Genome-wide association research of marijuana

A brand-new study released online by JAMA Psychiatry analyzed exactly what certain hereditary variants may add to marijuana dependence. Joel Gelernter, M.D., of the Yale School of Medication, New Haven, Conn., and coauthors doned a genome-wide association study …See all stories on this topic

Remission of suicidal ideation by magnetic seizure therapy? Neuro-nonsense in JAMA: Psychiatry

A recent post in JAMA: Psychiatry: Sun Y, Farzan F, Mulsant BH, Rajji TK, Fitzgerald PB, Barr MS, Downar J, Wong W, Blumberger DM, Daskalakis ZJ. Indicators for remission of suicidal ideation following magnetic seizure therapy in patients with treatment …See all stories on this subject

Exactly what does a '' excellent death ' actually mean?A new

evaluation of existing literature, released in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, asks what makes a “great death” according to those associated with the procedure. The idea of discovering the significance of life when one is confronted with his or her …See all stories on this topic

Depression Is a Whole-Body Disorder

It raises body-wide levels of oxidative stress, and that affects all systems and organs. Writing in the Journal of Medical Psychiatry, researchers from the University of Granada recommend that this might explain why people who deal with depression are at …See all stories on this subject

UCR Specialists Available to Discuss Autism Spectrum Disorder

Carl B. Feinstein, M.D., is a scientific professor of neuroscience and psychiatry in UCR’s School of Medicine. He is also a psychiatrist with the Riverside County Department of Mental Health. He is an emeritus teacher of psychiatry at Stanford …See all stories on this subject