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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.
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.
Application deadlines — Dec. 1
Visit the ADAA website for individual awards criteria.
ADAA
A Journey Toward Health and Hope: Your Handbook for Recovery after a Suicide Attempt is designed to help people who have attempted suicide take their first steps toward healing and recovery.
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The New York Times
Thousands of new mobile phone apps have popped up to treat symptoms of depression and anxiety. Though many claim to employ clinically sound methods, critics say that human interaction is key to mental healthcare. Is it safe or effective to use apps to treat anxiety or depression?
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The Atlantic
Researchers and clinical psychologists alike have begun to pay attention to improv, conducting studies or incorporate it into work with their patients. The improv stage, in theory, is a space free of judgment or fear of failure, making it an ideal environment for people who struggle with low self-esteem, social anxiety or other types of anxiety disorders.
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The Wall Street Journal
Concerned that they aren't reaching enough young men, college counseling centers are making extra efforts to draw them in. The centers, which usually offer support groups and one-on-one therapy for struggling students, have faced growing demand for their services in recent years. Still, men make up only 33.9 percent of clients, according to the latest annual survey by the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors.
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Biological Psychiatry
ADAA member Darin Dougherty, MD, and colleagues conducted a 16-week randomized controlled trial of DBS in the ventral capsule/ventral striatum in patients with treatment-resistant depression.
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PTSD Research Quarterly
ADAA member Judith Cohen, Ph.D., provides a guide to the rapidly expanding literature on the effectiveness of CBT treatments for children and adolescents with PTSD in the most recent issue of Research Quarterly.
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SAMHSA
A new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reveals that in 2014, 3.9 percent of American adults aged 18 and older thought seriously about killing themselves during the past 12 months. During this same period, 1.1 percent of adults made suicide plans, and 0.5 percent of adults made non-fatal attempts at suicide.
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JAMA Psychiatry
Establishing a person's intention to die has been a central element separating suicides from fatal self-injurious acts that are labeled "accidents" or "unintentional" deaths. Researchers argue that this is a false dichotomy that masks the overall magnitude of fatalities arising from deliberate, self-destructive behaviors. In so doing, it mutes the urgency for demanding effective preventive interventions and is particularly problematic as the nation experiences a persisting and growing epidemic of opioid and other drug-poisoning deaths.
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SAMHSA
SAMHSA's latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health report shows that mental illness levels have remained constant over time, but adolescents are experiencing higher levels of depression than in past years.
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Nutritional Outlook
Scientists have long hypothesized about a brain-gut axis, but new research is offering the first evidence that probiotic intake may actually help reduce negative thoughts associated with sad mood, according to a study by researchers in The Netherlands published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
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MD Magazine
A study in Translational Psychiatry has identified two genetic variations — single nucleotide polymorphisms — that may predict response to antidepressant drugs in Korean patients suffering from major depressive disorder. This isn't the first study attempting to identify candidate genes related to antidepressant response.
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Medical News Today
While numerous studies have hailed mindfulness meditation for its potential benefits for the mind and body, new research suggests it may have a negative impact on memory. Published in the journal Psychological Science, the study suggests individuals who engage in mindfulness meditation may have less accurate memories than those who do not take part in the practice.
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Medical News Today
A new study suggests that while a certain gene variant may predispose people to depression following a history of bad life events, such as childhood abuse, that same gene may also enhance happiness when bad life events are absent. The finding challenges a traditional view about the link between genetics and depression, suggest researchers, who report their work in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open.
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Healthline
Most women who take antidepressants stop taking them when they get pregnant. Two new studies published in the international journal BJOG back the view that SSRIs are safe for women to take during pregnancy, especially when weighed against the risks of untreated depression.
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Healio
A brief family-based cognitive behavioral intervention reduced incidence of anxiety disorders and severity of anxiety symptoms among children of anxious parents, according to study findings in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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Medical News Today
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., with more than 40,000 suicides reported in 2013. But a new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry suggests one strategy that researchers say could help reduce suicide rates: blocking access to "suicide hotspots."
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