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Psychiatry News

Rape, Psychiatry, and Constitutional Rights—Hard Cases Make For Very Bad Law

2010-09-01
Dr Frances was the chair of the DSM-IV Task Force and of the department of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. He is currently professor emeritus at Duke. Dr Frances is a frequent blogger on issues related to DSM-5; please visit www.psychiatrictimes.com/dsm-5 to read his blogs.

Depression (major depression)

2010-09-03
Dr. David A. Mrazek is chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and a professor of psychiatry at College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic.

On Months-Long Missions, How Durable Is An Astronaut's Mind?

2010-09-04
As an international team of volunteers in Russia approaches the three-month mark in its ambitious simulation of a 520-day flight to Mars, researchers are keeping a close watch on how the six men are physically and psychologically coping.

Want To Sleep Better, Find A Good Mate

2010-09-03
In unsurprising news, women in bad relationships have a poorer quality of sleep. Of course, maybe all these women date men who snore. A study conducted by Wendy M. Troxel, PhD from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues, showed quality of sleep for women is associated with the stability of their romantic relationships. Women currently experiencing insecurity ...

Hans Keilson, Doctor and Writer of Wartime Wounds

2010-09-03
The literature of Hans Keilson, a doctor who escaped to the Netherlands from Nazi Germany, is getting new attention in America.

UAMS Announces $2.7M Grant for Mental Health Centers

2010-09-03
The grant will be used to develop a partnership among researchers in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and the CHCA, which delivers primary care and other health care services to more than 141,000 Arkansans.

Nonprofit briefs

2010-09-03
NUMC to launch a new institute The Nassau Health Care Foundation received $188,665 from the Dr. Robert Von Tauber and Olga Von Tauber, MD, Revocable Trust, to enhance the department of psychiatry at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. Specifically, the funds, which represent a partial distribution of a total bequest of $350,000, will be used [...]

The Emotions of a Facebook ‘Defriending’

2010-09-03
Is there a better way to handle it than just a cold, calculated click?

Gradual withdrawal is key with medications

2010-09-02
About 10 percent of the U.S. population is taking antidepressants, according to a study published last year in the Archives of General Psychiatry, and some professionals are worried about the addictive nature of the medicine.

Early marker for infants at higher-risk for autism may be infrequent gazing, study shows

2010-09-03
Kennedy Krieger Institute announced today new study results showing an early marker for later communication and social delays in infants at a higher-risk for autism may be infrequent gazing at other people when unprompted. Published in the September issue of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, the study also found that six-month-old high-risk infants demonstrated the same level of ...