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Emerging Perspectives: Psychopathology and the Serotonin Transporter

The effect of the short-allele variant on depression may be secondary to more general effects.

Cross-Cultural Features of Social Anxiety Diagnoses

American clinicians might need to assess patients’ fears of offending others.

Does Mental Torture Hurt Less than Physical Torture?

Distress and helplessness have greater psychological consequences than does the type of torture.

Antidepressants During Pregnancy: Treating the Condition While Acknowledging the Risks

Decisions about treating depression during pregnancy must be individualized.

Making Informed Decisions About Antidepressants During Pregnancy

Benefits, risks, and individual needs play guiding roles in decisions about antidepressant use.

Good Mothering, Good Mood — For Some

Nurturance during childhood may protect against depression in adults with certain serotonin-receptor polymorphisms.

Antidepressants in Pediatric Patients: Benefits Might Outweigh Risks

SSRIs still have their uses, despite suicidality risks and less prescribing for children.

Delirium After Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Affects HRQOL

In a stem-cell transplant population, delirium was associated with adverse effects on neurocognition and with high levels of distress at 80 days post-transplant.

Hostile Waters: Why CBT Sometimes Does Not Work for Patients with GAD

Level and type of criticism by relationship partners predicted efficacy.

Hoarding Might Run in the Family

The genetic evidence begins to accumulate.

Suicide and the Nightmarish Life

This study reveals that nightmares are associated with suicidality and that sleep dysfunction is prevalent among people who attempt suicide.

Deep Brain Stimulation for Tardive Dyskinesia

A pilot study shows highly promising results.

Antipsychotic-Induced Obesity: Histamine May Be the Key

Results from an animal study

Are Add-On Antidepressants Ineffective for Bipolar Depression?

Antidepressants and placebo showed similar results when given adjunctively with mood stabilizers.

Is Depression an Independent Risk Factor for Stroke?

Depressive symptoms are associated with increased risk for stroke or TIA — but only in people younger than 65.

Is the Stage Theory of Grief Empirically Valid?

This attempt at confirming the popular theory falls short.

An Endophenotype in OCD Is Familial

Unaffected relatives of OCD patients have cognitive inflexibility and motor impulsivity.

Is General Headache Associated with Depression?

More than one quarter of patients with headache of any type often had moderate or severe depression.

Anxiety Disorders Are Common and Undertreated in Primary Care

Anxiety is as common as depression but receives less attention.

Do Chronic Headache, Low Education, and Somatic Symptoms Predict Depression?

Depression and somatic symptoms are more likely to coexist in patients with chronic versus episodic headache, suggesting that these symptoms may have a common underlying neurochemical etiology.

Venlafaxine for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children?

Findings from two related studies include lack of efficacy in one study and possible adverse cardiovascular, growth, and lipid effects.

Psychiatric Disorders Are Prevalent in Patients Seeking Bariatric Surgery

More-obese bariatric-surgery candidates have higher rates of psychiatric illness.

The Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Depressive Symptoms

Culprit or cure? The jury’s still out.

Depression Associated with Death and Hospitalization in Patients with Heart Failure

Unexpectedly, so was antidepressant use.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder?

A randomized controlled trial yields positive results.

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