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- Brain’s Wiring Stunted, Lopsided in Childhood Onset Schizophrenia
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October 30, 2008
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Science Update
Growth of the brain’s long distance connections, called white matter, is stunted and lopsided in children who develop psychosis before puberty, NIMH researchers have discovered. - Task Force Finds Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Children and Adolescents Exposed to Trauma
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October 29, 2008
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Science Update
Individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) were the only interventions found effective in an evaluation of seven commonly-used approaches to reduce the psychological harm to youth who experience trauma. - Symptoms Persist as Bipolar Children Grow Up
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October 27, 2008
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Science Update
Bipolar disorder (BD) identified in childhood often persisted into adulthood in the first large follow-up study of its kind. Forty-four percent of children diagnosed with BD continued to have manic episodes as adults, in the study by NIMH grantee Barbara Geller, M.D. - Lack of Eye Contact May Predict Level of Social Disability in Two-Year Olds with Autism
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October 23, 2008
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Science Update
By age 2, children with autism show unusual patterns of eye contact compared with typically developing children. This symptom appears to be related to a child's level of impairment and may be a useful biomarker for diagnosing autism at an earlier age. - Social Phobia Patients Have Heightened Reactions to Negative Comments
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October 22, 2008
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Science Update
In a study using functional brain imaging, NIMH scientists found that when people with generalized social phobia were presented with a variety of verbal comments about themselves and others (“you are ugly,” or “he’s a genius,” for example) they had heightened brain responses only to negative comments about themselves. - Certain Antipsychotic Medications May Increase Risk for Heart Disease
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October 16, 2008
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Science Update
Certain atypical antipsychotic medications may raise the risk for heart disease in people with schizophrenia. - Pilot Study Will Test New Treatment to Reduce Self-Harm in Borderline Personality Disorder
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October 9, 2008
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Science Update
NIMH recently funded Kim Gratz, Ph.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center, and colleagues to continue to test a new group therapy to help women with borderline personality disorder reduce self-harm behaviors and to improve functioning. - Viral Genetic Underpinnings of HIV-associated Dementia Explored
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October 9, 2008
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Science Update
A new study identifies differences between genetic variants of HIV that are associated with HIV-associated dementia (HAD). - Emotion-Regulating Circuit Weakened in Borderline Personality Disorder
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October 2, 2008
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Science Update
Differences in the working tissue of the brain, called grey matter, have been linked to impaired functioning of an emotion-regulating circuit in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). People with BPD had excess grey matter in a fear hub deep in the brain, which over-activated when they viewed scary faces. By contrast, the hub’s regulator near the front of the brain was deficient in grey matter and underactive, effectively taking the brakes off a runaway fear response, suggest researchers supported in part by NIMH. - Millisecond Brain Signals Predict Response to Fast-Acting Antidepressant
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October 2, 2008
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Press Release
Images of the brain’s fastest signals reveal an electromagnetic marker that predicts a patient’s response to a fast-acting antidepressant, researchers have discovered.
