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Dominance, politics, and physiology: voters’ testosterone changes on the night of the 2008 United States presidential election

Stanton SJ, Beehner JC, Saini EK, Kuhn CM, Labar KS.Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.PLoS One. 2009 Oct 21;4(10):e7543. BACKGROUND: Political elections are dominance competitions. When men win a dominance competition, their testosterone levels rise or remain stable to resist a circadian decline; and when they lose, their […]

Prazosin versus quetiapine for nighttime posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in veterans: an assessment of long-term comparative effectiveness and safety

Byers MG, Allison KM, Wendel CS, Lee JK.Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2010 Jun;30(3):225-9. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder experienced by combat veterans. Nighttime symptoms are often unrelieved by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy, and increased use of prazosin or quetiapine for treatment is seen. […]

A systematic review of suicide prevention programs for military or veterans

Bagley SC, Munjas B, Shekelle P.Department of Veteran Affairs, Psychiatry, Palo Alto, CA, USA. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Jun;40(3):257-65. Military personnel and veterans have important suicide risk factors. After a systematic review of the literature on suicide prevention, seven (five in the U.S.) studies of military personnel were identified containing interventions that may reduce […]

Military-Related Sexual Trauma Among Veterans Health Administration Patients Returning From Afghanistan and Iraq

Kimerling R, Street AE, Pavao J, Smith MW, Cronkite RC, Holmes TH, Frayne SM.VA Palo Alto Health Care System.Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17. We examined military-related sexual trauma among deployed Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. Of 125729 veterans who received Veterans Health Administration primary care or mental health services, 15.1% […]

Predictors of psychological sequelae of torture among South African former political prisoners

Halvorsen JØ, Kagee A.Centre on Violence, Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention, Trondheim University Hospital, Schwachs gate 1, N-7030 Trondheim, Norway. J Interpers Violence. 2010 Jun;25(6):989-1005. The present study investigated potential predictors of the psychological sequelae of torture among 143 former political activists who had been detained during the apartheid era in South Africa.

Health-Related Quality of Life and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Political Prisoners of the Former GDR

Weißflog G, Klinitzke G, Hinz A.Universität Leipzig, Department für Psychische Gesundheit, Selbstständige Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Leipzig.Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2010 Jun 16. PURPOSE: Political persecution was and is a reality in our world. The study investigated effects of political imprisonment in the former German Democratic Republic on the current health-related quality […]

Violent and nonviolent suicide in veterans with substance-use disorders

Ilgen MA, Conner KR, Valenstein M, Austin K, Blow FC.Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence and the Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor Department of Veterans Affairs, 2215 Fuller Road (11H), Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105.J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2010 Jul;71(4):473-9. ABSTRACT. Objective: Substance-use disorders (SUDs) increase the risk of […]

Delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia: sociocultural and religious background

Rudaleviciene P, Adomaitiene V, Stompe T, Narbekovas A, Meilius K, Raskauskiene N, Rudalevicius J, Bunevicius R.Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania.Medicina (Kaunas). 2010;46(3):185-92. This article presents data on the phenomenology of delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia and determines parallels between sociodemographic status and personal religiosity and this […]

The role of endogenous opioids in the placebo effect in post-traumatic stress disorder

Sher L.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. The concept of the placebo effect has received a considerable attention over the past several decades. The placebo effect has been observed in different psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a chronic and severe disorder precipitated by exposure to a […]

Suicidal and homicidal soldiers in deployment environments.

Hill JV, Johnson RC, Barton RA.1st Infantry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Tikrit, Iraq.Mil Med. 2006 Mar;171(3):228-32. Suicidal and homicidal soldiers present one of the most frequent and challenging scenarios for deployed mental health providers. A chart review of 425 deployed soldiers seen for mental health reasons found that 127 (nearly 30%) had considered killing […]

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