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Psychiatrists support the Correctional Investigator’s recommendations to improve the mental health care federal inmates recieve. The series of recommendations around increasing the mental health care capacity of each region to a common national standard is seen as critical by the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA). “Humane care for offenders with mental illness is in the public interest…

People who smoke potent strains of cannabis that are low in cannabidiol (such as skunk) are putting themselves at far greater risk of acute memory loss than people who smoke other types of the drug, according to new research published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry…

Friends and family of a person who starts showing early signs of Alzheimer’s dementia tend to become aware of those signs earlier than traditional screening tests do, say researchers in an article published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Brain…

A new approach that helps improve communication between child and caregiver, such as recognizing and managing traumatic stress symptoms and teaching coping skills, was able to prevent chronic and sub-clinical PTSD in 73 percent of children. The intervention, called the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention also reduced PTSD symptoms in children — which can include reliving a traumatic experience, sleep disturbances or emotional numbness — and promoted recovery more quickly than a comparison intervention.

There is growing evidence that two neurotransmitters – dopamine and glutamate – are abnormal in people with psychotic illness, including schizophrenia. Among many other things, these chemicals play a role in cognitive functions, such as memory, learning, and problem-solving…

Italian researchers report that liver transplant candidates who have a strong religious connection have better post-transplant survival. This study also finds that religiosity – regardless of cause of death – prolongs the life span of individuals who underwent liver transplantation. Full findings are now available online and in the October issue of Liver Transplantation…

New research has linked psychosis with an abnormal relationship between two signalling chemicals in the brain. The findings, published in tomorrow’s edition of the journal Biological Psychiatry, suggest a new approach to preventing psychotic symptoms, which could lead to better drugs for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is one of the most common severe mental health conditions…

AstraZeneca UK is delighted to announce that it has received UK approval for Seroquel XL(R) (quetiapine prolonged release) as an add-on treatment of major depressive episodes in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who have had sub-optimal response to antidepressant monotherapy. Prior to initiating treatment, clinicians should consider the safety profile of quetiapine prolonged release…

There’s evolution at work when she wants to cuddle after sex (and he, well, doesn’t). That’s the conclusion of a new study, “Sex Differences in Post-Coital Behaviors in Long- and Short-Term Mating: An Evolutionary Perspective,” appearing in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Sex Research…

Many researchers have studied the relationship between the increase in sales of new antidepressants in recent decades and a simultaneous decline in the suicide rate. In a study based on figures from the Nordic countries, researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health found no evidence that increased sales of the new medicines could be linked to a lower suicide rate…