- More positive words ("glad, pleasant, lovely") in medical hospital discharge summaries was associated with a 30% reduction in suicide risk, finds a study of 2 large academic medical centers. This suggests that automated tools may help identify patients at risk for suicide. http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2548276 7 comments science
- A randomized comparative trial for relative efficacy (N=237, Adults) shows dynamic therapy and cognitive therapy demonstrate no significant difference on change in depression for the treatment of MDD in a community mental health setting. http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2538519 13 comments science
- Infrared heat eases depression symptoms by stimulating production of serotonin, study finds http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2521478 7 comments science
- World's first study on new heroin addiction treatment, published in JAMA Psychiatry, finds evidence that hydromorphone is an effective treatment for long-term opioid dependence http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2512237 17 comments science
- Social anxiety disorder linked to high serotonin levels http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2319710 30 comments science
- A Swedish longitudinal study of 710K men shows that low resting heart rate predicts violent and nonviolent crimes. http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2436277 8 comments science
- Link Between C-Section Birth and Autism Non-Causal, Study Finds http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2323630 13 comments science
- People with Depression and Bipolar Disorder Feel Sadness Differently. http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2290680 75 comments science
- Air pollution may be damaging children’s brains before they are even born http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2205842 3 comments science
- "Pregnant mothers’ exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health." Why isn't this bigger news in relation to pregnant women who decline the flu vaccine? http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1686037&resultclick=3 32 comments science
- Science AMA series: I’m Dr. Katherine Shear of Columbia Psychiatry. People need to know more about what grief is - a multifaceted time-varying reaction to loss, and what it is NOT - clinical depression. AMA. http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1242 196 comments science
- Similar dendritic spine pathology in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1907153 5 comments science
- Men who suffered abuse and adversity in childhood are more likely to volunteer for service in the US military: "enlistment may serve as an escape, for some." http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1890091 28 comments science
- Study claims that regular porn-watching habits could reduce the size of men’s brains http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1874574 38 comments science
- Drivers with ADHD more likely to be in trafic accident, taking medication associated with a 58% risk reduction in accidents http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1814941 9 comments science
- More evidence that oxytocin mitigates deficits seen in autism http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1790357 34 comments science
- Doubled risk of autism associated with treatment with SSRIs during pregnancy http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1107329 74 comments science
- Doubled risk of autism associated with treatment with SSRIs by the mother during the year before delivery http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1107329 10 comments science
- Inflammation may play a role in schizophrenia http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1558063 8 comments science