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SAN DIEGO and DEL MAR, Calif., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the National Bipolar Foundation (NBF). NBF was founded by F. Marc Kullman in 2005. After being diagnosed in 1997 with Bipolar Disorder, he was determined to become a spokesperson for the disease, with hopes of eradicating the stigma associated with the illness. Soon to follow was his notoriety for his "Just Today" painting, which...
Controlling depression in patients with heart failure can improve health status, social functioning and quality of life, according to a new study by psychiatrists and cardiologists at the UC Davis and Duke University schools of medicine. While depression is known to worsen a variety of diseases, the current study is one of the first to show that reducing symptoms of the mental health condition can benefit physical health. The study is available online now and will be distributed in the...
While powerful magnetic stimulation of the frontal lobe of the brain can alleviate symptoms of depression, those receiving the treatment did not report effects on sleep or arousal commonly seen with antidepressant medications, researchers say. "People's sleep gets better as their depression improves, but the treatment doesn't itself cause sedation or insomnia." said Dr. Peter B. Rosenquist, Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia at...
Panic and anxiety disorders affect millions of Americans each and every day. In fact, the number of people diagnosed with panic and anxiety disorders has steadily increased over the last several years. Pacific Palisades, CA (PRWEB) October 18, 2012 Panic and anxiety disorders affect millions of Americans each and every day. In fact, the number of people diagnosed with panic and anxiety disorders has steadily increased over the last several years. In direct response to this troubling...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study by researchers has revealed that individuals who use common antidepressants could have a heightened risk of having some types of stroke due to bleeding in the brain; however, the risk of having a stroke is low. A team of investigators looked at past studies to analyze the connection between antidepressant use and stroke. Evidence from 16 studies was pooled, with over 500,000 total participants included. Individuals who...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) announced that it has begun dosing the second cohort of patients in its ongoing Phase Ib to test the safety of NSI-189 in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). NSI-189, the lead compound in Neuralstem's neurogenic small molecule platform, is a proprietary new chemical entity that stimulates new neuron growth in the hippocampus, a region of the brain believed to be implicated in MDD, as well...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuronetics, Inc., a privately-held medical device company committed to the development of innovative, non-invasive therapies to treat psychiatric conditions, announced today that its NeuroStar TMS Therapy(®) System has been awarded the prestigious Phoenix 2012 Most Promising New Product Award at the 19(th) annual Phoenix Conference. Phoenix, the Medical Device and Diagnostic Conference for Chief Executive Officers, presents awards each...
People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet, whose large-scale Swedish registry study is the most comprehensive ever in its field. Last year, the team showed that artists and scientists were more common amongst families where bipolar disorder and schizophrenia is present, compared to the population...
A new genetic study in Biological Psychiatry One of the biggest challenges in psychiatric genetics has been to replicate findings across large studies. Scientists at King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry have now performed one of the largest ever genetic replication studies of bipolar affective disorder, with 28,000 subjects recruited from 36 different research centers. Their findings provide compelling evidence that the chromosome 3p21.1 locus contains a common genetic risk...
A new study in animals shows that chronic stress during pregnancy prevents brain benefits of motherhood, a finding that researchers suggest could increase understanding of postpartum depression. Rat mothers showed an increase in brain cell connections in regions associated with learning, memory and mood. In contrast, the brains of mother rats that were stressed twice a day throughout pregnancy did not show this increase. The researchers were specifically interested in dendritic spines...
