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Wisdom is a unique psychological trait noted since antiquity, long discussed in humanities disciplines, recently operationalized by psychology and sociology researchers, but largely unexamined in psychiatry or biology.
Archives of General Psychiatry (Psichiatria) - Ven, 17 Aprile 2009
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Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder who received cognitive behavior therapy had greater improvement on measures of worry, depression and mental health than patients who received usual care, according to a study in the April 8 issue of JAMA.
Baylor College of Medicine (Psichiatria) - Ven, 10 Aprile 2009
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) adaptation has become increasingly popular in cognitive neuroscience and has the power to provide insight into how subpopulations of neurons within a small area selectively respond to similar or different types of stimuli or experimental manipulations.
American Journal of Psychiatry (Psichiatria) - Ven, 10 Aprile 2009
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The genetics of schizophrenia has many hurdles to overcome. The illness is complex, with the likely involvement of multiple genes, each giving rise to subtle, often unknown alterations in brain function, and each interacting with multiple environmental factors.
American Journal of Psychiatry (Psichiatria) - Ven, 10 Aprile 2009
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The article in this issue by Rottman and colleagues (1) is timely. It significantly informs the current debate about how to improve the representation of personality disorders in DSM by comparing two proposed alternative models of assessment on their clinical utility.
American Journal of Psychiatry (Psichiatria) - Ven, 10 Aprile 2009
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/
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Long-term use of opioids to manage chronic pain increases patients' sensitivity to certain types of pain, and similar hyperalgesia develops with methadone-maintained drug abusers, new research suggests.
Medscape (Psichiatria) - Ven, 3 Aprile 2009
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New NICE guidance being published on 25 March will outline the best way to treat and manage adults with schizophrenia in primary and secondary care. This is an update of NICE’s first ever clinical guideline. New recommendations include treatment with arts therapy and tailoring treatment for disadvantaged groups.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Psichiatria) - Ven, 27 Marzo 2009
http://www.nice.org.uk
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Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered a way to weaken or erase fear-provoking memories with a beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist, or β-blocker, a finding that might help in the development of treatments for some anxiety disorders and phobias (Kindt M et al. Nat Neurosci. 10.1038/nn.2271 [published online ahead of print February 15, 2009]).
Journal of the American Medical Association (Psichiatria) - Ven, 20 Marzo 2009
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The investigators explored whether obsessive-compulsive symptoms at age 11 predicted a subsequent diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and associated comorbidity. They also inquired whether particular patterns of obsessive-compulsive symptoms were developmentally stable over time and whether they were differentially predictive of outcomes.
American Journal of Psychiatry (Psichiatria) - Ven, 13 Marzo 2009
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Eating disorders are commonly occurring illnesses and have many associated complications, including high rates of suicide. The focus of treatment development has been on psychotherapy, particularly the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The use of CBT in bulimia nervosa has received an "A" evidence grade in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, although CBT has shown less clear evidence of benefit for anorexia nervosa.
American Journal of Psychiatry (Psichiatria) - Ven, 6 Marzo 2009
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