Psychiatric disorder is a psychological and/or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual, causes distress or disability and is not part of normal development or culture
Hill JV, Johnson RC, Barton RA.1st Infantry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Tikrit, Iraq.Mil Med. 2006 Mar;171(3):228-32. Suicidal and homicidal soldiers present one of the most frequent and challenging scenarios for deployed mental health providers. A chart review of 425 deployed soldiers seen for mental health reasons found that 127 (nearly 30%) had considered killing […]
Reid WH.J Psychiatr Pract. 2010 Mar;16(2):120-4. About 35,000 people commit suicide every year in the United States. Almost all are seriously, but treatably, mentally ill. Most come to the attention of a physician, in an emergency room, primary practice setting, or psychiatric hospital or office, during the days, weeks or months before they die. Since […]
Kim DR, Pesiridou A, O’Reardon JP.Perinatal Psychiatry Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2009 Dec;11(6):447-52. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an emerging novel treatment modality for psychiatric disorders, particularly major depression. A device for delivery of TMS was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of […]
Pompili M, Serafini G, Innamorati M, Möller-Leimkühler AM, Giupponi G, Girardi P, Tatarelli R, Lester D.Department of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa, Rome, ItalyEur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2010 Feb 20. Suicidal behavior and mood disorders are one of the world’s largest public health problems. The biological vulnerability for these problems includes genetic factors […]
Harrison FE, May JM.Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Mar 15;46(6):719-30. Ascorbate (vitamin C) is a vital antioxidant molecule in the brain. However, it also has a number of other important functions, participating as a cofactor in several enzyme reactions, including catecholamine synthesis, collagen production, and […]
Roy A, Gorodetsky E, Yuan Q, Goldman D, Enoch MA. Psychiatry Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey VA Health Care System, East Orange, NJ, USA. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Jan 20. Childhood trauma is associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation and is a known risk factor for suicidal behavior. In this study we sought to determine […]
Uutela A.National Institute for Health and Welfare THL, Helsinki, Finland.Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2010 Jan 16. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Literature from the past year was examined to learn whether economic recessions have an effect on mental disorders including depression and suicides.RECENT FINDINGS: Economic recessions and crises have a context-dependent negative impact on mental health disorders. These […]
Coin A, Perissinotto E, Najjar M, Girardi A, Inelmen EM, Enzi G, Manzato E, Sergi G.Geriatric Clinics, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Padova. Italy.Curr Alzheimer Res. 2010 Jan 21. BACKGROUND: several studies have shown that religiosity has beneficial effects on health, mortality and pathological conditions; little is known about religiosity in Alzheimer’s […]
Tuohimaa P, Keisala T, Minasyan A, Cachat J, Kalueff A.Medical School, University of Tampere, 33014 Tampere, Finland.Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009 Dec;34 Suppl 1:S278-86. This is a mini-review of vitamin D(3), its active metabolites and their functioning in the central nervous system (CNS), especially in relation to nervous system pathologies and aging. The vitamin D(3) endocrine system consists […]
Semaille P.D.M.G.-U.L.B. (Department of General Medicine of the U.L.B (Université Libre de Bruxelles))Rev Med Brux. 2009 Sep;30(4):335-57 Addiction is characterized by the inability to control his consumption of product or control certain behaviors, and the continuation of the behavior despite knowledge of its adverse effects. Addictions to substances like heroin, cocaine, etc., are well known. […]
