WINER TO DISCUSS GOODMAN THEATER’S OEDIPUS COMPLEX MAY 24
Gibbons et al Findings in AJP: SSRIs Reduced Vets’ Depression, Suicide Attempts
The July issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association, includes an article, “The Relationship Between Antidepressants and Suicide: Results of Analysis of the Veterans Health Administration Datasets,” by Robert Gibbons, Ph.D., Kwan Hur, Ph.D., and J. John Mann, M.D. The study of more than 226,000 veterans diagnosed with depression during 2003–2004 reported that all age groups, including 18–25-year-olds, experienced both a decline in suicide attempts with treatment and a lower incidence among depressed veterans receiving SSRIs than among those receiving no antidepressant. They noted that large-scale studies do not exclude the possibility that depression treatment may precipitate suicidal thinking or behavior in vulnerable individuals.
Suicide Prevention Foundation Funds Dwivedi Study of Altered Protein Kinase A
A recent grant proposal submitted by Yogesh Dwivedi, Ph.D., “Regulation and Functional Significance of Altered Protein Kinase A in Postmortem Brain of Suicide Subjects,” last week was approved for funding by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for a two-year period. The grant will begin sometime after July 1, 2007.
Journal Publishes Henry, Kobus Report on Early Adolescent Social Networks
An article entitled “Early Adolescent Social Networks and Substance Use,” by David Henry, Ph.D., and research specialist Kimberly Kobus, will be published in an upcoming edition of the Journal of Early Adolescence. Using data from the Metropolitan Area Child Study Research Group, the researchers examined relations between youth categorized as members of social groups, liaisons between groups, or social isolates, and the use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and inhalants. In a sample of 1,119 sixth-grade youth, the researchers found that liaisons were more likely to use tobacco than members or isolates, and were more likely to use alcohol than isolates. The three groups did not differ in their use of marijuana or inhalants.
Better Services Trim Number of African American Kids in Welfare System
The current issue of Illinois Child Welfare features an article by Robert Gibbons, Ph.D., and Carl Bell, M.D., and co-authors. The article, “A Plan to Strengthen Systems and Reduce the Number of African-American Children in Child Welfare,” presents an innovative approach that combined business principles with cutting-edge behavioral intervention research and significantly reduced the number of home removals of African American children in a downstate Illinois county. The plan called for new services and improvements in existing services. Two years after the intervention began, the number of African American children removed from their homes decreased by more than half, from 24.1 per 1,000 to 11.1 per 1,000.
Winer to Discuss Goodman Theater’s Oedipus Complex May 24
Jerry Winer, M.D., will be discussing the new Goodman Theater play Oedipus Complex after the Thursday, May 24, evening performance.
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