Archivos de Psicología y Psiquiatría Clínica y Biológica
Número 28, 15 de Agosto de 2008
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- GOOD NEWS IN PSYCHIATRY: -Estrogen in severe mental illness
Context Accumulating evidence suggests that estrogens may have therapeutic effects in severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, via neuromodulatory and neuroprotective activity. ...
- STRESS & CRH & PSYCHIATRY: -CRH haplotype as a factor influencing cerebrospinal fluid levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity, temperament, and alcohol consumption in rhesus macaques
Context Both highly stress-reactive and novelty-seeking individuals are susceptible to alcohol use disorders. Variation in stress reactivity, exploration, and response to novelty have been ...
- EXERCISE & PSYCHOLOGY: -Testing causality in the association between regular exercise and symptoms of anxiety and depression
Context In the population at large, regular exercise is associated with reduced anxious and depressive symptoms. Results of experimental studies in clinical populations suggest a causal ...
- PSYCHIATRIC BIOLOGY: -SELECTING AMONG SECOND STEP ANTI-DEPRESSANT: -Selecting among second-step antidepressant medication monotherapies
Context Little is known about selecting among second-step medications for major depressive disorder after intolerance or lack of remission with an initial selective serotonin reuptake ...
- PSYCHIATRIC BIOLOGY: -Phenotype genotype project on addiction and mood disorders: -Association of a polymorphism near CREB1 with differential aversion processing in the insula of healthy participants
Context Previous functional neuroimaging studies have identified a network of brain regions that process aversive stimuli, including anger. A polymorphism near the cyclic adenosine ...
- PSYCHIATRY: -Depression in bipolar disorder linked to reduced work productivity
Bipolar Disord 2008; 10: 718-725 Depression in bipolar disorder patients is associated with a reduced likelihood of employment and more days missed from work due to illness, but mania and hypomania ...
- BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR: -Método computarizado identifica las estructuras de las proteínas del Alzhéimer
Investigadores del Instituto de tecnología de Massachusetts han desarrollado un nuevo método para identificar las estructuras proteicas relacionadas con la enfermedad de Alzheimer. El equipo de ...
- PSIQUIATRÍA: -Estrés por guerra podría ayudar a causar esquizofrenia: estudio
Las mujeres embarazadas que vivieron durante guerras son más propensas a dar a luz a un hijo que desarrollará esquizofrenia, reportaron recientemente investigadores estadounidenses en un estudio que ...
- PSYCHIATRY: -Sleep disturbances affect symptom course in bipolar disorder
J Affect Dis 2008; Advance online publication Short sleep duration in bipolar disorder patients is associated with more severe symptom presentation, and both long and short sleeping periods are ...
- PSYCHIATRY: -Subsyndromal depression affects functioning in bipolar disorder
J Affect Disord 2008; Advance online publication Bipolar disorder patients who are in a period of sustained but subsyndromal depression display functional impairments equivalent to their peers who ...
- PSYCHIATRY: -Switching it up: How memory deals with a change in plans
Susan Courtney, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University.Click here for more information. ...
- PSYCHIATRY: -Depression link to poor driving: -People on anti-depressants may have impaired driving skills
Drivers have to inform the DVLA about some medical conditions People on anti-depressants may have impaired driving skills, a small US study suggests. Researchers put 60 people through a ...
- PSYCHOLOGY: QUALITY OF LIFE: -Illness perceptions in dialysis patients and their association with quality of life
Abstract The present study explored illness perceptions of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on both haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment, and their associations with ...
- PSYCHOLOGY:- Examining adversarial growth in illness: The factor structure of the silver lining questionnaire (SLQ-38)
Abstract The Silver Lining Questionnaire (SLQ-38) is purported to measure 10 aspects of adversarial growth in illness. To date however, no empirical evidence exists to support this claim. Hence the ...
- PSYCHOLOGY & RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS:- Validation of the Comprehensive ICF Core Set for rheumatoid arthritis: The perspective of psychologists
Abstract The 'Comprehensive ICF Core Set for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)' is an application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and represents the typical ...
