http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/twitter-chat-on-borderline-personality-disorder.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
NIMH teams up with Perry D. Hoffman from the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder for a chat about this topic.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/taming-suspect-gene-reverses-schizophrenia-like-abnormalities-in-mice.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
Scientists have reversed behavioral and brain abnormalities in adult mice that resemble some features of schizophrenia, by restoring normal expression to the gene Neuregulin1, which makes a protein important for brain development.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/dsm-5-and-rdoc-shared-interests.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
NIMH and APA have a shared interest in ensuring that patients and health providers have the best available tools and information today to identify and treat mental health issues, while we continue to invest in improving and advancing mental disorder diagnostics for the future.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/flu-in-pregnancy-may-quadruple-childs-risk-for-bipolar-disorder.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
Pregnant mothers’ exposure to the flu has been linked to a nearly 4-fold increased risk for bipolar disorder in their adult child.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/grants/concept-clearances/2013/research-to-improve-the-care-of-persons-at-clinical-high-risk-for-psychotic-disorders.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
The goals of this initiative are to (1) test the effectiveness of interventions that target symptomatic and functional difficulties associated with clinical risk states for psychosis; (2) create an evidence base to inform stepped-care models of early psychosis treatment; and, (3) determine the feasibility for implementing such approaches in community treatment settings within the United States.
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http://mindhacks.com/2013/05/04/2013-05-03-spike-activity/
Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
I can’t recognise my own face! In my case, it’s because the Botox has worn off but for person described in the New Scientist article it’s because of prosopagnosia.
The Guardian reports that the UK Government’s ‘Nudge Unit’ is set to become a commercial service. Nudge mercenaries!
A greater use of “I” and “me” as a mark of interpersonal distress. An interesting study covered by the BPS Research Digest.
Pacific Standard has an interesting piece about gun registers, felons and interrupting the contagion of gun violence.
Brain Voodoo Goes Electric. The mighty Neuroskeptic on how a previously common flaw in fMRI brain imaging research may also apply to EEG and MEG ‘brain wave’ studies.
A Médecins Sans Frontières psychologist writes about her work with in the Syrian armed conflict.
The latest social priming evidence and replication story at Nature causes all sorts of academic acrimony. The fun’s in the comments section.
Slate asks Is Psychiatry Dishonest? And if so, is it a noble lie?
With all the ‘everyone will be traumatised and needs to see a psychologist’ nonsense to hit the media after the Boston bombing, this interview with Boston psychiatry prof Terence Keane gets it perfectly. Recommended.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/twitter-chat-on-pandas-pans.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
NIMH experts discuss childhood rapid-onset OCD during our next Twitter chat on May 8, 2013.
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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/the-mediterranean-diets-brain-benefits/?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Mediterranean-style diet, rich in fish, poultry, vegetables and fruit, with minimal dairy foods and meat, may be good for the brain, a large new study suggests.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-diagnosis.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
NIMH is committed to new and better treatments, but this will only happen by developing a more precise diagnostic system. Going forward, we will be supporting research projects that look across current categories – or sub-divide current categories – to begin to develop a better system. RDoC is nothing less than a plan to transform clinical practice by bringing a new generation of research to inform how we diagnose and treat mental disorders.
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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/threat-bias-interacts-with-combat-gene-to-boost-ptsd-risk.shtml?utm_source=rss_readers&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_summary
Excess attention to avoidance of threat – depending on the situation – can increase risk for PTSD, suggests a new study.
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