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Is bipolar disorder more common in highly intelligent people? A cohort study of a million men

Gale CR, Batty GD, McIntosh AM, Porteous DJ, Deary IJ, Rasmussen F.Mol Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;18(2):190-4. AbstractAnecdotal and biographical reports have long suggested that bipolar disorder is more common in people with exceptional cognitive or creative ability. Epidemiological evidence for such a link is sparse. We investigated the relationship between intelligence and subsequent risk of hospitalisation […]

The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on blood pressure and heart rate in a veteran population

Paulus EJ, Argo TR, Egge JA.J Trauma Stress. 2013 Jan 31. doi: 10.1002/jts.21785. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractHyperarousal is a hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD has been associated with increased blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) in veteran populations. We retrospectively identified male patients consulted to outpatient psychiatry at the Iowa City […]

More than 60 years later: the mediating role of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder for the association of forced displacement in world war II with somatization in old age

Kuwert P, Braehler E, Freyberger HJ, Glaesmer H.J Nerv Ment Dis. 2012 Oct;200(10):911-4. AbstractUp to now, it has remained unclear whether displacement itself is the pathogenetic factor for the impairment of mental health in uprooted individuals or whether the effect is mediated by the amount of traumatic events experienced during forced displacement and/or by the […]

Attachment and mental health symptoms among U.S. Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans seeking health care services

Currier JM, Holland JM, Allen D.J Trauma Stress. 2012 Nov 5. doi: 10.1002/jts.21752. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractAttachment theory has become a primary framework for understanding adjustment to traumas. In a convenience sample of 157 U.S. service members from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars seeking health care services at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital, this […]

Evidence-based guideline update: pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society

Silberstein SD, Holland S, Freitag F, Dodick DW, Argoff C, Ashman E; Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society.Neurology. 2012 Apr 24;78(17):1337-45 AbstractOBJECTIVE: To provide updated evidence-based recommendations for the preventive treatment of migraine headache. The clinical question addressed was: What pharmacologic therapies are proven effective for migraine […]

Regional anesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence-Based Guidelines (Third Edition)

Horlocker TT, Wedel DJ, Rowlingson JC, Enneking FK, Kopp SL, Benzon HT, Brown DL, Heit JA, Mulroy MF, Rosenquist RW, Tryba M, Yuan CS.Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2010 Jan-Feb;35(1):64-101. AbstractThe actual incidence of neurologic dysfunction resulting from hemorrhagic complications associated with neuraxial blockade is unknown. Although the incidence cited in the literature is estimated to […]

American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy adults: guidance for prescribing exercise

Garber CE, Blissmer B, Deschenes MR, Franklin BA, Lamonte MJ, Lee IM, Nieman DC, Swain DP; American College of Sports Medicine.Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Jul;43(7):1334-59. AbstractThe purpose of this Position Stand is to provide guidance to professionals who counsel and prescribe individualized exercise to apparently healthy adults of all ages. These recommendations also may […]

Viewpoint: A Letter to the Country from an Emergency Physician

Jacobson MEEmergency Medicine News, 2012, 34(11A). doi: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000422901.91264.53 Excerpt.I am an emergency physician with an apolitical message in this rather politically charged, polarized time in our country. I have worked for some time in this profession, and have noticed a disturbing trend about which I must speak out

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Among U.S. Military Health Care Professionals Deployed in Support of Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

Jacobson IG, Horton JL, Leardmann CA, Ryan MA, Boyko EJ, Wells TS, Smith B, Smith TC.SourceJ Trauma Stress. 2012 Nov 26. doi: 10.1002/jts.21753. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractLimited prospective studies exist that evaluate the mental health status of military health care professionals who have deployed. This study used prospective data from the Millennium Cohort Study […]

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