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- Psychotherapy, Medications Best for Youth With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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October 28, 2004
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Children and adolescents with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) respond best to a combination of both psychotherapy and an antidepressant, a major clinical trial has found. - Perceptual Decision-Making Hub Pinpointed in Human Brain
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October 18, 2004
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A perceptual decision-making hub at the front of the brain makes the call on whether you’re looking at a face or a house — and likely many other things — scientists at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. - NIMH Grant to Explore Genetics of Autism
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October 8, 2004
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced this week a 3-year, $3 million grant to Johns Hopkins University to study the genetic factors underlying autism. - New Learning Techniques Improves Global HIV/AIDS Prevention
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September 28, 2004
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Researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found that advanced communication technologies — including multimedia CDs — can improve world-wide dissemination of new HIV/AIDS prevention models to providers of health services. - Rare Deficit Maps Thinking Circuitry
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September 1, 2004
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Using brain imaging, neuroscientists at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have pinpointed the site of a defect in a brain circuit associated with a specific thinking deficit. - Combination Treatment Most Effective in Adolescents with Depression
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August 17, 2004
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A clinical trial of 439 adolescents with major depression has found a combination of medication and psychotherapy to be the most effective treatment. - Schizophrenia Gene Variant Linked to Risk Traits
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August 11, 2004
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Researchers at the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have identified a relationship between a small section of one gene, the brain chemical messenger glutamate, and a collection of traits known to be associated with schizophrenia. - Brain’s Reward Circuitry Revealed in Procrastinating Primates
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August 10, 2004
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Using a new molecular genetic technique, scientists have turned procrastinating primates into workaholics by temporarily suppressing a gene in a brain circuit involved in reward learning. - Depression Traced to Overactive Brain Circuit
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August 2, 2004
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A brain imaging study by the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has found that an emotion-regulating brain circuit is overactive in people prone to depression—even when they are not depressed. - Imaging Study Shows Brain Maturing
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May 17, 2004
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The brain’s center of reasoning and problem solving is among the last to mature, a new study graphically reveals.
