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- Making Sense of the Brain's Mind-Boggling Complexity
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April 16, 2004
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Leading scientists in integrating and visualizing the explosion of information about the brain will convene at a conference commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Human Brain Project (HBP). - “Care Managers” Help Depressed Elderly Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
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March 2, 2004
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An intervention that includes staffing doctors' offices with depression care managers helps depressed elderly patients reduce suicidal thoughts, a study funded by NIMH has found. Martha Bruce, Ph.D., Cornell University, Charles Reynolds, III, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues report on the outcome of the intervention in three major Eastern U.S. metropolitan areas. - “Care Managers” Help Depressed Elderly Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
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March 2, 2004
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An intervention that includes staffing doctors’ offices with depression care managers helps depressed elderly patients reduce suicidal thoughts, a study funded by NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has found. - Monkey Talk, Human Speech Share Left-Brain Processing
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January 29, 2004
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Scans have pinpointed circuits in the monkey brain that could be precursors of those in humans for speech and language. - Emotion-Regulating Protein Lacking in Panic Disorder
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January 20, 2004
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Three brain areas of panic disorder patients are lacking in a key component of a chemical messenger system that regulates emotion, researchers at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. - Mental Illness Genetics Among Science’s Top “Breakthroughs“ for 2003
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December 22, 2003
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Research on the genetics of mental illness, most of it NIMH-funded and much of it in the Institute’s own laboratories, was named the #2 scientific "breakthrough of the year" by Science magazine in its December l9, 2003, issue. - Autism Summit Conference
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November 14, 2003
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A national conference focusing on the Federal government's role in biomedical autism research, early screening and diagnosis, and improving access to autism services will be held November 19-20, 2003, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. - NIMH Leaders, Grantees Honored
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October 31, 2003
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D., was among 65 newly elected members of the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM), announced this week. - Mutant Gene Linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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October 23, 2003
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Analysis of DNA samples from patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related illnesses suggests that these neuropsychiatric disorders affecting mood and behavior are associated with an uncommon mutant, malfunctioning gene that leads to faulty transporter function and regulation. - New Program Will Pursue Schizophrenia Gene Leads
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September 12, 2003
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced a new program expanding genetics research on schizophrenia in its own Bethesda, Maryland, laboratories.
