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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Aurélie M. Lasserre, M.D., email aurelie.lasserre@chuv.ch.   JAMA Psychiatry Bottom Line: Major depressive disorder (MDD) with atypical features (including mood reactivity where people can feel better when positive things happen in life, increased appetite or weight gain) appears to be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Roy H. Perlis, M.D., M.Sc., call Michael Morrison at 617-724-6425 or email mdmorrison@partners.org.   JAMA Psychiatry Bottom Line: Modest differences exist between antidepressants with regard to weight gain among patients.   Authors: Sarah R. Blumenthal, B.S., Massachusetts General Hospital,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D., call Jim Dryden at 314-286-0110 or email jdryden@wustl.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Bottom Line: Heroin users nowadays are predominantly white men and women in their late 20s living outside large urban areas who were first introduced to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Edythe D. London, Ph.D., call Mark Wheeler at 310-794-2265 or email MWheeler@mednet.ucla.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Bottom Line:  Methamphetamine users showed less sensitivity to risk and reward in one region of the brain and greater sensitivity in other brain regions compared…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Matcheri S. Keshavan, M.D., call Kelly Lawman at 617-667-7305 or email klawman@bidmc.harvard.edu. JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Bottom Line:  Reduction in brain volume in the hippocampus (a region related to memory) was seen in patients with the psychotic disorders schizophrenia (SZ),…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Nathalie E. Holz, M.A., email Nathalie.holz@zi-mannheim.de. JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Bottom Line:  Individuals prenatally exposed to tobacco smoke exhibited weaker response in some regions of the brain while processing a task that measures inhibition control (the ability to control inappropriate…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact Inna Fishman, Ph.D., call Natalia Elko 619-594-2585 or email natalia.elko@mail.sdsu.edu. Please see the JAMA Psychiatry web site http://bit.ly/1boZNiZ when the embargo lifts for a podcast with one of the authors. JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Bottom Line: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact David H. Gustafson, Ph.D., call Renee Meiller at 608-262-2481 or email meiller@engr.wisc.edu. JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Bottom Line: A smartphone application appears to help patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) reduce risky drinking days compared to patients who received usual care…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Advisory: To contact Michael Schoenbaum, Ph.D., call Jim McElroy at 301-443-4536 or email NIMHPress@nih.gov. To contact author Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D., call, call David Cameron at 617.432.0442 or email david_cameron@hms.harvard.edu . To contact Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D., or call Peter Reuell at 617-495-1585 or email preuell@harvard.edu. To contact editorial author Matthew J….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Brian M. D’Onofrio, Ph.D., call Tracy James at 812-855-0084 or email traljame@iu.edu.     JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Children born to older fathers appear to be at higher risk for a variety of psychiatric problems and academic difficulties compared…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Ellen Meara, Ph.D., call Annmarie Christensen at 603-653-0897 or email Annmarie.Christensen@dartmouth.edu. Reforms that increased insurance coverage in Massachusetts did not increase hospital-based care for young people diagnosed with behavioral health disorders, according to a study by Ellen Meara, Ph.D., of…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Golda Ginsburg, Ph.D., call Ekaterina Pesheva at 410-502-9433 or email epeshev1@jhmi.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Youths who responded to treatment during the acute phase of a pediatric anxiety disorder in a clinical trial were more likely than those…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Matthew J. Maenner, Ph.D., call the CDC Newsroom 404-639-3286 or email media@cdc.gov.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Estimates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence may drop under recently revised diagnostic criteria in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 Media Advisory: To contact author Seena Fazel, M.D., email seena.fazel@psych.ox.ac.uk. Please visit our For the Media website (http://media.jamanetwork.com/) for a related editorial.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have a higher risk of premature death, particularly from suicides, injuries…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Janet R. Cummings, Ph.D., call Melva Robertson at 404-727-5692 or email melva.robertson@emory.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Approximately 60 percent of U.S. counties have at least one outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) facility that accepts Medicaid, although the number…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D., call Rachel Yarmolinsky at 646-774-5353 or email yarmoli@nyspi.columbia.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   The importance of religion or spirituality to a person appears to be associated with the thickness of certain brain regions, according to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Tara F. Bishop, M.D., M.P.H., call Sarah Smith at 646-317-7409 or email sas2072@med.cornell.edu. Psychiatrists Less Likely to Accept Insurance Than Other Physicians Insurance acceptance rates are lower for psychiatrists than for other types of physicians, according to a study by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Dewleen G. Baker, M.D., call Scott LaFee at 619-543-5232 or email slafee@ucsd.edu. Traumatic Brain Injury Associated with PTSD Symptoms in Marines Traumatic brain injury (TBI) during a recent deployment was associated with postdeployment posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD) among…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D., call Karl Leif Bates at 919-681-8054 or email karl.bates@duke.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   People who attempt suicide under age 24 appear to have an increased risk of developing mental health and social problems…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H., call Dacia Morris at 646-774-8724 or email morrisd@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Visits to physicians that resulted in a mental health diagnosis increased at a faster rate for young people than adults in a…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Laura D. Kubzansky, Ph.D., call Todd Datz at 617-432-8413 or email tdatz@hsph.harvard.