mental health of children, teens, and young adults in 2020 as we understand the concerns impacting youth mental health. They’ll examine the path to wellness through understanding what wellness means beyond symptom reduction as well as explore what wellness means to teens and young adults. They’ll discuss how misunderstandings of mental health conditions and stigma create challenging conversations and learn more about how DBSA is supporting children, teens, young adults, caregivers, and families.
Click here for more information and to register.
 The DBSA Mood Crew
Early childhood is a time when young ones are learning about emotions and finding ways to express them. The DBSA Mood Crew is a fun and engaging educational program, designed for children ages 4 to 10, that helps adults begin a positive conversation about emotions with children. The DBSA Mood Crew activities were created to help parents, caregivers, educators, and clinicians teach children how to recognize and discuss emotions. Understanding emotions is a key step toward lifelong mental health. The program may be especially valuable for young ones who are having a tough time with emotions. Meet the DBSA Mood Crew here.
 Survey on Animal Assisted Interventions Sponsored by HABRI
The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), a non-profit research and education organization, is interested in learning more about your experiences to better appreciate the state of Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) in your professional work as well as your needs moving forward. We invite you to take an important survey that will take approximately 15-20 minutes of your time.
HABRI is committed to advancing evidence-based human-animal bond practices, which is why they need to hear from you. Whether you include AAI as a part of your profession or you are interested in AAI, they would like to understand your thoughts about this growing field of research and practice.
Contact the study’s Principle Investigator, Dr. Kerry O’Hara (kerry@apg-ohara.com) with questions.
 Scholarship/Award Opportunities
The American Psychological Foundation has several award and scholarship opportunities:
Steven O. Walfish Grants: $2,000
Due September 30, 2020
Up to two $2,000 grants are available to graduate students and/or early career psychologists (within 10 years of earning the doctoral degree).
More information
Apply online for all programs here. Questions? Email APF’s program coordinator, Julia, at jwatson@apa.org.
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Ways You Can Support ADAA's Mission
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Donate now through PayPal
Supporters can now support ADAA’s mission by donating directly through PayPal. Click here to donate today.
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You and your Facebook friends can support causes that are important to you (like ADAA) by raising funds.
Read more and start your own ADAA fundraiser today.
You Can Support ADAA While You Shop!
Did you know that when you shop on Amazon you can also support ADAA year-round by selecting us as your charity of choice? AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support ADAA every time you shop — at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com with the added bonus that Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charity you select - ADAA! Select ADAA on AmazonSmile and support our work to #breakthestigma around mental health issues with every item you purchase.
 Check out ADAA's Fall Sale!
Enjoy some online shopping while supporting a good cause - ADAA's mission of providing complimentary, evidence-based resources to the public. Most store items are item 25 percent off now and all items are $15 or under! Click here to stock your cart.
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 Mindful Somatic Awareness for Anxiety Relief shines a much-needed spotlight on the role our bodies play in generating and perpetuating anxiety. Using the SOAR model—Sense, Observe, Articulate, Reflect—your clients will learn to connect more deeply with their body. By shifting their attention to bodily sensations, they’ll reduce activity in the fear-generating parts of their brain Enter for your chance to win a copy!
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.RESEARCH AND PRACTICE NEWS
New PTSD treatments emerge as cases rise among some groups
The Wall Street Journal
As the pandemic grinds on, psychologists and psychiatrists are bracing for rising
rates of post traumatic stress disorder. The concern comes as a wave of potential
treatments for PTSD are on the horizon.
Psychologists and psychiatrists say new treatments for PTSD, some of which involve
combining psychotherapy and drugs, are sorely needed, as some COVID-19 survivors
and front-line workers grapple with the disorder
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'We are therapists. After 6 months of lockdown, we're almost at breaking point'
Newsweek
Drs. Jessi Gold and Stephanie Zerwas write, "As this pandemic has progressed, we have noticed our job is not the same as it used to be, and have begun to wonder: who is looking out for the mental health of those trained and dedicated to support the growing needs of our country? In many ways, mental health professionals are frontline workers during this pandemic, too."
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Stress over pandemic makes OCD symptoms worse in some children
The Washington Post
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, it’s a tough time for any kid who has to stay home all day, studying remotely instead of going to school, unable to enjoy normal social activity with friends. Such stressors are making OCD symptoms worse in some children, even those who didn’t specifically fear germs before, doctors say.
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What makes some people more resilient than others
The New York Times
How we navigate a crisis or traumatic event (and the coronavirus has many characteristics of trauma because it is unpredictable and uncontrollable) depends, in large part, on how resilient we are. Resilience is the ability to recover from difficult experiences and setbacks, to adapt, move forward and sometimes even experience growth. An individual’s resilience is dictated by a combination of genetics, personal history, environment and situational context. So far, research has found the genetic part to be relatively small.
