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New research shows that childhood adversity is associated with diminished neural activity in brain regions implicated in the anticipation of possible rewards. Scientists at Harvard University used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to monitor brain activity as participants played a game involving cues that predicted monetary rewards and penalties.

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A bill (HR 20, S 324) in Congress that would mandate funding for research, services and public education related to postpartum depression has sparked debate over whether all women should be screened for the condition, Time reports.

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The Primary Care Paradox and the Need to Integrate Primary and Specialty Care to Improve the Quality of Healthcare The third in a seven-part series of commentaries to understand health and healthcare With the healthcare reform debate heating up in Washington, D.C., Annals of Family Medicine editor Kurt Stange, M.D., Ph.D.

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The number of suicides in England are at an all-time low, Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced as he published the latest annual report on suicide prevention. The new figures out today show: - The suicide rate for 2007, the most recent available, was the lowest recorded at 7.5 deaths per 100,000 population. - There continues to be a sustained fall in the rate of suicide among young men under the age of 35.

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Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) announced that Schering-Plough K.K., the company’s country operation in Japan, has received marketing approval for REMERON(R) /Reflex(R) (mirtazapine)15 mg Tablets for the treatment of major depressive disorder.(1) The product was developed jointly with Meiji Seika Kabushiki Kaisha, Ltd. Schering-Plough and Meiji Seika will market the product under the trade names, REMERON(R) and Reflex(R), respectively.

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With appointment waiting periods stretching as long as three-months to see a psychiatrist, Delaware County patients often don’t know where to turn for “best in class” mental health services. This barrier to care is further compounded by the fact that 67 percent of primary care physicians nationwide have trouble accessing mental health services on behalf of their patients.

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Stressing out can cause people to gain weight, according to a study appearing in the July 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. This new study is believed to be one of the first of its kind to look at the relationship between weight gain and multiple types of stress – job-related demands, difficulty paying bills, strained family relationships, depression or anxiety disorder – in the U.S. population.

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An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports that the rising rates of suicide and murders in the population are directly associated to the growing unemployment rates originated by the economic downturn. Another effect is the decline in road-traffic accidents. Active labor market programs aiming to maintain and reintegrate workers in jobs could tone down some of these unfavorable effects.

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College students with depression are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of school, new research shows. However, the research also indicates that lower grade point averages depended upon a student’s type of depression, according to Daniel Eisenberg, assistant professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health and principal investigator of the study.

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We’ve all been asked at routine visits to the doctor to record our family’s history with medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease. But when it comes to mental disorders, usually mum’s the word. New findings by researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) make a strong case for changing that status quo.

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