APA poll: Most Americans have sought mental health treatment but cost, insurance still barriers
... prescribe medication to people with mental health disorders in mental health treatment, thereby, expanding the pool of qualified medical professionals who can prescribe psychotropic medicines to those in need. The survey of 1,000 Americans was conducted by Penn Schoen & Berland on January 26-27. All respond...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
...sion of Sleep Medicine has been to establish sleep disorders medicine as a formally recognized medical discipli...communities of shift-workers who suffer with sleep disorders in many fields such as manufacturing companies, the medical profession, the tourism trade, emergency...New study: Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
...oximately 40 million Americans suffer from chronic disorders of sleep and wakefulness. Of these, it is estimate...d sleep attacks. Due to limited awareness of sleep disorders among practicing physicians, even at top schools, who receive on average between one and two hours o...Presence of certain eye disorders linked with poorer survival rates
...cording to information in the article, various eye disorders have been reported to be significant predictors of...ociated with aging and death. The reason that eye disorders are associated with decreased survival is unclear, the article states. Frederick L. Ferris III, M....Eating disorder behaviors linked to suicide risks
A study of Swiss women with eating disorders suggests that those who binge and purge are more l...st of the women in the study had other psychiatric disorders besides an eating disorder, including depression, drug or alcohol abuse or fearfulness or anxiety. A...Seroquel: New data show efficacy and tolerablity in bipolar depression
...trial involving 542 patients with bipolar I and II disorders who were randomised to receive 8 weeks of treatment with either a fixed dose of SEROQUEL (300mg/d, 600mg/d administered once-daily) or placebo. The results of the trial show: 1,2 Patients taking SEROQUEL achieved a significantly greater improveme...Louisiana enacts prescription privileges law for psychologists
...ority to medications for nervous and mental health disorders only. "This is a historic moment for health care in Louisiana," says Cathy Castille, Ph.D., president of the Louisiana Psychological Association. "This law will improve access to care and coordination of care for people needing mental health services...Attacking bipolar disorder in young adults boosts outcome, says Stanford study
...6. Prior hospitalizations (64 percent) and anxiety disorders (63 percent) were common; in addition, 43 percent had a history of heavy marijuana use, 37 percent had a history of alcohol abuse and 26 percent had attempted suicide. The research team found that the patients' average scores on the Clinical Global I...Increase in prevalence of marijuana abuse and dependence
...ong illicit substance use disorders, marijuana use disorders are the most prevalent in the population, accordin...n and women and young Hispanic men. Marijuana use disorders among marijuana users increased in the absence of increased frequency and quantity of marijuana use....Highlights summarized for movement disorders research at 56th annual meeting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (May 4, 2004) - Movement disorders are neurological diseases that cause aberrant move...ychogenic Movement Disorders Psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) are due not to a genetic or environmental cause, but to a psychological problem the patient i...Substance use, social stress compromise pregnant women's immune system
...while others went on to develop other inflammatory disorders such as brain injuries or chronic lung disease," H...brain and lung injuries in infants and respiratory disorders in full-term babies. The researchers measured inflammatory cytokines in maternal blood samples taken...Stress linked to increased risk of depressive and anxiety disorders
...ulthood are associated with depressive and anxiety disorders among young adults, according to an article in the May issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The idea that stress or adversity (major and potentially traumatic events experienced during one's lifetime) affect...Negative side effects downplayed in prostate cancer treatment guides, U-M study finds
...tly listed as side effects of treatment, but bowel disorders and the risk of death were seldom acknowledged. In addition to content, the materials were evaluated for accuracy, balance and readability. The information was found to be accurate for the most part and only one item showed significant ...Co-occurring disorders increase risk of suicide attempt by adolescents
...arch has shown that adolescents with substance use disorders are most likely to attempt suicide when they also ...ave more symptoms of psychiatric and substance use disorders than adolescents who do not attempt suicide. Dr. Thomas Kelly and colleagues collected data from 188...Study finds combination therapy successful for treating depression
...s with co-occurring depression and substance abuse disorders who do not seek drug treatment may be important as a potential prelude to entry into drug treatment. The study was published in the February 2004 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry . It was funded in part by NIDA....Health care providers should be prepared for high prevalence of co-occurring disorders
...ders. Conversely, individuals with substance abuse disorders often have co-occurring psychiatric disorders. But... in substance abuse treatment? Are the psychiatric disorders of patients receiving substance abuse treatment less severe than those of psychiatric patients? Scie...FDA approves Enbrel to treat psoriasis
...eated for heart failure. Serious nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis, seizures, or inflammat...Tell your doctor if you have ever had any of these disorders or if you develop them after starting ENBREL. Rare reports of serious blood disorders (some fatal...Controlling hormones could reduce risk of strokes in younger people
...Angiotensin II, which causes common cardiovascular disorders such as high blood pressure and heart failure, is also abnormal in CADASIL patients. The study published in this month's edition of the international journal Stroke is the first to provide evidence that blood vessels elsewhere in the body, apart fro...Mayo researchers invent targeted imaging probe to aid early Alzheimer's diagnosis
...he blood-brain barrier for other neurodegenerative disorders as well."...Early signs that adult bone-marrow stem cells could regenerate brain tissue
...mplications for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Ethical concerns over the use of embryonic stem cells has focused attention on the potential of adult bone-marrow cells to stimulate new cell growth in transplant recipients. Previous research has shown that the transplan...