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Group’s Founder Recognized for Contributions to Vets’ MH
Care
Reviving Plain Old Therapy
Clubhouse Members Check Mental Illness at the
Door
Genetic Variants Identified That Impact Brain
Volume
Alzheimer’s Less Common Among Cancer
Survivors
Restaurant Is About Lots More Than Great Pastrami
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Nine years after an historic move from Topeka to Houston, the Menninger
Clinic opened its newly built campus in collaboration with the Baylor
College of Medicine.
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PMDD May Leave DSM Appendix and Become New
Diagnosis
A substantial body of research has emerged to
indicate a unique symptom pattern in premenstrual dysphoric disorder
(PMDD), distinct from other mood disorders, as well as a preferential
response to SSRIs.
by mark moran
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is being proposed
for inclusion as a new category in DSM-5, rather than remaining as
a set of criteria in the appendix.>>Full
story
The coordinated effort of researchers, clinicians,
advocacy groups, and government officials is helping One Mind for Research
make headway in its mission to eradicate brain diseases.
by jonathan wolfe
A lot can happen in a year. Just ask former member of
Congress Patrick Kennedy and California businessman and philanthropist
Garen Staglin, cofounders of the international One Mind for Research
campaign.
>>Full story
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Advancing
Neuroscience Research: America’s Next Great Challenge
 The opening of the new Menninger
Clinic provides an opportunity for leaders in psychiatry and neuroscience to
offer visions of the future.
Psychiatrists
Add Value to Integrated-Care Models
 Psychiatrists can bring value to the care of general
medical patients with chronic or complex conditions by treating the mental health
issues that impact those conditions and thereby lowering overall costs.
Visionary
Psychiatrist Nurtured Generation of Scientists
 Exploring the molecular workings of the brain
takes mice and test tubes, but also an innovative approach to
experimentation.
Studies
Link Abnormal Gene to Psychosis, Dementia
 When patients with frontotemporal dementia exhibit
psychosis, chances are good that their disease is caused by an abnormal gene
variant called C90RF72.
Slowing
Brain Waves May Affect Onset of Puberty
 As puberty approaches, neuron synapses in the brain
are pruned, and sleep waves power down. Both phenomena may help bring on
puberty.
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