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May 23, 2013

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12:00 PM | A Brief History of Mental Illness In Art
“Historically, many cases of demonic possession have masked major psychiatric disorder[s].”-Kazuhiro Tajima-Pozo et. al. BMJ Case Reports 2009 “Juana (also known as Joanna and Joan) of Castile was born in Toledo, Spain on 6 November 1479, the third child of Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Not long after her marriage [...]
Brainwaves
Neuroscience | Psychology

May 21, 2013

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3:15 PM | It’s official…
Well folks, I’ve finally been made legitimate. No, I haven’t received my doctorate yet (that won’t be happening for awhile!) Instead my rogue bastardized blogging days are over – I’ve been made an official Nature Publishing Group blogger, writing for … Continue reading →
Brain Study
Health | Psychology
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12:00 PM | New Report Highlights Substance Abuse Dangers for Pregnant Teens
According to a new report released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), of the 57,000 teenage females in substance abuse treatment programs each year, as much as 2000 (4 percent) are pregnant. The report, titled "Characteristics...
Providentia
Psychology | Public Health

May 20, 2013

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12:00 PM | Why Feeling Anxious About a Vaccine Makes It More Effective (And Other Benefits of Short-Term Stress)
SAN FRANCISCO—Standing at a podium in front of an audience of psychiatrists, clinicians and scientists, Firdaus Dhabhar brings up a video of his infant son on a large projector screen and presses play. Smiling and wriggling, Dhabhar’s son rests on his back in a doctor’s office—perfectly content. “Watch for the immediate reaction,” Dhabhar tells the [...]
Brainwaves
Neuroscience | Psychology
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12:36 AM | NIMH’s Thomas Insel on a New Understanding of the Brain
NIMH Director Thomas Insel on working toward a new understanding of the brain.
Channel N
Psychology

May 18, 2013

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3:56 PM | DSM-5 Released: The Big Changes
The DSM-5 was officially released today. We will be covering it in the weeks to come here on the blog and over at Psych Central Professional in a series of upcoming articles detailing the major changes. In the meantime, here is an overview of the big changes. We sat in on a conference call that [...]
World of Psychology
Psychology
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10:56 AM | A Case That Tells the Weird Tale of DSM – and Other Recommended Reading
For a single post that shows how weirdly and unevenly psychiatric diagnosis actually works (and fails to work) in this country, and what that means for the new DSM, get over to Maia Svalavitz’s clear-eyed account of her own five ...
Wired Science » Neuron Culture
Neuroscience

May 15, 2013

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6:22 PM | What RDoC Research Might Look Like
The month of May is a violent thingIn the city their hearts start to singWell, some people sing, it sounds like they're screamingI used to doubt it, but now I believe itMonth Of May   ------The Arcade FireToday is Mental Health Month Blog Day, sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA). It's designed to:...educate the public about mental health, decrease stigma about mental illness, and discuss strategies for making lasting lifestyle and behavior changes that […]

Vaidyanathan, U., Nelson, L. & Patrick, C. (2011). Clarifying domains of internalizing psychopathology using neurophysiology, Psychological Medicine, 42 (03) 447-459. DOI:

Dichter, G., Damiano, C. & Allen, J. (2012). Reward circuitry dysfunction in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic syndromes: animal models and clinical findings, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 4 (1) 19. DOI:

The Neurocritic
Neuroscience | Psychology
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May 14, 2013

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4:43 PM | Rethinking treatment goals improves results for those with persistent anorexia
A clinical trial for patients with anorexia nervosa shows that patients are three times more likely to stick with treatment when they are involved in setting its goals.

Touyz S, Le Grange D, Lacey H, Hay P, Smith R, Maguire S, Bamford B, Pike KM & Crosby RD (2013). Treating severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial., Psychological medicine, 1-11. PMID:

ScienceLife
Biology | Medicine
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4:43 PM | Rethinking treatment goals improves results for those with persistent anorexia
A clinical trial for patients with anorexia nervosa shows that patients are three times more likely to stick with treatment when they are involved in setting its goals.