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We can't ignore mental illness prevention in a COVID-19 world
The Conversation
During the early days of the pandemic, surveys showed a sharp increase in symptoms of anxiety and depression across Australia. These difficulties continued into mid-August. More than 40 percent of Australians aged 18 years and older feel high levels of anxiety, and around one in six report depressive symptoms.
To target this, federal and state governments have increased telephone, online and face-to-face mental health supports. While this is vital, more needs to be done to prevent people suffering severe mental health problems in the first place.
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Students' risk for anxiety decreased during COVID-19 lockdowns, UK survey finds
Healio
A survey of 1,047 students aged 13 to 14 years from 17 schools in the United Kingdom showed that their risk for anxiety decreased during lockdowns for the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the period before the pandemic.
According to a report of the findings by Emily Widnall, MSc, a senior research associate at the University of Bristol, and colleagues, the rate of anxiety fell from 54 to 45 percent in teen girls and from 26 to 18 percent in teen boys while in lockdown.
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Minority males face depression, anxiety from discrimination on social media
Florida International University
Researchers at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work have found that exposure to social media discrimination is associated with higher symptoms of depression and anxiety, particularly among male Hispanic young adults.
“Surprisingly, there is a lot of research about cyberbullying and social media but there really wasn’t a thorough study that looked at how exposure to ethnic discrimination on social media impacts mental health,” said Miguel Ángel Cano, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Stempel College.
The study—recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology—found that, upon exposure to social media posts such as photos, memes or videos that include ethnic discrimination, users felt higher levels of depression and anxiety, even after controlling for overall self-esteem.
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Addressing the impulsive side of compulsivity (and vice versa)
Psychiatric Times
“Impulsivity” and “compulsivity” are two constructs that typify a range of disorder presentation. Impulsivity encompasses a predisposition toward poorly conceived actions, taking undue risks, and a lack of consideration when making decisions. Compulsivity is thought of as an inappropriate and maladaptive persistence of repetitive behavior, undertaken according to rigid rules and/or as a means of avoiding perceived negative consequences. However, when we examine co-occurrence of mental health disorders, we often see impulsive and compulsive disorders within the same individuals.
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PTSD and substance use disorders are a vicious cycle for veterans
Military.com
Over the past two decades of war, individuals' combat tours became more frequent and longer in duration, which has the potential to increase service members' exposure to PTEs, and this has naturally and expectedly taken its toll on the mental health of America's active-duty and veteran communities.
As service members transition out of uniform, most experience additional transitional stress as they leave the military culture and learn to adapt to the norms and expectations of the civilian world. Many also report difficulties adjusting to family life after prolonged separation and especially after experiencing significant trauma.
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Smartphones can predict brain function associated with anxiety and depression
Dartmouth College via Medical Xpress
Information on social activity, screen time and location from smartphones can predict connectivity between regions of the brain that are responsible for emotion, according to a study from Dartmouth College.
In the research, data from phone usage was analyzed alongside results from fMRI scans to confirm that passively collected information can mirror activity in the brain linked to traits such as anxiety. Predictions based solely on the phone data matched the brain scans with 80 percent accuracy.
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Is the gut a new therapeutic target for major depression?
Medscape
The gut microbiota differs significantly between patients with major depressive disorder and healthy individuals and may be modifiable with a probiotic diet to improve stress and depression scores, two new studies suggest.
In one study, investigators compared stool samples between patients with MDD and healthy controls. They found significant differences in bacterial profiles between the two groups, as well as between patients who responded vs those who were resistant to treatment.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder linked to increased risk of dementia — new research
The Conversation
Dementia is one of the greatest global health challenges. As the world’s population continues to age and to live longer, the number of people affected by dementia is expected to rise to 130 million by 2050. Given that there is no cure for dementia, there’s an urgent need to identify modifiable risk factors to prevent or delay the onset of dementia.
Recently, post-traumatic stress disorder has been identified as a potential risk factor for developing dementia.
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Depression, but not anxiety, linked with inflammation and metabolic change
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology via Medical Xpress
Anxiety and depression are often linked and assumed to be closely related, but now research has shown for the first time that depression and anxiety have different biochemical associations with inflammation and lipid metabolism. This indicates that different, more targeted treatments may be possible to treat anxiety and depression. This work was presented at the ECNP Congress.
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Anxiety and depression linked to lower bone density
Technology Networks
Clinical studies have found that bone mineral density in patients with anxiety or depression is lower than in other people.
The brain, commander of the body, receives and processes external signals, and then sends instructions to peripheral bones. But how does anxiety induce a decline in bone mineral density?
Researchers from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators now have an answer. They found that a central neural circuit from the forebrain to the hypothalamus mediates chronic stress-induced bone loss via the peripheral sympathetic nervous system.
Their study was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on September 10.
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