• APA: Prospects Dim for Including Psychosis Risk in DSM-5

    Updated: 2010-05-27 05:57:31
    NEW ORLEANS -- A potentially less stigmatizing name isn't likely to put the controversial designation of "psychosis risk syndrome" into the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases (DSM-5), a researcher suggested here.

  • May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Important Info & an Award

    Updated: 2010-05-23 04:25:00
    : : : skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , May 22, 2010 May is Mental Health Awareness Month : Important Info an Award Hey , folks~ I posted this on my Facebook profile a few days ago . I compiled it from various reliable sources , most of which I listed in the message . Today , I celebrated Mental Health Awareness Month with my local NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness . chapter We had our annual picnic . I actually got a really neat award given to me at the picnic . It's called an Iris Award , named after Vincent Van Gogh and the irises he liked to paint while he was looking through his windows at the psychiatric hospital he was in . I am a huge fan of Van Gogh , so I love the idea of these awards . They are given to people who do work in the area of mental health , or who

  • Anticonvulsants and Bone Loss

    Updated: 2010-05-18 21:37:35
    Anticonvulsants are not only used for the treatment of epilepsy but are now used with increasing frequency for the treatment of mood disorders, such as bipolar disorder.  Recent studies have indicated that anticonvulsants may negatively affect bone mineral density, as well as increase fracture risk.  This seems to be especially common with the older anticonvulsants [...]

  • The chemistry of commitment

    Updated: 2010-05-14 11:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 221 aging 109 animal behavior 158 attention perception 283 autism 19 brain plasticity 168 consciousness 154 culture 15 culture politics 395 deric 156 embodied cognition 27 emotion 218 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 178

  • Lithium and Breastfeeding

    Updated: 2010-05-12 14:17:09
    Bipolar disorder (types I and II) affect up to 5% of the population in the United States. As the onset of this condition typically occurs during or before the reproductive years, the management of bipolar disorder in women is often complicated by pregnancy. There are concerns regarding fetal exposure to medication, the impact of untreated [...]

  • New Oral Contraceptive Approved

    Updated: 2010-05-12 14:13:49
    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a combination oral contraceptive (OC) tablet called Natazia (Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals).  It is a bit different from other OC preparations in that it contains 4 progestin/estrogen dosing combinations during each 28-day cycle (instead of being monophasic or triphasic), and it contains estradiol valerate (instead of ethinyl [...]

  • Eipgenetics and cognitive aging

    Updated: 2010-05-11 11:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 221 aging 109 animal behavior 158 attention perception 283 autism 19 brain plasticity 168 consciousness 154 culture 15 culture politics 395 deric 156 embodied cognition 27 emotion 218 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 178

  • William's syndrome: Disappearance of racism along with social fear.

    Updated: 2010-05-06 11:30:00
    : : . skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 221 aging 109 animal behavior 158 attention perception 283 autism 19 brain plasticity 168 consciousness 154 culture 15 culture politics 395 deric 156 embodied cognition 27 emotion 218 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress

  • Slowing down the brain may enhance creativity.

    Updated: 2010-05-04 11:30:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 221 aging 109 animal behavior 158 attention perception 283 autism 19 brain plasticity 168 consciousness 154 culture 15 culture politics 395 deric 156 embodied cognition 27 emotion 218 evolution debate 92 evolutionary psychology 89 faces 76 fear anxiety stress 178

  • Brain Changes in Schizophrenia Respond to Non-Drug Therapy

    Updated: 2010-05-03 21:00:00
    A non-drug "cognitive enhancement therapy" stopped and even reversed the brain shrinkage that often accompanies schizophrenia, results of a randomized trial showed.

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