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Biological Psychiatry featured in MedIndia - Genetic Predictor of Response to Exposure Therapy Could Help in Treatment Options For PTSD

A study published in Biological Psychiatry has shown how a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders.
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A new study in Biological Psychiatry - Scientists find way to detect autism in womb

Scientists have found a way of detecting and quantifying an infant’s risk of autism in the womb itself, says a new study conducted by scientists in the US.
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Stimulating Brain Blunts Cigarette Craving - Biological Psychiatry article features in Voice of America News

Researchers say that stimulating a portion of the brain with magnetic fields temporarily reduces the craving for cigarettes felt by smokers.
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Biological Psychiatry article features in Asian News International - Reduced consumption not abstinence key to treatment of alcohol dependency

A potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene has been found to be effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent individuals.
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'Chemical cosh' drugs put elderly at risk of stroke - press coverage of a Biological Psychiatry study in the Express

A study published in Biological Psychiatry has found that antipsychotic drugs used by dementia sufferers who are agitated or in distress can triple the risk of a potentially fatal stroke.
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Why IQs fall if schizophrenia is in the family

A study in Biological Psychiatry found that people with schizophrenia in the family have a higher chance of their IQ falling as they age even if they do not develop the mental illness.
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Press release for Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Ending the Silence on Gun Violence

In an article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) author David A. Brent and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh School and Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health examine responses that have been proposed in the national media to address the issue of gun violence, including suicide and homicide.
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Binge eating disorder as much a health issue as bulimia nervosa

This study, published in Biological Psychiatry, examined data from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys, in order to assess the global impact of binge eating disorder.
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Press release for Biological Psychiatry - Borderline Personality Disorder: The “Perfect Storm” Of Emotion Dysregulation

New research from Dr. Anthony Ruocco at the University of Toronto and his colleagues paints perhaps the sharpest picture we have so far of the patterns of brain activity which may underlie the intense and unstable emotional experiences associated with this diagnosis.
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Press release for Biological Psychiatry - How Do Happiness and Sadness Circuits Contribute to Bipolar Disorder?

Prior research has clearly shown that brain emotion circuitry is dysregulated in individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It is thought that these disturbances impair one’s ability to control emotion and contribute to mood episodes.
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