psychiatry

New study replicates association between genetic variation and a...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 07/14/2008 - 23:00

(Elsevier) Pharmacogenetics, the study of genetic variation that influences an individual's response to drugs, is an important and growing focus in all of medical research, including psychiatry.


 

A call for standardized measurement of outcomes in depression tr...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 06/09/2008 - 23:00

(Lifespan) Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers are calling on clinicians to adopt a standardized measurement of outcomes when treating depression.

The commentary was published in the June edition of Primary Psychiatry.


 

Highest ever levels of post-traumatic stress found in Uganda

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 06/02/2008 - 23:00

(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Uganda has the highest rate of post-traumatic stress and depression ever recorded, following extremely high of civilian exposure to violence and poor healthcare, a study published in BMC Psychiatry says today.