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Women who experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms appear to have an increased risk of becoming overweight or obese, according to a…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Ellen W. Freeman, Ph.D., call Katie Delach at 215-349-5964 or email katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu. JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Risk of depression was lower in menopausal women after their final menstrual period (FMP) but a history of depression increased the risk of depressive…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Hefei Wen, B.A., call Robin Reese at 404-727-9371 or email robin.j.reese@emory.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Parity Laws for Substance Abuse Disorder Linked to Increased Treatment   State implementation of laws that require health plans to cover treatment for…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Stacey C. Sigmon, Ph.D., call Jennifer Nachbur at 802-656-7875 or email jennifer.nachbur@med.uvm.edu   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Clinical Trial Evaluates Outpatient Detoxification in Prescription Opioid Abusers   Patients addicted to prescription opioids (POs) who are taking buprenorphine (a medication…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Rebecca M. Pearson, Ph.D., email rebecca.pearson@bristol.ac.uk CHICAGO – Depression in pregnant women appears to increase the risk that their children are more likely to have depression when they are 18 years old, according to a report published by JAMA Psychiatry,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013   JAMA Psychiatry Viewpoint Highlights   Bus Therapy: A Problematic Practice in Psychiatry by Smita Das, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of Stanford University School of Medicine, California, and colleagues describe transfers by psychiatric hospitals of mentally ill patients across state lines using one-way bus fares without…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Jonas F. Ludvigsson, M.D., Ph.D., email jonasludvigsson@yahoo.com. CHICAGO – Researchers found no association between celiac disease (CD, an immune disorder with gastrointestinal symptoms triggered by gluten exposure) and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), although there appeared to be an increased risk…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Lewis L. Judd, MD, call Debra Kain at 619-543-6163 or email ddkain@ucsd.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Irritability in Major Depressive Episode Associated with More Severe Illness   Irritability and anger during a major depressive episode (MDE) were…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Helen Bair Simpson, M.D., Ph.D., call Dacia Morris at 212-543-5421 or email Morrisd@nyspi.columbia.edu. To contact editorial author Kerry J. Ressler, M.D., Ph.D., call Holly Korschun at 404-727-3990 or email hkorsch@emory.edu; alternatively call Melva Robertson at 404-727-5692 or email Melva.robertson@emory.edu….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Robin B. Jarrett, Ph.D., call Remekca Owens at 214-648-3404 or email remekca.owens@utsouthwestern.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Study Examines Long-Term Effects of Continuation Phase Cognitive Therapy on Relapse Rate of Higher-Risk Depressive Patients   For patients with recurrent…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author William R. Beardslee, M.D., call Andrea Duggan at 617-919-3110 or email Andrea.Duggan@childrens.harvard.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Cognitive-Behavioral Prevention Program Associated With Reduced Rate of Depressive Episodes In At-Risk Youth   A cognitive-behavioral prevention (CBP) program appears to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Richardo E. Carrión, Ph.D., call Michelle Pinto at 516-465-2649 or email mpinto@nshs.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Study Examines Functional Outcome In Individuals At Clinical High Risk For Psychosis   Reduced neurocognitive performance, functional impairments, and nonpositive mild…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Arif Khan, M.D., call 877-453-0404 or email akhan@nwcrc.net. CHICAGO – An analysis of the risk of death among patients with psychiatric illness participating in psychopharmacology clinical trials suggests that overall mortality risk was high and associated with psychiatric diagnosis, especially…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Lisa A. Martin, Ph.D., call Kate Malicke at 313-593-5644 or email kmalicke@umich.edu. CHICAGO – When traditional and alternative symptoms of depression are combined, it appears sex disparities in the prevalence of depression among men and women are eliminated, according…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Wayne A. Ray, Ph.D., call Craig Boerner at 615-322-4747 or email Craig.Boerner@vanderbilt.edu. CHICAGO – Children and youth prescribed antipsychotic medications appear to have a three-fold increased risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to a report published by JAMA…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Mark D. Sullivan, M.D., Ph.D., call Leila Gray at 206-685-0381 or email leilag@uw.edu. CHICAGO – Depression in patients with type 2 diabetes was associated with greater cognitive decline in a study of almost 3,000 individuals who participated in a clinical…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013   JAMA Psychiatry Viewpoint Highlights   Firearm Injuries and Death…The Cost of Shooting in the Dark, by Mark L. Rosenberg, M.D., M.P.P., of Emory University, The Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, writes, “After the child massacre in Newtown, President Obama ordered the CDC…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Chin B. Eap, Ph.D., email chin.eap@chuv.ch. CHICAGO – A gene appears to be associated with overweight and obesity in psychiatric patients, as well as the general population, according to a report published by JAMA Psychiatry, a JAMA Network publication….

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Stephen R. Dager, M.D., call Brian Donohue at 206-543-7856 or email bdonohue@uw.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Chemical Changes in the Brain Appear to Differentiate Children with Autism From Those With Developmental Disorders, Study Finds   The cerebral…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Gordon T. Harold, Ph.D., email gth9@le.ac.uk. To contact editorial author Theodore A. Slotkin, Ph.D., call Rachel Harrison at 919-419-5069 or email Rachel.Harrison@Duke.edu. CHICAGO – Smoking during pregnancy appears to be a prenatal risk factor associated with conduct problems in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Ian Kelleher, M.D., Ph.D., email iankelleher@rcsi.ie.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Psychotic Symptoms in Adolescents With Psychopathology Associated With Increased Suicide Risk   Psychotic symptoms in adolescents with psychopathology were associated with a higher risk for suicide attempts in…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Casey Crump, M.D., Ph.D., call Ruthann Richter at 650-725-8047 or email richter1@stanford.edu.   JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights   Swedish Study Suggests Bipolar Disorder Associated with Premature Mortality   Bipolar disorder was associated with premature mortality in a large study of…