Sentences with phrase «major psychiatric disorders»

Brain scans have revealed how a genetic mutation linked to major psychiatric disorders affects the structure, function and chemistry of the brain.

«Our findings contribute to a growing body of evidence that immune system dysfunction, including inflammation, may be involved in the pathophysiology of major psychiatric disorders in some individuals.

«Depressed patients with earlier and more severe symptoms have high genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders.»

The structure of the genetic and environmental risk factors for six major psychiatric disorders in women: Phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, bulimia, major depression, and alcoholism

This is extremely beneficial considering a rise in the diagnosis of children with major psychiatric disorders and the worrying increase in prescriptions of side - effect - laden anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications for children.

Genes regulating the cerebral levels of important neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin, GABA, etc.) or signal transmission efficiency (neurotransmitter receptors and genes) have been targeted in association studies of major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism [84], as well as of personality traits [85].

Clinical features of major depressive disorder (MDD) may help identify specific subgroups of depressed patients based on associations with genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders, reports a study in Biological Psychiatry.

The heritability of borderline personality disorder is estimated to be 0.67 [23], which is similar to or higher than heritability estimates for other major psychiatric disorders.

«New patterns found in the genetic relationship of five major psychiatric disorders.»

Disturbed control of extracellular glutamate appears to be an important factor, directly or indirectly, in all neurological disorders as well as in drug abuse and major psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia), as a consequence of the abundance of glutamate, the ubiquitous presence of glutamate receptors, and the interplay between glutamate, oxidation and energy metabolism (for review see: Danbolt, 2001: Prog.

BACKGROUND Peripheral biomarkers for major psychiatric disorders have been an elusive target for the last half a century.

«This is the first objective, physiological marker for two major psychiatric disorders that, once fully developed into a clinical test, can allow for earlier and more accurate diagnosis, and selection of more appropriate medications for patients.»

It includes not only a summary of each drug used for all the major psychiatric disorders, but also chapters on issues such as «Sex and psychiatric drugs», «Psychiatric drugs and pregnancy», etc..

The most accepted factors that put a person into a high - risk category is a personal history of substance abuse now or in the past, a family history of substance abuse now or in the past, or a history of major psychiatric disorder.

The medical evidence provided by the employee demonstrated that the child was very high needs with a major psychiatric disorder, and that the mother's care was «an extraordinarily important medical adjunct to [the son's] ongoing management and progression in life.»

Presenting problems range from mild depression to major psychiatric disorders.