Tag Archives: psychiatry

Smoking and Mental Illness | World of Psychology – Psych Central

According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, smoking can lessen the effects of antipsychotic medication. On the other hand, other studies have shown that smoking has positive effects on attention, working memory …

Review: PTSD resources lacking for nonveterans – Medical Xpress

Among the sources of PTSD in civilian life are natural disasters such as tornadoes. New research finds that information and access to care need improvement for nonveterans. Credit: MadriCR/Wikimedia Commons.

PTSD Center Executive Director Receives International …

Paula Schnurr, PhD, Executive Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), was presented with the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) …

Exposure to Bullying Linked to Later Mental Illness | Psych Central …

A new study of Finnish children has found that exposure to bullying as a child was associated with psychiatric disorders in adulthood that required.

How one gene contributes to two diseases | MIT News

MIT neuroscientists have shed new light on how a single gene can play a role in more than one disease — autism and schizophrenia. They found that different mutations of the Shank3 gene produce distinct molecular and …