General Psychiatry News Review - 8:43 AM 4/19/2012
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Experts have suggested a controversial psychiatric disorder may have been misdiagnosed in a large percentage of cases, according to a new study. The disorder is the highly lucrative ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...
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by CCHR International. A study about a new “blood test” that can supposedly be used to determine teens who have “Major Depressive Disorder” is being heralded by the press as a breakthrough in legitimizing psychiatric ...
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Further Evidence Found of Disturbed Immune System in Autism Science Daily (press release) The study was published in the April 2012 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. In particular, of the 29 cytokine levels analyzed, the researchers found disturbed levels in five related to the T-helper cell immune system and three ... and more » |
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Should grief be considered a mental illness? SBS Professor Bryant sits on committees for both the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases. Both the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for ... and more » |
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 DAWN.com | Gene Links to Memory, Brain Size Found in Global Effort BusinessWeek The reports, published online by the journal Nature Genetics, featured two key results. In one, the scientists were able to link certain DNA to brain size. In another, they found a gene that may be tied to the rate at which the hippocampus shrinks as ... International team uncovers new genes that shape brain size, intelligenceUC Los Angeles New Gene Map for Mental IllnessPsychCentral.com Best evidence yet that a single gene can affect IQNew Scientist Medgadget.com all 100 news articles » |
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Psychiatry award recipient to present lecture on dialectical behavior therapy BCM News The award consists of an annual prize and lecture of international scope. Previous winners have included psychiatrists Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, and Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse. and more » |
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1-382. 4. Chen WC Sun YH Lan TH and Chiu HJ (2009). Incidence and Risk Factors of Workplace Violence on Nursing Staffs Caring for Chronic Psychiatric Patients in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research ...
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 USA TODAY | WHO Report Encourages Global Planning on Dementia Medscape In preparing the report, entitled Dementia: A Public Health Priority , the WHO commissioned reports from 4 groups of experts from the Institute of Psychiatry and King's College London, in England, and the Institute of Neurological Sciences, in India. World Health Organization and Alzheimer's Disease International Say Dementia ...Sacramento Bee Dementia Cases to Triple by 2050 as World AgesVoice of America all 367 news articles » |
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 UCSF Today | Half of Young Cigarette Smokers Also Smoke Pot: Survey MSN Health & Fitness Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), say that's a big increase from the 35 percent of young adults that, in prior research, had admitted to using both marijuana and tobacco within the past month. Marijuana Use Higher in Young Adult Smokers Than Previously ReportedScience Daily (press release) all 14 news articles » |
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 Sci-Tech Today | International team uncovers new genes that shape brain size, intelligence Imperial Valley News Published April 15 in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Genetics, the study also uncovers new genes that may explain individual differences in brain size and intelligence. "We searched for two things in this study," said senior author ... Gene Links to Memory, Brain Size Found in Global EffortBusinessWeek New Gene Map for Mental IllnessPsychCentral.com Best evidence yet that a single gene can affect IQNew Scientist Medgadget.com all 102 news articles » |
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Mass Killer Calls for Norway to Institute Death Penalty Wall Street Journal A version of this article appeared April 19, 2012, on page A14 in some US editions of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Mass Killer Calls for Norway to Institute Death Penalty. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. and more » |
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International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) Blog · ISEPP is a non-profit ... http://isepp.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/how-psychiatry-stigmatizes-depression-sufferers-personal-health-alternet/. Previous Post ..... Weight loss surgery controls type 2 diabetes for obese adults significantly better than widely used medical therapy, find two pioneering studies and an accompanying editorial recently published in the New England Journal […] April is Brain ...
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International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) Blog · ISEPP is a ... Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic:Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America. Seth Farber ..... Exposure to air pollution increases the short-term risk of a heart attack and the long-term risk of a stroke, suggest two studies recently published in Journal of the American Medical Association and the Archives of Internal Medicine. […] ...
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UCSF Today | Marijuana Use Higher in Young Adult Smokers Than Previously Reported Science Daily (press release) “We were curious whether rates would be different in our study where we reached out through social media and the Web,” said lead author Danielle Ramo, PhD, a post-doctoral scholar in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. “And rates were much higher, ... Half of Young Cigarette Smokers Also Smoke Pot: SurveyMSN Health & Fitness all 16 news articles » |
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 RedOrbit | Daily Exercise Lowers Risk Of Alzheimer's RedOrbit The report, published in the online issue of the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, describes how activities done on a day-to-day basis can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's. “These results provide support for efforts to encourage all ... and more » |
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 The Guardian (blog) | Anders Behring Breivik trial, day four - live updates The Guardian (blog) Welcome to live coverage of day four of the trial of Anders Behring Breivik. The chief judge said yesterday that today's proceedings would focus on the events leading up to 22 July last year and on the bomb that Breivik has admitted planting in the ... Breivik thought had slim chance to survive bombingFox News Norway mass killer Anders Behring Breivik wants death penalty or acquittalCBS News Why does Norway's Breivik invoke the Knights Templar? (+video)Christian Science Monitor Telegraph.co.uk -TIME all 997 news articles » |
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 Toronto Star | Psychiatry May Also Face Scrutiny at Norway Killer's Trial New York Times (blog) If found to be mentally fit for trial, he could face up to 21 years in prison. A finding that he was insane would likely result in three-year terms of psychiatric care, which could be extended, The Associated Press reported. One of his victims, ... New psychiatric examination finds Norway killer Anders Breivik not insaneToronto Star all 787 news articles » |
