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561 Age at onset and clinical correlates in body dysmorphic disorder Comprehensive Psychiatry, May 6, 2013 Review Article
562 A Review of School Mental Health Programs in SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices Psychiatric Services, May 6, 2013 Review Article
563 Correlation Between Levels of Conflict and Containment on Acute Psychiatric Wards: The City-128 Study Psychiatric Services, May 6, 2013 Review Article
564 Family Involvement, Medication Adherence, and Depression Outcomes Among Patients in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Psychiatric Services, May 6, 2013 Review Article
565 The Utility of Patients Self-Perceptions of Violence Risk: Consider Asking the Person Who May Know Best Psychiatric Services, May 6, 2013 Review Article
566 Kv3.1-containing K+ channels are reduced in untreated schizophrenia and normalized with antipsychotic drugs Full Text Molecular Psychiatry, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
567 The adhesion-GPCR BAI3, a gene linked to psychiatric disorders, regulates dendrite morphogenesis in neurons Full Text Molecular Psychiatry, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
568 Brain activation deficit in increased-load working memory tasks among adults with ADHD using fMRI European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
569 Association between Neuropeptide Y Gene Polymorphisms and Alcohol Dependence: A Case-Control Study in Two Independent Populations European Addiction Research, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
570 Caregiver forgiveness is associated with less burden and potentially harmful Behaviors Aging and Mental Health, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
571 Depression among family caregivers of community-dwelling older people who used services under the Long Term Care Insurance program: a large-scale population-based study in Japan Aging and Mental Health, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
572 Prescription Opioid Abuse: Challenges and Opportunities for Payers Full Text The American Journal of Managed Care, May 6, 2013 Review Article
573 Epidemiology of childhood conduct problems in Brazil: systematic review and meta-analysis Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, May 6, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
574 Displacement, county social cohesion, and depression after a large-scale traumatic event Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
575 Association study between MAO-A gene promoter VNTR polymorphisms and obsessive compulsive disorder Journal of Anxiety Disorders, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
576 Predicting PTSD: Pre-existing vulnerabilities in glucocorticoid-signaling and implications for preventive interventions Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, May 6, 2013 Review Article
577 Association of personality, neighbourhood, and civic participation with the level of perceived social support: The HUNT study, a cross-sectional survey Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, May 6, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
578 Smoking and social anxiety: The roles of gender and smoking motives Addictive Behaviours, May 6, 2013 Review Article
579 Prevalence and Correlates of Posttraumatic Stress in Parents of Young Children Postburn Journal of Burn Care & Research, May 6, 2013 Review Article
580 Ethical Sensitivity in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Role of Reversal Learning Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, May 6, 2013 Clinical Article
As published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, risk factors for postpartum depression among abused women included age 15-19 (aOR=2.29) and > 35 years of age (aOR=2.33). In non-abused women, risk factors for postpartum depression include unemployment (aOR=1.41), foreign birth (aOR=2.04), and low income (aOR=1.68). Postpartum depression was also associated with women abused prior to pregnancy (aOR=3.28), abuse beginning postpartum (aOR=4.76), and abuse resuming postpartum (aOR=3.81).
Read the article summaryAs published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, low cardiovascular fitness at 18 years of age (n = 1,117,292; follow-up, 3-40 y) is associated with an increased risk of severe depression (HR = 1.96).
Read the article summaryAs published in Clinical Drug Investigation, an initial amisulpride dose of 800 mg (n=38) is more effective that 400 mg with dose titration (n=30) in patients with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia. A greater number of patients in the 800 mg group than the 400 mg with dose titration group had a 30% reduction in the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale after 4 (68.4% vs. 40.0%) and 6 weeks (71.1% vs. 43.3%).
Read the article summary1 Nidotherapy for people with schizophrenia Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
2 Newly diagnosed depression is associated with increased beta-thromboglobulin levels and increased expression of platelet activation markers and platelet derived CD40-CD40L Journal of Psychiatric Research, April 12, 2013
3 Use of asenapine in clinical practice for the management of bipolar mania Journal of Psychopharmacology, March 29, 2013 Review Article
4 Risperidone, quetiapine, and olanzapine adjunctive treatments in major depression with psychotic features: a comparative study Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, April 18, 2013 Free full text
5 Buprenorphine augmentation in the treatment of refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, March 1, 2013
6 Efficacy and mood conversion rate during long-term fluoxetine v. lithium monotherapy in rapid- and non-rapid-cycling bipolar II disorder The British Journal of Psychiatry, April 3, 2013
7 The association between low vitamin D and depressive disorders Molecular Psychiatry, April 10, 2013 Free full text
8 A randomised, controlled trial of a dietary intervention for adults with major depression (the SMILES trial): study protocol BMC Psychiatry, April 19, 2013 Free full text
9 An open trial of pregabalin as an acute and maintenance adjunctive treatment for outpatients with treatment resistant bipolar disorder Journal of Affective Disorders, March 22, 2013
10 Add-on fluvoxamine treatment for schizophrenia: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, April 22, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
11 Effectiveness of lurasidone vs. quetiapine XR for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: A 12-month, double-blind, noninferiority study Schizophrenia Research, April 16, 2013
12 Rapid Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Major Depression Biological Psychiatry, April 8, 2013
13 Reboxetine Treatment for Autistic Spectrum Disorder of Pediatric Patients With Depressive and Inattentive/Hyperactive Symptoms: An Open-Label Trial Clinical Neuropharmacology, April 5, 2013
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Lower CSF Interleukin-6 predicts future depression in a population-based sample of older women followed for 17 years
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, April 19, 2013
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15 Efficacy of the novel antidepressant agomelatine for anxiety symptoms in major depression Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, March 28, 2013
16 Cortisol Levels and Risk for Psychosis: Initial Findings from the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study Biological Psychiatry, April 5, 2013
17 Therapeutic effects of vitamin D as adjunctive therapy to fluoxetine in patients with major depressive disorder Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, March 6, 2013
18 Additional ECT increases BDNF-levels in patients suffering from major depressive disorders compared to patients treated with citalopram only Journal of Psychiatric Research, April 15, 2013
19 Efficacy of vitamin C as an adjunct to fluoxetine therapy in pediatric major depressive disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study Nutrition Journal, March 14, 2013 Free full text
20 Efficiacy of Melatonin in Chronic Tension Type Headache Patients and Effects on Anxiety and Depression Journal of Neurological Sciences (Turkish), April 1, 2013 Free full text
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