Resarch & Giving News Archive

2006 Archive

• Brain Chemistry Changes Found in Depressed Women ()

• Brain’s Fear Center Likely Shrinks in Autism’s
Most Severely Socially Impaired ()

• NARSAD’s 2006 New York Symposium ()

• Probing the Biology of Psychosis, Schizophrenia,
and Antipsychotics: An Expert Interview
with Dr. Philip Seeman, M.D., Ph.D. ()

• Research Challenges Theory of Memory Storage ()

• Treating Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia:
An Expert Interview with Joseph Coyle, M.D. ()

• Ethical Considerations in Medication-Free Research
with Schizophrenia Patients: An Expert Interview
with William T. Carpenter, Jr., M.D. ()

• Insight into Dopamine Role Suggests New Treatment Pathway for Parkinson's ()

• NARSAD Awards $19 Million in New Grants
for Mental Health Research in 2006 ()

• NARSAD’s Third Annual Washington, D.C., Mental Health Research Symposium, February 26, 2006 ()

• NARSAD’s First Boston Mental Health Research Symposium, April 30, 2006 ()

• The Third Annual NARSAD St. Louis Mental Health Research Symposium, April 1, 2006 ()

• NARSAD 2006 Symposia in Florida ()

• Thanks to Challenge Grant, Donations to NARSAD by December 31st Will Be Doubled ()

• Why Many People May Not Respond To Common Antidepressants ()

• New Gene Linked to Bipolar Disorder ()

• Serotonin Receptors May Be Regulators of Depression ()

• Cardiologists Need Guidance in Treating Depression in Heart Patients ()

• Pre-Clinical Study Suggests how Steroid Can Reverse Post-Traumatic Stress ()

• Leptin Has Powerful Effect on Brain’s Reward Center ()

• Gene Variant Doubles the Risk of Autism ()

• Schizophrenia Research Forum Celebrates Exciting First Year! ()

• Chronic Form of Depression Runs In Families ()

• Depressed Patients Experience Excessive Inflammation during Stress ()

• Anticipation Plays a Powerful Role in Human Memory ()

• Defects in Crucial Brain Protein Implicated in Memory Loss ()

• Older Fathers More Likely to Have Autistic Children ()

• New Schizophrenia Trial: Does Method of Giving Medication Make a Difference? ()

• In Memoriam: Wayne Fenton, M.D. ()

• Healthy Minds, New Series by PBS Station WLIW21, to Debut in New York on Sunday, September 10 ()

• New Brain Protein May Help Treat Schizophrenia ()

• Altered Activity in Brain Receptors Points to Schizophrenia Complexity ()

• Experimental Drug against Depression Works in Hours, Not Weeks ()

• Children and Teens Taking Antidepressants May Be More Likely to Attempt, Complete Suicide ()

• Screening Method Helps Disclose Intimate Partner Violence ()

• Mary and Mike Wallace Honored with NARSAD Leadership Award ()

• Study Links Effects of Withdrawal to Compulsive Drug Use and Craving ()

• Screening for Bipolar Disorder ()

• Number of Children, Teens Treated with Antipsychotics Increases Sharply ()

• Schizophrenia Limits Understanding of Body Language ()

• First Whole-Genome Scan for Links to OCD Reveals Evidence for Genetic Susceptibility ()

• NARSAD Announces 2006 Staglin Award
for Schizophrenia Research ()

• GABA Cells in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder ()

• Intermittent Explosive Disorder Thought to Affect up to 16 Million Americans ()

• Scientists Reveal Prozac’s Target ()

• Studies Identify Molecular Conspirators for Suspect Schizophrenia Genes ()

• Researchers Identify a Gene Linked to Cognition ()

• How Does the Brain Remember What It Likes? ()

• NARSAD HOSTS “CAMPAIGN FOR THE BRAIN” Weekend in LA, June 24-25 ()

• A Life in Psychiatry During the Molecular Revolution ()

• NARSAD-Supported Researcher Highlighted in New York Times Magazine ()

• Treatment of a Mother's Depression Reduces Risk of Psychiatric Disorders in Her Children ()

• Depression Linked to Brain Changes in Alzheimer’s ()

• Depressed Older Adults More Likely to Become Cognitively Impaired ()

• Gene Influences Antidepressant Response ()

• Psychopharmacologic Innovations in the Treatment of Schizophrenia, Past and Present ()

• The Significance of CATIE ()

• Paternal Age and Schizophrenia ()

• Engineered Mouse Mimics Cognitive Aspects of Schizophrenia ()

• UCSF Research Pinpoints Brain Molecule’s Role in Developing Addiction ()

• Activation of a Protein Solidifies Fear Memory in the Brain ()

• Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: An Expert Interview with Helen S. Mayberg, M.D. ()

• Women with Major Depression Risk Relapse When Pregnant ()

• Nobelist Discovers Antidepressant Protein in Mouse Brain ()

• Genes Play More of a Role in Depression in Women ()

• New Approaches to Antidepressant Treatment ()

• Science: NARSAD Scientists Performing Ground-breaking Psychiatric Research ()

• A Gene for the Fear Factor ()

• Imaging Shows Similarities in Brains of Marijuana Smokers and Schizophrenics ()