Psychiatry - Aug 2, 2018 Edition

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August 2, 2018     Psychiatry     The latest psychiatry news from News Medical

Health Anxiety and Dangers of Self-Diagnosis   Anxiety is a psychiatric condition encompassing marked stress, uneasiness, fear, and worry. Millions of people worldwide are diagnosed with anxiety disorder, making it one of the most common mental health illnesses.

Pivotal study of dasotraline in adults with binge eating disorder meets primary endpoint   Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that a study evaluating the efficacy and safety of dasotraline in adults with moderate to severe binge eating disorder met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant decrease in number of binge days per week from baseline to Week 12 in the group treated with dasotraline 6 mg/day versus the placebo-treated group.         Child psychiatrist available on call to help assess separated immigrant children   Child psychiatrist Matthew Biel, MD, MSc, wasn't at all surprised to learn from news reports in early July that two children separated at the US border from their Central American parents and sent to Connecticut were diagnosed, by a Yale University psychiatrist, with "full blown acute post traumatic stress disorder."

Psychologists devise new intervention to address anxiety symptoms in bipolar disorder patients   Psychologists at Lancaster University have devised a novel psychological intervention to address Anxiety in Bipolar Disorder.       Researchers identify neural link between depression and sleep problems   The neural link between depression and sleep problems has been identified for the first time in a new study by researchers at the University of Warwick and Fudan University.       Depression, antidepressant use linked with higher risk of venous thromboembolism   In the first review of its kind, new research has found that depression and the use of antidepressants are each associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism.       Mind-body therapies provide promising approach to tackle teen anxiety   Mind-body therapies – biofeedback, mindfulness, yoga, and hypnosis – provide a promising approach to the very common problem of anxiety in adolescents, according to a review in the March issue of The Nurse Practitioner.       Brain's response to taste stimuli could play role in driving anorexia nervosa   Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that the brain's response to taste stimuli is linked to high anxiety and a drive for thinness that could play a role in driving anorexia nervosa.

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