Touyz S, Le Grange D, Lacey H, Hay P, Smith R, Maguire S, Bamford B, Pike KM & Crosby RD (2013). Treating severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial., Psychological medicine, 1-11. PMID:

ScienceLife
Biology | Medicine
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4:43 PM | Rethinking treatment goals improves results for those with persistent anorexia
A clinical trial for patients with anorexia nervosa shows that patients are three times more likely to stick with treatment when they are involved in setting its goals.

Touyz S, Le Grange D, Lacey H, Hay P, Smith R, Maguire S, Bamford B, Pike KM & Crosby RD (2013). Treating severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial., Psychological medicine, 1-11. PMID:

ScienceLife
Biology | Medicine
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12:00 PM | Are Antipsychotic Medications being Overused in Veterans with PTSD?
When the Australian special forces soldier identified as only "Trooper M" returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, his frequent nightmares and anxiety led him to seek professional help. In an interview with Lateline, the 23-year old veteran reported...
Providentia
Psychology | Public Health

May 13, 2013

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9:20 PM | Learning to be Resilient
Does surviving traumatic situations make people stronger? A recent research study investigating suicide rates following the L’Aquila earthquake that struck central Italy in 2009 actually showed a lower number of suicides in the years that followed. Though most people are...
Providentia
Psychology | Public Health

May 11, 2013

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11:10 AM | How the New NIMH Research Strategy Can Strengthen Future Editions of DSM
The National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) is an American institution leading research into mental illnesses. Recently Dr Thomas Insel, Director of NIMH wrote an article on his blog about the future research direction for NIMH. Dr Insel’s wrote about the reliability and validity of diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental […]
The Amazing World of Psychiatry
Neuroscience | Psychiatry

May 09, 2013

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11:47 PM | My experienced side effect from Side Effects: Developed fear of psychiatry and publication bias
Our seminar recently watched the movie “Side Effects” (FINALLY!) I did not see the trailer beforehand nor read a synopsis of it, so I had no idea what to expect. If you have not seen the movie yet, be forewarned that it is a psychological thriller and this post may contain spoilers. Anyways, I enjoyed …
On Psychology and Neuroscience
Neuroscience | Psychology
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3:21 PM | Biomarkers for Psychosis and Schizophrenia Risk
Prefrontal Cortex Highlighted in RedIdentifying valid biomarkers for psychosis and schizophrenia is an active focus in brain research.Tyronne Cannon, Ph.D. from Yale University recently presented a summary of research on this topic at the William K. Warren Neuroscience Symposium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here are my notes from his presentation along with related free full-text research references.Biomarker research in psychosis is important because current treatment for psychosis with the […]

Sun D, van Erp TG, Thompson PM, Bearden CE, Daley M, Kushan L, Hardt ME, Nuechterlein KH, Toga AW & Cannon TD & (2009). Elucidating a magnetic resonance imaging-based neuroanatomic biomarker for psychosis: classification analysis using probabilistic brain atlas and machine learning algorithms., Biological psychiatry, 66 (11) 1055-60. PMID:

Seidman LJ, Giuliano AJ, Meyer EC, Addington J, Cadenhead KS, Cannon TD, McGlashan TH, Perkins DO, Tsuang MT, Walker EF & Woods SW (2010). Neuropsychology of the prodrome to psychosis in the NAPLS consortium: relationship to family history and conversion to psychosis., Archives of general psychiatry, 67 (6) 578-88. PMID:

Gee DG, Karlsgodt KH, van Erp TG, Bearden CE, Lieberman MD, Belger A, Perkins DO, Olvet DM, Cornblatt BA, Constable T & Woods SW (2012). Altered age-related trajectories of amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: a preliminary study., Schizophrenia research, 134 (1) 1-9. PMID:

Brain Posts
Medicine | Neuroscience
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3:21 PM | Biomarkers for Psychosis and Schizophrenia Risk
Prefrontal Cortex Highlighted in RedIdentifying valid biomarkers for psychosis and schizophrenia is an active focus in brain research.Tyronne Cannon, Ph.D. from Yale University recently presented a summary of research on this topic at the William K. Warren Neuroscience Symposium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here are my notes from his presentation along with related free full-text research references.Biomarker research in psychosis is important because current treatment for psychosis with the […]

