Impact of molecular medicine on neuropsychiatry: the clinician's perspective.

abstract：:Ethical issues in the field of schizophrenia research have become a focus of intense debate in the past year. The publication of the final report of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) coupled with recent media reports have catapulted these issues into international view. Major questions have been raised...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Zipursky RB

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticoagulants and psychotropic medications are commonly prescribed together. Thus, the potential for interaction exists. Whereas thrombolytics and heparins are implicated in few pharmacokinetic interactions, warfarin and platelet inhibitors have been implicated in various interactions with psychotropic medications. I...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Bachawati M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Greater racial discrimination is associated with poorer mental health among Black Americans; yet, there remains an incomplete understanding of sex differences in exposure to racial discrimination, and further, of how sex differences in coping with racial discrimination may heighten or diminish risk fo...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Brownlow BN,Sosoo EE,Long RN,Hoggard LS,Burford TI,Hill LK

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its earliest descriptions, schizophrenia has been thought to be clinically heterogeneous. Symptomatic features and subtypes tend to aggregate in families, suggesting that genetic factors contribute to individual differences in illness presentation. Over the past 5 years, evidence from genetic linkage and associa...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Fanous AH,Kendler KS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies published between the beginning of 2013 and May 2015 on the neuropsychological functioning of patients with anorexia nervosa compared with healthy participants framed in the context of the Research Domain Criteria matrix identifies evidence for functional differences in three domains: Negative Valance Systems-...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Reville MC,O'Connor L,Frampton I

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Marijuana use presents a unique challenge to bariatric surgery programs. We review the recent evidence examining marijuana use on outcomes following bariatric surgery. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies have not demonstrated an increased risk of short-term surgical complications or differences in up to 2...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Diggins A,Heinberg L

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement approaches for male and female sexual dysfunction have proliferated in recent years, spurred in large part by the development of new treatments for male and female dysfunction. In the past, physiologic measures of penile tumescence and rigidity in males, and vaginal blood flow in females, played an importa...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Rosen RC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of the present review was threefold: to address the current state of Animal-Assisted Interactions (AAI) within the military; to summarize recent literature (within the past three years) in the field of AAI; and to discuss trends in AAI research since 2014. RECENT FINDINGS:With regard to A...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Rumayor CB,Thrasher AM

更新日期：2017-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This paper explores how motivational interviewing (MI) can be useful to practitioners working with people who have sexually abused. Research has found that the most effective practitioners working with these clients are warm, empathic, rewarding, and directive. Putting these characteristics into pract...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Prescott DS

