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- Medication-Enhanced Learning in Therapy Hailed as “Paradigm Shift” for Anxiety
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May 1, 2008
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A medication that enhances learning, taken just before an exposure therapy session, may aid cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders, say NIMH-funded researchers, who adapted the technique from studies in rats. - Study launched to test possible preventive treatment for schizophrenia in high risk youth
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May 1, 2008
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NIMH recently awarded a grant to study whether an intensive, computerized training program can help prevent youth at high risk for developing schizophrenia from having a first psychotic episode and improve adaptive functioning. - Human Brain Appears “Hard-Wired” for Hierarchy
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April 23, 2008
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Human imaging studies have for the first time identified brain circuitry associated with social status, according to researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health. - Mark Your Calendars, NIMH Science Track at APA Annual Meeting, May 3-8, 2008
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April 17, 2008
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Science Update
NIMH will host science track symposia, lectures, press conferences at the American Psychiatric Association 161st Annual Meeting. - Journal Highlights Effectiveness of Research Based Psychotherapies for Youth
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April 15, 2008
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Science Update
Reviews of the current research on psychosocial and behavioral therapies, or psychotherapies, for children and adolescents found a number of “well established” and “probably efficacious” treatments for many mental disorders. The results were published in a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. - Maintenance Treatment Crucial for Teens’ Recovery from Depression
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April 8, 2008
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Science Update
Long-term maintenance treatment is likely to sustain improvement and prevent recurrence among adolescents with major depression, according to an NIMH-funded study. - OCD Risk Higher When Several Variations in Gene Occur Together
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April 7, 2008
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Science Update
Several variations within the same gene act together to raise the risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), new NIMH research suggests. - New Research to Help People with Mental Disorders Quit Smoking
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April 4, 2008
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Science Update
A new grant funded by NIMH will develop an intervention designed to help people with serious mental illness (SMI) quit smoking. - Paying More for Prescriptions May Limit Seniors’ Access to Antidepressants
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April 2, 2008
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Science Update
New cost-sharing policies may prevent some older adults diagnosed with depression from filling new antidepressant prescriptions. - Newly Awarded Autism Centers of Excellence to Further Autism Research
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April 1, 2008
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on March 24, 2008, the latest recipients of the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) program. These grants will support studies covering a broad range of autism research areas, including early brain development and functioning, social interactions in infants, rare genetic variants and mutations, associations between autism-related genes and physical traits, possible environmental risk factors and biomarkers, and a potential new medication treatment.
