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January 25, 2008

News: Price tags for care
Americans spent $56 billion for treating mental disorders (including depression) in 2005, making it the fourth most costly of the nation’s medical expenses. When traumatic disorders are added – PTSD, anxiety or panic attacks—it brings the total to $128 billion. The full report is available online at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality....
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August 16, 2007

News: Two years later: problems abound
Coming up on the second anniversary of Katrina, USA Today ran a four-part story on persistent mental health issues for kids. Some problems appear to be a direct consequence of the trauma of the hurricane, others due to the limbo in which people have been living since....
Full Story | Topics: children, depression, panic disorder, PTSD | Comments (0)

June 25, 2007

News: Caffeine induced panic attacks
Medscape, June 22, 2007 A study (N=99) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, found subjects with major depression and panic disorders reporting more anxiety than did controls when challenged with the equivalent of five cups of coffee. The findings were published in Comprehensive Psychiatry (May-June 2007), and also presented in a poster session at the American Psychiatric Association meetings....
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May 24, 2007

News: Drug action for panic attacks
A study (N=30) comparing timing and benefits of the tablet versus timed-release Alprazolam, a drug used in panic attacks, showed similar first- hour benefits but differnt therapeutic benefits after that. Implications exist for prophylactic therapy, reports a study in Psychopharmacology Bulletin....
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March 8, 2007

News: Genetic research showing results
The Medical Journal of Medical Genetics reports promising genetic research into panic disorder, substance abuse and addictive disorders from Iowa University. One report links panic disorder to white blood cells, prompting the work to develop of a commercially available diagnostic blood test....
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