Emily Pond, Author at Psychiatry Advisor

Activation of Certain Brain Regions Correlated with Subsequent Response to CBT for PTSD

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Emily Pond

December 3, 2020

While trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy is an important component of evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder, the efficacy of treatment can vary between individuals. It is thought that some of this variability is derived from interindividual differences in the brain’s intrinsic response to trauma-related stimuli and in activity of executive functional regions. The authors of this study sought to characterize these differences using a functional MRI in patients about to undergo CBT for PTSD.

Insomnia Disorder

Daytime Physical Activity May Affect Sleep in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Insomnia

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Emily Pond

November 25, 2020

Patients with fibromyalgia suffer from chronic pain, which limits physical activity and is associated with disturbed sleep. However, the relationship between physical activity, pain, and sleep is unclear.

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Neonatal Levels of Acute Phase Proteins May Affect Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Emily Pond

November 19, 2020

Investigators assessed the risk of autism spectrum disorder in relation to levels of neonatal acute phase proteins, which are key components of innate immune function, measured in neonatal dried blood spots.

PTSD trauma and stressor-related

Role of Amygdala Inhibitory Neurons in Conditioned Threat Response, Emotional Memories

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Emily Pond

November 17, 2020

This study provides evidence that the disruption of protein synthesis in discrete inhibitory neuron subpopulations in the centrolateral amygdala impairs associative memories related to threat and safety, which may contribute to maladaptive behavior in memory disorders such as PTSD.

Tobacco-Use Disorder

Sleep Deprivation May Be Linked to E-Cigarette Use in Young Adults

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Emily Pond

November 16, 2020

Given the increase in recent years of e-cigarette use, researchers looked at whether this use is associated with sleep deprivation in a sample of young adults.

Sleep-Wake Disorders

Sleep Deprivation May Impair the Ability to Regulate Intrusive Thoughts

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Emily Pond

November 13, 2020

Following overnight sleep or total sleep deprivation, study participants attempted to suppress intrusions of emotionally negative and neutral scenes when confronted with reminders.

Gender Dysphoria

Gender-Diverse Secondary Students in China Face Disproportionate Rates of Anxiety, Depression

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Emily Pond

November 11, 2020

Transgender or gender nonconforming adolescents face a wide range of physical and mental health concerns. In mainland China, a school-based study explores the prevalence and mental health status of these adolescents.

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Trichotillomania: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis of a Complex Psychiatric Disorder

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Emily Pond

November 11, 2020

The pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the complex disorder, trichotillomania, is reviewed.

Schizophrenia and Psychoses

First-Person Accounts of Coordinated Specialty Care for First-Episode Psychosis

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Emily Pond

November 10, 2020

This study looked at how clients of a coordinated specialty care (CSC) program for first-episode psychosis perceived how they changed while attending the program, what the most important changes were, and what mechanisms they believed helped bring about these changes.

Cannabis-Use Disorder

Cannabis Vaping Trajectories Mirror Those of Nicotine in Adolescents, Young Adults

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Emily Pond

November 9, 2020

Young people in trajectories reflecting more frequent nicotine vaping had a high probability of membership in a cannabis-use trajectory.

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Daytime Physical Activity May Affect Sleep in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Insomnia

Neonatal Levels of Acute Phase Proteins May Affect Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sleep Deprivation May Be Linked to E-Cigarette Use in Young Adults

Sleep Deprivation May Impair the Ability to Regulate Intrusive Thoughts

Gender-Diverse Secondary Students in China Face Disproportionate Rates of Anxiety, Depression

First-Person Accounts of Coordinated Specialty Care for First-Episode Psychosis

Cannabis Vaping Trajectories Mirror Those of Nicotine in Adolescents, Young Adults

Prenatal Cannabis Use Associated With Psychopathology in Middle Childhood