Brain Activity Just After Giving up Cigarette smoking May Predict Relapse

“This is the first time abstinence-induced changes in the working memory have been revealed to accurately forecast relapse in cigarette smokers,” stated senior author Caryn Lerman, Ph.D. a professor of Psychiatry and director of Penn’s Center for Interdisciplinary …See all stories on this topic

Changes in cigarette smokers' ' brains when quitting can forecast chance of relapse

Earlier this year, the analysts – from Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, PA – demonstrated in a research published in JAMA Psychiatry how people experiencing nicotine withdrawal have trouble moving in between brain networks that govern different modes of …See all stories on this topic

Pengam professor wins international Ruane Prize for psychiatric study

Cardiff University professor Anita Thapar has spent two decades investigating kid and teen psychiatry and stated the battle to fight childhood conditions has succeeded but is far from over. The sought after Ruane Prize acknowledges “an outstanding …See all stories on this topic

Black and Depressed: 2 African-American Ladies Break the Silence

According to Raymond DePaulo, Jr. M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, African American populaces do not have higher rates of depression in the United States. Nevertheless, the data could be skewed because African Americans …See all stories on this subject

Psych Comorbidity Rates for Youth Down After Detention

The Diagnostic Job interview Arrange for Kid Version 2.3 was administered at baseline, and the authors examined the comorbidity and connection of psychiatry disorders after detention. The analysts found that nearly 27 % of males and 14 % of females had …See all stories on this topic