Antipsychotic prescribing trends in youths with autism and intellectual disability
About one in ten youths treated with an antipsychotic are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. Conversely, one...
Read moreAbout one in ten youths treated with an antipsychotic are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. Conversely, one...
Read moreFor the first time, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been directly implicated in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although 5-HT...
Read moreA study to be published in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent...
Read moreDepression can be a devastating and unremitting problem. Researchers of a new study published in the current issue of Biological...
Read moreA new study by Neil Harrison and colleagues published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that a brain reward center, the striatum, may...
Read moreA study to be published in the February 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent...
Read moreMindfulness, described as paying attention on purpose and being in the present moment with acceptance, could be an effective way...
Read moreSoldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more 'tuned' to perceive threatening facial expressions than people without PTSD because of...
Read moreBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is a diagnostic label applied to people who have problems regulating emotional mood swings. This emotional...
Read moreNeuroimaging studies suggest that frontolimbic regions of the brain, structures that regulate emotions, play an important role in the biology...
Read moreA new study published in the latest issue of Biological Psychiatry reports the successful and instant reduction of fear in...
Read moreSeveral studies have demonstrated that the primary active constituent of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9-THC), induces transient psychosis-like effects in healthy subjects...
Read moreSelf-weighing can be a useful tool to help adults control their weight, but for adolescents and young adults this behavior...
Read moreOne of the most powerful predictors in neuropsychiatry is the epsilon 4 (ε4) allele of the apolipoprotein gene (APOE). Individuals...
Read moreEarly life stress is a major risk factor for later episodes of depression. In fact, adults who are abused or...
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