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Harvard Mental Health Letter: August 2007

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Articles in this issue:

Rethinking posttraumatic stress disorder

The definition of posttraumatic stress disorder has evolved to reflect the idea that what would be considered traumatic to one person might not be so to another.

Antipsychotic drugs in dementia

Second-generation antipsychotic drugs are sometimes being used to treat dementia in the elderly, but the potential side effects and other risks outweight the benefits in many instances.

In Brief: Treatment for bipolar depression: New studies

Some studies question the effectiveness of antidepressants used in conjunction with mood stabilizing drugs to treat bipolar disorder, while other studies found that intensive psychotherapy treatments achieved promising results.

In Brief: Torture by any other name

A study of torture survivors found that their degree of psychological suffering was not significantly influenced by the type of torture they experienced, whether physical or mental.

Commentary: The Clock gene and bipolar disorder

Study of the gene that helps regulate humans' circadian rhythms has found that an irregularity in this gene may be related to the development of bipolar disorder.

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