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Sex-specific Genetic Effects Across Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Traits Identified for the First Time
Jill M. Goldstein, PhD, and Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD, of the Department of Psychiatry, and colleagues have reported the first modest evidence of sex-dependent autosomal genetic effects across neuropsychiatric and behavioral traits.
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Longitudinal Data in Electronic Health Records Can Be Used to Predict Risk of Suicide
Previous research has shown that diagnostic codes routinely collected in electronic health records can help predict domestic abuse an average of two years in advance. Could EHR systems also be used to predict suicidal behavior?
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Cholecystokinin Elevation Observed in Youth With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that in patients with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, ages 10 to 23, levels of the satiety hormone cholecystokinin were nearly three-fold higher than in controls. Still, there were no associations between cholecystokinin and subjective measures of appetite.
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Study Finds Evidence Supporting a Trauma Subtype of Functional Neurological Disorder
Sara Paredes-Echeverri, MD, Andrew Guthrie, and David L. Perez, MD, present support for a trauma subtype of functional neurological disorder (FND) that is evident across the diagnoses of functional movement disorder and functional seizures. Its recognition might improve the selection of psychotherapy for FND patients.
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Systematic Review: Positive Psychological Interventions for Improving Health Behaviors
Emily H. Feig, PhD, Bettina Hoeppner, PhD, MS, and colleagues recently conducted the first systematic review of literature on positive psychological interventions that assessed health behavior outcomes.
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Review: A New Science of Emotion and Its Implications for Functional Neurological Disorder
David L. Perez, MD, MMSc, Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, and colleagues recently reviewed the theory of constructed emotion and posit that deficits in the brain's predictive process of constructing emotion categories are integral to the pathogenesis of functional neurological disorder.
Psychiatry Contributors
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David Mischoulon, MD, PhD
Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program
Recent Article
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Depression in Chronically Ill Patients
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Eve Valera, PhD
Researcher, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Recent Article
Traumatic Brain Injuries Caused by Intimate Partner Violence
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Jodi Gilman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Cannabis Use Disorder Can Develop Soon After a Medical Marijuana Card Is Obtained
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Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
Associate Chief for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health
Recent Article
Psychiatric Disorders Not Associated With Incidental Findings in Medically Actionable Genes
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Maurizio Fava, MD
Psychiatrist-In-Chief; Director, Division of Clinical Research of the MGH Research Institute, Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Research, Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Esmethadone Safe and Tolerable in Phase 2a Trial in Major Depressive Disorder
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