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(Medical Xpress)—A researcher with the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) has found that depression and back pain are part of a vicious cycle which reinforce each other. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-depression-pain-chicken-egg.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:55:43 EST news285832527 (Medical Xpress)—Young people seeking help who are at high risk of developing psychosis could significantly reduce their chances of going on to develop a full-blown psychotic illness by getting early access to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), new research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-early-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-psychosis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:40:02 EST news285574897 (Medical Xpress)—A powerful anti-anxiety drug has been involved in a rising number of heroin-related deaths (HRDs) in Victoria in recent years, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-alprazolam-heroin-deaths.html Addiction Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:00:05 EST news281604482 An innovative therapy service is making a difference to the lives of those in Port Augusta who have been receiving Tele-web psychology counselling sessions from clinical psychology students in Adelaide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-video-therapy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:50:02 EST news281356591 Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in the leading journal Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-memory-susceptible-eradication-responses.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:30:04 EST news280427069 (Medical Xpress)—A North West clinical trial of people who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder for less than five years will be the first study of its kind to shed light on how new treatments could be more effective in the early stages of the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-treatment-early-stage-bipolar-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:38:46 EST news274700321 Children suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of traumatic events, including child abuse, may benefit from psychological therapies, according to a review published in The Cochrane Library. In the first systematic review of PTSD in young people, researchers found that children and teenagers diagnosed with PTSD showed signs of improvement up to three months following treatment and called for more studies to assess long-term benefits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-psychological-therapies-life-children-post-traumatic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:00:03 EST news274465654 (Medical Xpress)—Depression among older adults can lead to serious health problems. Jojanneke Korte, PhD student at the University of Twente, investigated the effects of the life-review group therapy programme "The Stories we live by" ("Op verhaal komen" in Dutch) in some two hundred older patients (55+) with mild depressive symptoms. According to Korte, "The process of systematically recalling memories, otherwise known as life-review', is found to be effective. Depressive symptoms had disappeared in more than half of participants by the end of the course, and these participants were still symptom-free nine months later." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-efficacy-depression-therapy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:42:24 EST news273318124 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University's Department for Health have found that introducing mood therapy into the classroom may not be the answer to treating depression in teenagers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-classroom-therapy-depression-teenagers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:48:32 EST news271500494 Long viewed as a contributing factor in teenage isolation, computer games are now being used to treat adolescent depression in an innovative New Zealand programme. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-game-aims-zap-teen-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:46:17 EST news262925146 Adolescents suffering from depression can benefit just as much from specialised computer therapy as they do from one-to-one therapy with a clinician, a study published on bmj.com finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-therapy-young-people-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:00:01 EST news254105017 Researchers from The Netherlands have found that the menopausal symptoms caused by giving chemotherapy or hormonal therapy to younger women with breast cancer can be ameliorated considerably through the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and physical exercise (PE). These interventions can be effective in dealing with such distressing symptoms as hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, weight gain, urinary incontinence and sexual problems, a researcher will tell the 8th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8) today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-non-drug-treatments-alleviate-symptoms-treatment-induced.html Cancer Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:07:53 EST news251611665 Hot flushes and night sweats (HFNS) affect 65-85% of women after breast cancer treatment; they are distressing, causing sleep problems and decreased quality of life. Hormone replacement therapy is often either undesirable or contraindicated. A new study published Online First by The Lancet Oncology shows that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a safe and effective treatment for these women, with additional benefits to mood, sleep, and quality of life. Furthermore, CBT could be incorporated into breast cancer survivorship programmes and delivered by trained breast cancer nurses, conclude the authors, led by Professor Myra Hunter, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. The study was funded by Cancer Research UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-safe-effective.html Cancer Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:30:02 EST news248449349 Major depressive disorder is a major public health problem that affects 7% of the population during any 12-month period and affects around 1 in 6 people throughout their lifetime. A Seminar published Online First by the Lancet reviews recent developments relating to this seriously disabling condition, and concludes that most patients need several sequential treatment steps for remission of their major depression. The Seminar also explains why deep brain stimulation is a treatment that holds promise for the future. It is written by Professors David J Kupfer, Ellen Frank, and Mary L Phillips, all of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-patients-sequential-treatment-remission-major.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:30:01 EST news243520712 Patients who received a short course of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) over the telephone from trained therapists reported that they felt "better" or "very much better" at the end of a six-month treatment period, and also three months after it ended. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-therapy-symptoms-chronic-widespread-pain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:00:01 EST news240490946 The future mood swings of people with bipolar disorder can be predicted by their current thoughts and behaviour, a study published today (Tuesday) has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-mood-bipolar-patients.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:20:13 EST news222405423