Hopkins Psychiatry Newsletter Fall 2007

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Child Psychiatry

Tots with ADHD: It's OK to Treat
    Dr. Riddle talks about medication for the 
    very young

TRANSLATIONS: Untying ADHD's Diagnostic Knots
    Diagnoses in children often not simple

For Babes in No-Joy Land
    Why a new, whole-family approach can make a
    difference for the smallest patients

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's: Circulatory Ills GIve It a Push
    Could fixing them make the disease less relentless?

Suicide

Closing in on the Suicide Gene
   Genetic research focuses on risk factor for suicidal behavior

INSIGHTS: Joseph Beinvenu

Anxiety and Personality: Strangers No More
    Dr. Bienvenu studies the relationship between personality traits and 
    anxiety disorders

The MMSE Earns Top Title
     Developed over thirty years ago by Hopkins psychiatrists, the paper that
     launched the 'mini-mental' exam is the most cited in medicine