Transgender Equality: Moving Far from Psychiatry

At midnight last night, the House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee launched its report on Transgender Equality. Chaired by Maria Miller, evidence event went to 5 oral sessions and over 200 written submissions. (Upcoming Egg-related …See all stories on this topic

Joseph LeDoux

Joseph LeDoux, Professor of Science, Neural Science and Psychology, and Child and Teen Psychiatry at NYU, is Director of the Psychological Brain Institute at the Nathan Kline Institute and NYU. His newest book is Anxious: Implementing the Brain to Comprehend …See all stories on this topic

Suicide and Eating Disorders: New Data

The research study was published online January 13 in JAMA Psychiatry. The cohort made up 15,457 women (1.40 % of all women) and 991 males (0.09 % of males) with eating disorders, consisting of 7680 females (0.70 %) and 453 males (0.04 %) with anorexia …See all stories on this subject

Researchers uncover brain mechanism linked to cocaine dependency

In a second study, released in the journal Biological Psychiatry, Dr. Belin and coworkers showed that a drug used to treat paracetamol overdose may have the ability to help people addicted to cocaine conquer their addiction, supplied the individual wishes to …See all stories on this subject

FDA Panel Gives Mindful Thumbs Approximately Opioid Delivery System

Laura McNicholas, MD, PhD, clinical associate teacher of psychiatry, Perelman School of Medication, University of Pennsylvania, asked how many psychiatrists have done any suturing in the previous 10 years. She likewise wondered whether the distribution system …See all stories on this topic