Sun D, van Erp TG, Thompson PM, Bearden CE, Daley M, Kushan L, Hardt ME, Nuechterlein KH, Toga AW & Cannon TD & (2009). Elucidating a magnetic resonance imaging-based neuroanatomic biomarker for psychosis: classification analysis using probabilistic brain atlas and machine learning algorithms., Biological psychiatry, 66 (11) 1055-60. PMID:

Seidman LJ, Giuliano AJ, Meyer EC, Addington J, Cadenhead KS, Cannon TD, McGlashan TH, Perkins DO, Tsuang MT, Walker EF & Woods SW (2010). Neuropsychology of the prodrome to psychosis in the NAPLS consortium: relationship to family history and conversion to psychosis., Archives of general psychiatry, 67 (6) 578-88. PMID:

Gee DG, Karlsgodt KH, van Erp TG, Bearden CE, Lieberman MD, Belger A, Perkins DO, Olvet DM, Cornblatt BA, Constable T & Woods SW (2012). Altered age-related trajectories of amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: a preliminary study., Schizophrenia research, 134 (1) 1-9. PMID:

Brain Posts
Medicine | Neuroscience
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3:21 PM | Biomarkers for Psychosis and Schizophrenia Risk
Prefrontal Cortex Highlighted in RedIdentifying valid biomarkers for psychosis and schizophrenia is an active focus in brain research.Tyronne Cannon, Ph.D. from Yale University recently presented a summary of research on this topic at the William K. Warren Neuroscience Symposium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here are my notes from his presentation along with related free full-text research references.Biomarker research in psychosis is important because current treatment for psychosis with the […]

Sun D, van Erp TG, Thompson PM, Bearden CE, Daley M, Kushan L, Hardt ME, Nuechterlein KH, Toga AW & Cannon TD & (2009). Elucidating a magnetic resonance imaging-based neuroanatomic biomarker for psychosis: classification analysis using probabilistic brain atlas and machine learning algorithms., Biological psychiatry, 66 (11) 1055-60. PMID:

Seidman LJ, Giuliano AJ, Meyer EC, Addington J, Cadenhead KS, Cannon TD, McGlashan TH, Perkins DO, Tsuang MT, Walker EF & Woods SW (2010). Neuropsychology of the prodrome to psychosis in the NAPLS consortium: relationship to family history and conversion to psychosis., Archives of general psychiatry, 67 (6) 578-88. PMID:

Gee DG, Karlsgodt KH, van Erp TG, Bearden CE, Lieberman MD, Belger A, Perkins DO, Olvet DM, Cornblatt BA, Constable T & Woods SW (2012). Altered age-related trajectories of amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: a preliminary study., Schizophrenia research, 134 (1) 1-9. PMID:

Brain Posts
Medicine | Neuroscience
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3:21 PM | Biomarkers for Psychosis and Schizophrenia Risk
Prefrontal Cortex Highlighted in RedIdentifying valid biomarkers for psychosis and schizophrenia is an active focus in brain research.Tyronne Cannon, Ph.D. from Yale University recently presented a summary of research on this topic at the William K. Warren Neuroscience Symposium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here are my notes from his presentation along with related free full-text research references.Biomarker research in psychosis is important because current treatment for psychosis with the […]

Sun D, van Erp TG, Thompson PM, Bearden CE, Daley M, Kushan L, Hardt ME, Nuechterlein KH, Toga AW & Cannon TD & (2009). Elucidating a magnetic resonance imaging-based neuroanatomic biomarker for psychosis: classification analysis using probabilistic brain atlas and machine learning algorithms., Biological psychiatry, 66 (11) 1055-60. PMID:

Seidman LJ, Giuliano AJ, Meyer EC, Addington J, Cadenhead KS, Cannon TD, McGlashan TH, Perkins DO, Tsuang MT, Walker EF & Woods SW (2010). Neuropsychology of the prodrome to psychosis in the NAPLS consortium: relationship to family history and conversion to psychosis., Archives of general psychiatry, 67 (6) 578-88. PMID:

Gee DG, Karlsgodt KH, van Erp TG, Bearden CE, Lieberman MD, Belger A, Perkins DO, Olvet DM, Cornblatt BA, Constable T & Woods SW (2012). Altered age-related trajectories of amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: a preliminary study., Schizophrenia research, 134 (1) 1-9. PMID:

Brain Posts
Medicine | Neuroscience
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May 07, 2013