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) has been shown to be an efficacious evidence-based treatment for major depression in combination with antidepressant medication, as a maintenance treatment in combination with medication, and as monotherapy (with placebo). After reviewing the salient features of IPT that make it a goo...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Miller MD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with neuropsychologic and neuropsychiatric dysfunction and is a leading cause of disability among the elderly. Impairments in activities of daily living (ADL) contribute significantly to the disability reported among patients with AD and diminish quality of life for patients and ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Boyle PA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central characteristics of borderline personality disorder (BPD) are bound to be associated with the development and maintenance of couple dysfunction. Although seven of the nine diagnostic criteria of BPD in the DSM-IV-TR refer directly to interpersonal functioning, very few empiric studies have addressed the exa...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Bouchard S,Sabourin S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empathy is an important psychological process that facilitates human communication and interaction. Enhancement of empathy has profound significance in a range of applications. In this paper, we review emerging directions of research on computational analysis of empathy expression and perception as well as empathic in...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Xiao B,Imel ZE,Georgiou P,Atkins DC,Narayanan SS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric illness with high levels of morbidity and mortality. Despite intensive research during the past several decades, the neurobiological basis and pathophysiology of depressive disorders remain unknown. Genetic factors play important roles in the development of MDD, ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Lohoff FW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapse is a highly prevalent phenomenon in addiction. This paper examines the new research on identifying biological factors that contribute to addiction relapse risk. Prospective studies examining relapse risk are reviewed, and clinical, biological, and neural factors that predict relapse risk are identified. Clinic...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Sinha R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child maltreatment is a serious problem in US society, affecting approximately three million children. Children and adolescents exposed to child abuse and neglect experience high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, they are at risk for comorbid mental illness. Biologic stress systems affected ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： De Bellis MD,Thomas LA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is consistent evidence that the principal etiology of schizophrenia involves predisposing genetic factors. Recent years have seen several new insights in the genetics of schizophrenia. Several chromosomal regions show significant evidence that they contain schizophrenia susceptibility genes. A clinically relevan...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Bassett AS,Chow EW,Weksberg R,Brzustowicz L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are frequently encountered in the elderly, but they are largely undetected and untreated. Epidemiological studies indicate a prevalence ranging from 1.2 to 15 %. With the exception of generalized anxiety disorder and agoraphobia, which can often start in late life, most anxiety disorders in older pat...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Andreescu C,Varon D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a group of psychoses that are symptomatologically and prognostically different from schizophrenia and affective psychotic disorders is supported by clinical and epidemiologic evidence. Although such "atypical" psychoses account for up to 10% of all psychotic disorders, their aetiology, pathophysiology...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Jablensky A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models may be useful in investigating the fundamental mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, and may contribute to the development of new medications. A computerized literature search was used to collect studies on recently developed animal models for anxiety disorders. Particular cognitive-affective proc...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Uys JD,Stein DJ,Daniels WM,Harvey BH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this paper are to provide an overview of the state of the science of sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), present hypotheses for the high prevalence of insomnia in children with ASD, and present a practice pathway for promoting optimal sleep. Approximately two thirds of children with ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Souders MC,Zavodny S,Eriksen W,Sinko R,Connell J,Kerns C,Schaaf R,Pinto-Martin J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rigorous research has recently identified a range of behavioral therapies that have been shown to be effective across the most prevalent types of substance dependence. This review summarizes the roles of behavioral therapies as contrasted with those of pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders and then provides an...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Carroll KM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicidal behavior and its prevention constitute a major public health issue. Etiology of suicidal behavior is multifactorial. Whereas current research is mostly focused on clinical and biological risk factors, the sociodemographic risk factors for suicidal behavior, first highlighted by Durkheim, have received less at...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Conejero I,Lopez-Castroman J,Giner L,Baca-Garcia E

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of overt hypothyroidism (HO) on cognition and mood are well established, and HO is considered a common cause of reversible dementia. There is now increasing evidence to suggest that subclinical hypothyroidism (ie, elevated thyroid stimulating hormone in the presence of normal thyroxine concentrations) may ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Davis JD,Stern RA,Flashman LA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Circadian rhythms are a topic of growing interest in mental health, particularly in obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, the consistency of this link has not been carefully examined. Thus, the present review integrates findings from the past 5 years in order to determine the strength of such a rela...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Cox RC,Olatunji BO

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a renewed interest in better conceptualizing trajectories of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from childhood to adulthood, driven by an increased recognition of long-term impairment and potential persistence beyond childhood and adolescence. This review addresses the following major issues rele...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Caye A,Swanson J,Thapar A,Sibley M,Arseneault L,Hechtman L,Arnold LE,Niclasen J,Moffitt T,Rohde LA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of the present review is to systematically examine published data regarding ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in children and adolescents with mood disorders. RECENT FINDINGS:EMA is increasingly used to collect participant's information in their real environment and in real time. There ar...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Baltasar-Tello I,Miguélez-Fernández C,Peñuelas-Calvo I,Carballo JJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD), their families and clinicians experience significant challenges when weighing the potential risks versus benefits of available choices in the treatment of MDD. Although MDD is highly prevalent in adolescents and is associated with marked suffering, impairment and risk ...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Pathak S,Kratochvil CJ,Rogers GM,Silva S,Vitiello B,Weller EB,March JS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eating disorders anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are severe psychiatric disorders with high mortality. Our knowledge about the neurobiology of eating disorders is very limited, and the question remains whether alterations in brain structure or function in eating disorders are state related, remnants...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Frank GK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We review evidence for the potential importance of interoception, i.e., the processing of signals arising from inside the body, for deficient psychosocial functioning in borderline personality disorder (BPD). RECENT FINDINGS:Evidence suggests that variability in interoception interacts with higher-or...

journal_title：Current psychiatry reports

authors： Löffler A,Foell J,Bekrater-Bodmann R

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00