Depression
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Treating adult ADHD improves parenting performance
Major finding: Parenting performance improved when adults with ADHD underwent pharmacologic treatment.
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Vortioxetine effective in treatment-resistant depression
Major finding: Patients with major depressive disorder who did not respond adequately to a course of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or...
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Valacyclovir improves cognition in bipolar patients
Major finding: Fifty-three percent of herpes simplex virus-1–seropositive patients with bipolar disorder and cognitive impairment exhibited...
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Vyvanse shows promise for binge-eating disorder
Major finding: Patients with moderate or severe binge-eating disorder showed a dose-dependent reduction in binge-eating episodes in response to...
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Trauma's physical effects persist for years
Major finding: Survivors of Hurricane Katrina or the Oklahoma City bombing had higher blood pressures and heart rates, dysregulated heart rate...
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Teen smartphone addiction correlates with psychopathology
Major finding: Higher scores for addiction to smartphone or Internet use correlated positively with higher scores for psychopathology and...
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Ketamine produces quick antidepressant effect
Major finding: MADRS scores improved significantly within 24 hours in 64% of patients treated with ketamine and in 28% treated with midazolam.Data...
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Cyberbullying triples suicide risk in teens
Major finding: Rates of suicide attempts requiring treatment were 1.5% in teens who were not bullied, 2.3% if bullied on school grounds, 5.4% if...
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Intervention shows promise for saving suicidal veterans
Major Finding: The rate of suicidal intent at 1 month was about 15% among veterans in the intervention group, compared with 22% among veterans...
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New approach tried for treatment-resistant depression
Major finding: Social support scores on the MPSS improved from 4.3 at baseline to 3.4 at 12 weeks and life purpose scores on the SPWB improved...