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5:30 PM | The Trouble With The DSM
How do you diagnose disorders of the mind? Dreamstime With the release of the DSM-5 this month, psychotherapist Gary Greenberg questions whether psychiatry's diagnostic Bible can truly get at the nature of mental suffering. In 2012, I got a voice-mail message from a former patient; I'll call him Sandy. I last saw him about ten years ago. I'd worked with him from the time he was in his junior year in high school until he finished his graduate studies. He'd been plagued by anxiety so severe that […]
Popular Science
General Science
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3:30 PM | No One Is Abandoning the DSM, But It Is Almost Time to Transform It
This month the American Psychiatric Association will publish the latest edition of its standard guidebook for clinicians, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5). In somewhat the same way that a field guide to birds helps people distinguish different species with illustrations and descriptions of physical features—a beak’s hooked tip, a blush [...]
Brainwaves
Neuroscience | Psychology
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3:22 PM | Did the NIMH Withdraw Support for the DSM-5? No
In the past week, I’ve seen some incredibly sensationalistic articles published about the upcoming DSM-5 and a letter recently released by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). In the letter by Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the NIMH, wrote in part, “That is why NIMH will be re-orienting its research away from DSM categories.” [...]
World of Psychology
Psychology
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12:00 PM | May is Mental Health Awareness Month
While attitudes towards mental illness are slowly changing, people experiencing mental health problems still face enormous stigma that can delay their recovery and prevent them from becoming reintegrated into their community. To help improve the quality of life for the...
Providentia
Psychology | Public Health
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2:32 AM | Leaving aside the DSM: patients deserve better diagnostics
Last Friday, may 3rd, 2013, National Institute of Health Mental (NIMH) of the United States announced that decide to abandon the Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM),  after decades of being used as the means of diagnosis for excellence not only in the United States but at many other countries for the treatment of the mental diseases that attack humans from infancy to old age.  The news comes a few days before that the Fifth version of this Manual […]
Talking about Neurocognition and learning
Education | Neuroscience

May 06, 2013

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5:00 PM | Why The U.S. National Institute Of Mental Health Plans To Abandon The DSM
Proportions of the Head Leonardo da VinciThe National Institute of Mental Health published a statement last week about a shift in the way it will conduct research. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health is turning its back on the so-called bible of its field. In a statement, the institute said it will start doing research in a way that ignores the categories in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is commonly known as the "DSM," plus a number to indicate the […]
Popular Science
General Science
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4:44 PM | Burning The Bible – Let’s not replace one set of dogma with another.
Thomas R. Insel, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, has issued a sharply worded condemnation of the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).  The DSM has long been considered the “Bible” of Psychiatry and has recently been under attack from many angles, but this announcement might be a game [...]
Bipolar Advantage
Psychology
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12:44 PM | Does Psychotherapy Work?
How effective is psychotherapy, really? Though Sigmund Freud and his followers regularly published case histories describing how patients could be cured of their psychological problems through therapy, exactly how treatment effectiveness could be measured was rarely discussed. Even as psychotherapy...
Providentia
Psychology | Public Health

May 04, 2013

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12:37 PM | Being bothered about Billy
General Practitioner Professor Helen Lester recently passed away. Professor Lester had advanced primary care in many areas and had specifically advocated improving healthcare access for people with mental illness. In this regards, the above video is a powerful legacy. Index: There are indices for the TAWOP site here and here Twitter: You can follow ‘The [...]
The Amazing World of Psychiatry
Neuroscience | Psychiatry

May 03, 2013

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6:44 PM | LabBook May 3, 2013
D-Rose's knee, preening birds, neurosurgery and more in this week's LabBook.
ScienceLife
Biology | Medicine
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12:27 PM | Pills for Bites: The Alarming Link between Drug Abuse and Eating Disorders
The association between drug abuse and eating disorders (EDs) is not new. Since the 1970s, doctors have reported higher incidents of self-medication and drug abuse in a subset of eating disorder patients. Drugs, in this context, cover everything from laxatives and diet pills, to alcohol and street drugs. The association between drug use and EDs is not shocking; however, the extent of the problem is likely overlooked. In a report detailing the most comprehensive review on the topic, the National […]
Science of Eating Disorders
Neuroscience | Psychiatry
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