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 msnbc.com (blog) | Sociologist: Norway killer Breivik's court rant will deter extremism msnbc.com (blog) First for breaking news and analysis: Compelling world news stories from msnbc.com and NBC News journalists. Follow us on Twitter. Lawyers for Anders Behring Breivik warned Norwegians would find his statement to the Court upsetting. and more » |
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 Times LIVE | Norway's mass killer demands acquittal or death Times LIVE Defendant Anders Behring Breivik listens to his lawyer Geir Lippestad (L), during the first day of his trial in Oslo, April 16, 2012. The terrorism and murder trial against Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to the bomb and ... and more » |
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'Execute me or set me free' Herald Sun ANDERS Behring Breivik has said he should be executed if found guilty of last year's mass killings in Norway. Mr Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in Norway last July, told an Oslo court yesterday there were only two possible outcomes of ... and more » |
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Breivik thought had slim chance to survive bombing U.S. News & World Report By KARL RITTER, AP OSLO, Norway (AP) — Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik thought he had only a slim chance of escaping Norway's capital alive after setting off a bomb in the government district on July 22, he told a court Thursday. and more » |
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Why a spot of torture and a long rope would be too good for Anders Breivik The Independent I know what you're thinking, because sometimes I think it too. You look at the bovine, witless features of Anders Breivik in that Oslo courtroom and you think: maybe capital punishment isn't so bad after all. You remember the 77 people he murdered, ... and more » |
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 Christian Science Monitor | Why does Norway's Breivik invoke the Knights Templar? Christian Science Monitor Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a twin terror attack in Norway last July, claims to be a member of a reborn 'Knights Templar.' What's the symbolism? By Arthur Bright, Correspondent / April 18, 2012 Accused Norwegian Anders Behring ... and more » |
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Breivik grilled over violent video games Financial Times By Martin Sandbu in Oslo Anders Behring Breivik appeared animated when discussing the technical details of gaming and gun training. The extremist, who did not give his salute on entering the court, as he had done on previous days, said he had used the ... |
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Anders Behring Breivik has described how he "trained" for the attacks he carried out in Norway last summer using the computer game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
The 33-year-old said he practised his shot using a "holographic aiming device" he had bought to use with the war simulation game, which he said is used by armies around the world for training.
"You develop target acquisition," he said. He used a similar device during the shooting attacks that left 69 dead at a political youth camp on the island of Utøya on 22 July.
Describing the game, he said: "It consists of many hundreds of different tasks and some of these tasks can be compared with an attack, for real. That's why it's used by many armies throughout the world. It's very good for acquiring experience related to sights systems."
He added: "If you are familiar with a holographic sight, it's built up in such a way that you could have given it to your grandmother and she would have been a super marksman. It's designed to be used by anyone. In reality it requires very little training to use it in an optimal way. But of course it does help if you've practised using a simulator."
The prosecution asked Breivik if he was aware that "there are some bereaved people sitting here in the courtroom who lost children at Utøya". How do you think they are feeling, Breivik was asked. "They are probably reacting in a natural way, with disgust and horror," he said.
The court also heard that Breivik took what he called a "sabbatical" for a year between the summers of 2006 and 2007, which he devoted to playing another game, World of Warcraft (WoW), "hardcore" full time. He admitted he spent up to 16 hours every day that year playing from his bedroom in his mother's Oslo flat.
But he insisted WoW had nothing to do with the attacks he carried out last year, leaving 77 dead.
He said: "Some people like to play golf, some like to sail, I played WoW. It had nothing to do with 22 July. It's not a world you are engulfed by. It's simply a hobby."
He added: "WoW is only a fantasy game, which is not violent at all. It's just fantasy. It's a strategy game. You co-operate with a lot of others to overcome challenges. That's why you do it. It's a very social game. Half of the time you are connected in communication with others. It would be wrong to consider it an antisocial game."
Breivik said he "deserved" his sabbatical because he had worked an average of 12-14 hours every day between 2002 and 2006 on various entrepreneurial projects.
He said: "I felt I had sacrificed a lot. Because of that I felt I deserved to take one year off to do what I wanted. Especially bearing in mind the upcoming so-called suicide action … I wanted to have no remorse as to what I had missed out on."
He denied playing the game and moving back in with his mother because his business ventures, including a firm selling fake diplomas, had failed.
"If you assess what you read in media, you would think I moved back home and rented a room in my mother's house because my company had gone bankrupt," he said, claiming to have had 600-700,000 rone (£65,000-76,000) in bank accounts and 300,000KR (£32,5000) in cash, which he stashed in two safes in his bedroom at the start of his sabbatical. He only filed for bankruptcy to save on the accounting costs associated with winding down a company in a conventional way, he said.
Breivik insisted he only moved back in with his mother to save 15,000KR in monthly rent and spend more time writing his "compendium". He did not claim benefits, saying: "I have never received a single krone from any government subsidy or support because I am in principle against living off such subsidies or welfare."
He said his friends and family, particularly his mother, reacted with "shock and disbelief" when he announced he was going to play on his computer full time.
"I told her that I was going to allocate time to do what I had wanted to do. She reacted in that way, which is [a] fairly normal, healthy reaction," he said, adding: "It would have been quite abnormal if she had just said: 'Oh that's great, go ahead.' I couldn't tell her I was taking a sabbatical because I was going to blow myself up in five years' time. I played on the idea that: 'Ooh, I've become addicted to games.' That was my primary cover."
It was a convenient "cover" and allowed him to isolate himself and concentrate on his forthcoming "operation". But he insisted repeatedly he was not a loner and had been out and about in the months leading up to the attacks in July last year.
Breivik was also asked about his membership of the masons. He said he joined because it was a "Christian organisation which has protected many European traditions" but said he was not an active member.
It was a "hobby", he said, claiming to have only attended "about five" meetings. It was another "militant nationalist" who suggested he join, he claimed.
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Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has dropped his familiar far-right salute at the start of a day in court after relatives of his victims asked him to respect their wishes.
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