"
Researchers at the Rush
Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago and the departments of
Neurological Sciences and Behavioral Sciences at Rush University Medical
Center, have found an association between experiencing serious adverse
events in childhood and an increased risk for stroke in late adulthood.
Their findings were reported online yesterday in the journal Neurology."
Source: Psychiatric News Alert, 20September 2012
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A gene called FKBP5 is
an important regulator of the stress hormone system. When individuals
who possess a particular variant of that gene are victims of child
abuse, they appear to be more susceptible to posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) later in life than individuals who possess another
variant of the gene. This was a key finding of a study published in Nature Neuroscience, led by Elisabeth Binder of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany."
Source: Psychiatric News Alert, 20 December 2012
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"Researchers reported today that people who self-harm have an increased risk of premature death. As published online in Lancet,
they studied patients of all ages presenting to emergency departments
in Oxford, Manchester, and Derby, England, after self-poisoning or
self-injury from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2007. Patients were
followed up to the end of 2009."
Psychiatric News Alert, 18 September 2012
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