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Suicide risk factors differ for women in military than in civilian population
WASHINGTON – Firearms and higher levels of trauma exposure raise the risk for suicide among women service personnel. Psychiatrists are urged to...
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VIDEO: DNA-derived Zika vaccine in humans holds promise
BALTIMORE – Dr. Kathleen M. Neuzil, director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development, shares details on progress of the...
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VIDEO: What will be the NIMH’s focus under Dr. Joshua Gordon?
NEW YORK - Will it ever be possible to trace the neuronal pathways of specific mental states as they speed through our brains? Hear Joshua A....
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VIDEO: New NIMH director talks ethics, optogenetics, novel treatments for depression
NEW YORK – Will it ever be possible to trace the neuronal pathways of specific mental states as they speed through our brains? Hear Joshua A....
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Ostracism is a growing concern as mechanism of poor health outcomes in military
The role of ostracism in overall poor health outcomes in service personnel is a growing concern, according to a panel of military experts.
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VIDEO: The ‘artificial’ divide between biology and psychology
NEW YORK – “All psychology works through biology,” said the new head of the National Institute of Mental Health, Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD. “The...
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VIDEO: Is your patient clinically depressed, or is there something else?
How should you manage a 42-year-old woman with well-controlled hypertension and type 2 diabetes who screens positive for depression, but is...
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Direct-acting antivirals: One of several keys to HCV eradication by 2030
Elimination of the public health threat posed by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) might seem impossible to achieve by 2030, but researchers in Italy...
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Cannabis use after first-episode psychosis may raise relapse risk
Continued cannabis use after an episode of psychosis was associated with a higher risk of relapse of psychosis requiring inpatient treatment than...
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Americas are declared measles free by PAHO
The Americas are measles free, according to the Pan-American Health Organization.
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Two novel DNA Zika virus vaccines set for human trials
The search is on for clinical trial participants to help verify whether two genetically based vaccines that lowered Zika virus viremia in infected...
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Battle continues over NIMH’s mandate as new director steps in
Questions over what the focus of the National Institute of Mental Health should be has many hoping that its new director, Joshua A. Gordon, MD,...
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Collaborative depression care for teens: Cost effective over time
Team-based care for adolescent depression is cost effective in the long run and easily meets the most rigid of third party payer payment...
