Alcohol Cravings In Response To Negative Emotions Felt More Acutely By Men

Women and men tend to have different types of stress-related psychological disorders. Women have greater rates of depression and some types of anxiety disorders than men, while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders than women. A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol.

Memory Manipulation Questioned By Moral Philosopher

Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician? Elisa Hurley, a philosophy professor, is seeking answers to these questions in her research currently underway at The University of Western Ontario.

Alexza Completes Enrollment In Phase 2a Clinical Trial With AZ-002 Staccato R Alprazolam In Panic Disorder Patients

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA) announced that it has completed the enrollment in its Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial with AZ-002 (Staccato(R) alprazolam) in patients with panic disorder. AZ-002 is an inhalation product candidate being developed for the acute treatment of panic attacks associated with panic disorder. AZ-002 is being developed through Symphony Allegro, a development collaboration formed between Alexza and Symphony Capital in 2006.

Improving Anxiety Treatment Through The Help Of Brain Imaging: A Potential Future Treatment Strategy

Wouldn't it be nice if our doctors could predict accurately whether we would respond to a particular medication? This question is important because research studies provide information about how groups of patients tend to respond to treatments, but inevitably, differences among groups of patients with the same diagnosis mean that findings about groups of patients may not apply to individuals from those groups.

Next Pharmaceuticals Announces A New Clinical Study Demonstrating Relora R Significantly Relieves Short-Term Anxiety In Healthy Women

Next Pharmaceuticals announced the results of a six-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study on Relora conducted on healthy women between the ages of 20 and 50. Relora significantly reduced short-term anxiety compared to the placebo group. The study conducted by Miami Research Associates, a clinical research organization in Miami, Florida, was published in Nutrition Journal, an open access peer-reviewed, online journal.

NARSAD Researchers Showcase New Treatment Options For Severe Depression; Provide New Clues About Treating Clinical Anxiety And Schizophrenia

New findings from research supported by NARSAD, the world's leading charity dedicated to mental health research, and conducted by scientists at Washington University's School of Medicine (WUSM) now point to new options for treating preschool-aged children with significant clinical depression as well as those severely depressed adults who don't respond to standard treatments, such as antidepressants and psychotherapy. Presented at NARSAD's 5th annual St.

New Study Suggests It's Okay To Keep Those Feelings Inside

Contrary to popular notions about what is normal or healthy, new research has found that it is okay not to express one's thoughts and feelings after experiencing a collective trauma, such as a school shooting or terrorist attack.In fact, people who choose not to express their feelings after such an event may be better off than those who do talk about their feelings, according to University at Buffalo psychologist Mark Seery, Ph.D.

21,000 Victorians Suffer From Work-Related Depression

Almost one in six cases of depression among working Victorians are caused by job stress. This means more than 21, 000 cases of preventable depression are caused by job stress each year, a new University of Melbourne study shows.Stressful working conditions in this study were defined as a combination of high job demands and low control over how the job gets done (or 'job strain').

Multicellular Response Is 'All For One'

Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known "fight or flight response" in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual's heart pumps faster, the muscles work harder, the brain sharpens and non-essential systems shut down. The whole organism responds in concert in order to survive.

Stress At Work Increases The Progression Of Arteriosclerosis

Work stress, resulting from great pressure at the work place, may increase the progression of atherosclerosis by 46% in people who have highly reactive personalities to stress. This is demonstrated by a study which will be discussed at the XVI World Congress of Cardiology to be held from May 18th - May 22nd in Buenos Aires and will be attended by 15, 000 professionals from more than 100 countries. The study, performed by researchers at the School of Public Health in Berkeley, U.