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Stopping Antidepressant Use While Pregnant May Pose Risks

February 1, 2006 • Science Update
Pregnant women who discontinue antidepressant medications may significantly increase their risk of relapse during pregnancy, a new NIMH-funded study has found.

Nobelist Discovers Antidepressant Protein in Mouse Brain

January 6, 2006 • Press Release
A protein that seems to be pivotal in lifting depression has been discovered by a Nobel Laureate researcher funded by NIMH.

Initial Results Help Clinicians Identify Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression

January 1, 2006 • Press Release
Initial results of the nation’s largest clinical trial for depression have helped clinicians to track “real world” patients who became symptom-free and to identify those who were resistant to the initial treatment.

Trust-Building Hormone Short-Circuits Fear In Humans

December 7, 2005 • Press Release
A brain chemical recently found to boost trust appears to work by reducing activity and weakening connections in fear-processing circuitry.

Gene Knockout Scores a Fearless Mouse

November 22, 2005 • Press Release
Knocking out a gene in the brain's fear hub creates mice unperturbed by situations that would normally trigger instinctive or learned fear responses.

Web Forum Launched for Schizophrenia Researchers

October 28, 2005 • Press Release
Researchers trying to crack one of medicine's most perplexing unsolved mysteries can now keep abreast of late-breaking developments via the Schizophrenia Research Forum, a website launched this month with funding from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Sponsored by NARSAD,

Teens with Deletion Syndrome Confirm Gene’s Role in Psychosis

October 23, 2005 • Press Release
A study in youth who are missing part of a chromosome is further implicating a suspect gene in schizophrenia.

NIH Joined by Advocacy Groups to Fund Research on Autism Susceptibility Genes

October 18, 2005 • Press Release
Five institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and three private autism organizations have formed a consortium to pursue their common goal of understanding a devastating disorder.

NIMH Expands Public Health Education Effort To Reach Latino Men With Depression

October 7, 2005 • Press Release
Research shows the majority of Latinos fail to recognize the symptoms of depression

NIMH Study To Guide Treatment Choices for Schizophrenia (Phase 1 Results)

September 19, 2005 • Press Release
A large study funded by NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) provides, for the first time, detailed information comparing the effectiveness and side effects of five medications

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