Month: December 2015

Possible mechanism for specific symptoms in bipolar disorder …

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, and the Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University in Sweden have identified a gene variant linked to psychotic symptoms and cognitive impairment in people with bipolar disorder.

Rethinking How We Diagnose Psychosis – Scientific American Blog …

Moving psychiatry into a new era of biologically based diagnosis has been a long sought goal—and a priority at the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), where I served as director for 13 years until recently. Now a study …

The Link between Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Positive…

Dennis Greenberger, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine. Originally published June 2014, Advances in Cognitive Therapy – a Joint Newsletter of the International Association of Cognitive Therapy and the Academy of …

Ex-Cop Confronts Mother-in-Law Who Says He's Using PTSD As …

Robert spent 20 years on the police force until 2014, when he says an arrest-gone-wrong nearly took his life. Since then, he retired and has been living with severe injuries and fighting debilitating symptoms of PTSD. Unable …

Kim Kardashian is eating her own Placenta to Ward off Postpartum …

… West is keeping her fans updated on life after having her son, Saint West. The new mum shared on her website that she her placenta converted into pills which she takes every day in a bid to ward off postpartum depression.