http://behavecoach.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:12:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Researchers, for the first time, have pinpointed a genetic hotspot that confers risk for both bipolar disorder and depression. People with either of these mood disorders were significantly more likely to have risk versions of genes at this site than healthy controls. One of the genes, which codes for part ... http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2010/same-genes-suspected-in-both-depression-and-bipolar-illness.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss NIMH is launching a long-term project aimed at ultimately improving treatment and prevention by studying classification of mental illness, based on genetics and neuroscience in addition to clinical observation. The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project is not intended to replace psychiatry’s existing diagnostic system for practitioners and will proceed in ... http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2010/genes-and-circuitry-not-just-clinical-observation-to-guide-classification-for-research.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss A study has linked panic disorder to a wayward hormone in a brain circuit that regulates vigilance. While too little of the hormone, called orexin, is known to underlie narcolepsy, the new study suggests that too much of it may lead to panic attacks that afflict 6 million American ... http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/runaway-vigilance-hormone-linked-to-panic-attacks.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss Scientists have for the first time selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation. Participants remained free of the fear memory for at least a year. The research builds on emerging evidence from animal studies that reactivating an emotional memory opens a 6-hour window of ... http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/non-invasive-technique-blocks-a-conditioned-fear-in-humans.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss Researchers studying autism spectrum disorders (ASD) will soon have access to a vast range of data and research tools through the NIH National Database for Autism Research (NDAR). http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/major-databases-link-up-to-advance-autism-research.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss For the first time, inherited disruption of gene expression in a brain system for social behavior has been implicated in autism. NIMH grantee Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., at the University of Miami and Simon Gregory, Ph.D., at Duke University, and a multinational team of researchers found evidence for such epigenetic effects ... http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/silenced-gene-for-social-behavior-found-in-autism.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss Treatment that includes medication plus a structured training program for parents reduces serious behavioral problems in children with autism and related conditions, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study, which was part of the NIMH Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism ... http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/parent-training-complements-medication-for-treating-behavioral-problems-in-children-with-pervasive-developmental-disorders.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss Long-term treatment of adolescents with major depression is associated with continuous and persistent improvement of depression symptoms in most cases, according to the most recent analysis of follow-up data from the NIMH-funded Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). The report, along with a commentary compiling the take-home messages of ... http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/long-term-depression-treatment-leads-to-sustained-recovery-for-most-teens.shtml?WT.mc_id=rss Title:Meetings and Events for the Week of March 8 through 14, 2010 Release Date: 3/10/10 12:35 PM Author: City of Phoenix, Arizona Category: phoenix.gov local news Description: City Meetings and Events for the Coming Week Web Location http://behavecoach.com/behavioral-coach/behavioral-coach/meetings-and-events-for-the-week-of-march-8-through-14-2010/ A new study suggests that giving ECGs to children who are taking stimulant medications may save 13 children's lives out of every 400,000 screened. http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/news-467676-98.html