However, patients that received a second SGB injection saw more improvement in symptoms compared with those given placebo injection.

Rats with PTSD given blueberries showed an increase in serotonin, suggesting the fruit may alter neurotransmitter levels.

Stress is the number one predictor for burnout among physicians, though spending time with family can alleviate the stress.

Last week’s deliberate crash of a Germanwings plane, apparently by a co-pilot suffering from depression, has raised the question.

Some girls with severe autism carry a mutation of the CTNND2 gene, which is linked to the protein, delta-catenin, that has nervous system roles.

Hospitals lose CMS reimbursement for readmissions for certain medical conditions, and many of those patients have psychiatric co-morbidities.

Small study of women in New York City found that those who had most exposure to pollutants more likely to have children with ADHD.

Diarrhea, constipation and food allergies more common in children with autism than their healthy peers between ages 18 months and 36 months.

Study of women found their risk of anxiety symptoms increased along with their exposure to fine particle pollution.

“Understanding Mental Disorders: Your Guide to the DSM-5” will give readers information on disorder symptoms, risk factors and treatment options.

Based on analysis of the brains of deceased Alzheimer’s patients, Mayo Clinic researchers say tau protein should be target of new treatments.

Only 45% of Medicare patients who received Alzheimer’s treatment were actually told of their diagnosis by their doctor.

The FDA is not recommending any changes to the use of Eli Lilly’s Zyprexa Relprevv after agency finds inconclusive evidence linking drug to two deaths.

Korean study, however, finds that patients developed new pain in muscles and joints eight years after receiving treatment.

Women who used assisted reproductive technology are twice as likely to have children that develop autism than women who didn’t.

Depression among the unemployed may be connected to stress due to delays in achieving life goals.

Children of military parents that have been deployed tend to have more mental health visits than children of parents that have not been deployed.

Small study finds boys who ate omega-3 fortified margarine were better able to pay attention compared with boys who did not.

In seniors taking newer antipsychotics, risk of premature death increased with the dose.

Protective service jobs, such as police and firefighters, face the highest risk.

Memory and brain volume decline with age, and before any build-up of beta-amyloid protein, according to study.

College students who use tobacco, marijuana or binge drink are also more likely to smoke e-cigarettes.

Daily marijuana use also linked to brain abnormalities, such as an oddly shaped hippocampus.

FDA has approved Saphris (asenapine) as monotherapy for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes in pediatric patients.

Balanced diet, physical exercise and brain training programs shown to improve mental functioning in older people.

While a reformulated version of Oxycontin came on the market in 2010 that was difficult to crush, many addicts still abuse the opioid.

In rat study, mice injected with tiny gas bubbles that vibrate when they encounter ultrasound waves led to a reduction in amyloid plaque.