María Dolores Braquehais Conesa, M.D., Ph.D., Leo Sher, M.D. November 6, 2009. Although at this point it is not clear why an Army psychiatrist at Fort Hood Army post killed and injured many fellow servicemen (1), the recent event may be related to mental health problems. This incident reminds us about the importance of protecting […]
Mazzoleni MH, Gorenstein C, Fuentes D, Tavares H.Gambling Outpatient Unit and Other Impulse Control Disorder, Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2009 Oct 16. pii: S1516-44462009005000009. Objective: Wives of pathological gamblers tend to endure long marriages despite financial and emotional burden. Difficulties in social adjustment, personality psychopathology, and […]
Bernardi S, Pallanti S.Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Manhattan, NY, USA.Compr Psychiatry. 2009 Nov-Dec;50(6):510-6. Epub 2009 Jan 20. AIMS: Internet addiction (IAD) is an emerging cause of morbidity and has been recently considered to merit inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Given the paucity of knowledge […]
Schreiber L, Odlaug BL, Kim SW, Grant JE.Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.Am J Addict. 2009 Nov-Dec;18(6):462-9. This analysis compares the characteristics of adult pathological gamblers with and without a problem gambling parent. A sample of 517 individuals with current DSM-IV pathological gambling was categorized based on presence of […]
Mahfoud Y, Talih F, Streem D, Budur K.Dr. Mahfoud is an Addiction Psychiatry Fellow from the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio.Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2009 Sep;6(9):38-42. Substance abuse is a major public health problem with high morbidity and mortality. Comorbid disorders are suspected to cause a high relapse rate. Subjects with sleep disorders tend to […]
Barry D, Clarke M, Petry NM.University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.Am J Addict. 2009 Nov-Dec;18(6):439-51. Obesity is a major public health problem and notoriously difficult to treat. There are many parallels between obesity/overeating and addictions to alcohol and drugs. This paper discusses similarities between obesity and addictive disorders, including common personality characteristics, disruptive […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. There are pros and cons to everything. That applies to the internet and even to the internet and committing suicide. In October, 2009, it was reported by the Associated Press that last year a nurse from Minnesota gave step-by-step instructions over the internet on how to kill oneself to a man in […]
Hansen V, Skre I, Lund E.Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway.Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc. 2008 Apr-Jun;17(2):120-7. BACKGROUND: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is supposed to be caused by lack of daylight in winter. Yet the population of Northern Norway, living without sun for two winter months, does not spontaneously complain about depression during the dark […]
Terman M, Terman JS.Department of Biopsychology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;163(12):2126-33. OBJECTIVE: This trial assessed two novel nonpharmaceutical treatments for winter depression-naturalistic dawn simulation and high-density negative air ionization-delivered during the final hours of sleep. METHOD: The patients were 99 adults (77 women and 22 men) with […]
Sher L, Goldman D, Ozaki N, Rosenthal NE.Clinical Psychobiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.J Affect Disord. 1999 Jun;53(3):203-10. The study of the genetic basis of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a condition where depressions in fall and winter alternate with nondepressed periods in the spring and summer, has recently received attention. The […]
