Monday, May 7, 2012
More News From APA's 2012 Annual Meeting
Schizophrenia Expert Proposes New Model for Understanding Psychosis - Psychiatric News Alert
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Schizophrenia Expert Proposes New Model for Understanding Psychosis
Psychosis may be essentially a disorder of learning and memory mediated by impaired glutamate signaling in the hippocampus, causing disruptions in synaptic encoding of memories, according to schizophrenia expert Carol Tamminga, M.D. Read more here.
Schizophrenia Expert Proposes New Model for Understanding Psychosis
Psychosis may be essentially a disorder of learning and memory mediated by impaired glutamate signaling in the hippocampus, causing disruptions in synaptic encoding of memories, according to schizophrenia expert Carol Tamminga, M.D. Read more here.
APA President John Oldham, M.D., presented a stirring address to a standing-room only audience at the Opening Session of APA's annual meeting. Read more about his remarks here.
"Positive psychiatry"—a psychiatry that aims not just to reduce psychiatric symptoms but to help patients grow and flourish-is the future, said APA President-elect Dilip Jeste, M.D., at the Opening Session of APA’s annual meeting. Read more about his remarks here.
Antidepressants Do Not Increase Risk of Suicide, Says Expert
Antidepressants do "really work" and do not "cause suicide," said Anthony Rothschild, M.D., at APA's annual meeting in Philadelphia. Read more about his remarks here.
Author Discusses Treatment for Personality Disorders
In this video, Eve Caligor, M.D., discusses psychotherapy for patients for higher level personality disorders and how her work and that of her colleagues, Otto Kernberg, M.D., and John Clarkin, Ph.D., led to the writing of Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology. The book can be purchased here.
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