Laurie Martin

Researchers have found an association between electronic media exposure and the onset of depression in young adults, especially in males.

Low-income mothers with pre-pregnancy or gestational diabetes have a higher risk of experiencing depression during the perinatal and postnatal periods than women without diabete, according to a researchers.

Because “the prescribing process is complex, and automating the process is equally complex,” the AMA has designed an online electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) learning center to encourage physicians and to simplify the confusion posed by ePrescribing.1 The center offers a range of services to bring physicians up to speed and in compliance with the recently passed Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.

An array of military-related presentations were given at this year’s American Psychiatric Association (APA) conference, addressing the rise of psychiatric issues in returning veterans and their families.

A new study is raising important questions about the brain’s ability to remain active and regenerate in later life and whether Web searching can stimulate brain activity in middle-aged and older adults.

A revamped museum in Italy is providing a hands-on and heads-on approach to mental illness. The Museo della Mente (Mind's Museum), which originally opened in 2000, is located on the outskirts of Rome in a former psychiatric hospital that closed in 1978

The FDA has cleared the first transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device (Neuro-Star) for the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults who show no improvement after an adequate trial of a single antidepressant.