http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—There were almost 32,000 substantiated cases of severe abuse, neglect and violence in Australia last year with some children dying as a result. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, the age group most likely to be murdered is 0-12 months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-homeless-abused-children-benefit-animal-assisted.html Health Fri, 31 May 2013 07:10:02 EST news289201935 (Medical Xpress)—Middle school children who completed a social-emotional skills learning program at school were 42 percent less likely to engage in physical fighting a year later, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-skills-middle-schools.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 May 2013 07:50:01 EST news287130082 Police, firefighters and other protective services workers who are repeatedly exposed to traumatic events and are new to their profession are at greater risk of developing a psychiatric disorder, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers also found that protective services workers do not appear to have a higher prevalence of mental health problems than workers in other occupations. The study results are featured in the February 2013 issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-police-firefighters-higher-mental-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:20:51 EST news281110640 Among fibromyalgia patients taking either of two commonly prescribed drugs to reduce pain, 22 percent report substantial improvement while 21 percent had to quit the regimen due to unpleasant side effects, according to a new review in The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drugs-fibromyalgia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:20:05 EST news278844198 (HealthDay)—Both children with persistent abdominal pain and their parents still benefit from a short social learning and cognitive behavioral therapy intervention a year later, according to a study published online Dec. 31 in JAMA Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-benefits-children-functional-abdominal-pain.html Pediatrics Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:51:45 EST news276529894 (Medical Xpress)—Positive parenting can be particularly effective in helping young children with developmental disabilities become more independent and cooperative, a Brigham Young University study found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-fostering-independence-life-skills-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:20:01 EST news272009262 Parents may feel it's clear that missing a nap means their young children will be grumpy and out-of-sorts, but scientists who study sleep say almost nothing is known about how daytime sleep affects children's coping skills and learning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-preschool-naps.html Health Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:40:25 EST news266852418 A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-lifeskills-teens-anger-blood-pressure.html Health Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:44:22 EST news266514255 (Medical Xpress) -- Children should be taught coping skills the same way they are taught to hold a pen or ride a bike, according to experts from Melbourne University’s Graduate School of Education. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-young-children-taught-coping-skills.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 13 Aug 2012 04:04:20 EST news264049448 (HealthDay) -- Symptoms of depression are linked to shorter survival times among cancer patients, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-depression-shorten-cancer-survival.html Cancer Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:52:47 EST news263101955 (HealthDay) -- One out of 11 school-aged children is diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and up to 40 percent of those kids may display symptoms in preschool, an expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-adhd-evident-preschool-expert.html Attention deficit disorders Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:10:01 EST news263057939 (HealthDay) -- An average of 12.0 percent of girls aged 12 to 17 years have experienced a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year, with the rates tripling for girls between the ages of 12 and 15, according to a report published July 19 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-depression-triples-ages-girls.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:50:01 EST news262952494 A new study shows that taking part in a stress management program may help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) prevent new disease activity. The study is published in the July 11, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-stress-disease-multiple-sclerosis.html Neuroscience Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:00:04 EST news261240827 Over the last decade, Dr. Benjamin Van Voorhees has been trying to find the best way to teach coping strategies to adolescents who are at risk of suffering from severe depression. The idea is to help them keep depression at bay so that it doesn't become a debilitating part of their lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-vaccination-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:10:01 EST news257766986 Researchers from the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group (MSRG), at the University of Southampton, have developed the first study of its kind looking at the experiences and needs of people after primary treatment of colorectal cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-radical-cancer-survivorship.html Cancer Thu, 17 May 2012 11:38:55 EST news256473403 Having a brother or sister with newly diagnosed cancer can be a distressing and difficult time for a child. While most children eventually cope, there can be a period of adjustment when their school work and social functioning suffer. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health shows that a teaching program, designed to improve the child's knowledge about their sibling's disease and to give them coping skills, was able to improve their adjustment and psychological well being in this early time period after diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-siblings-children-cancer.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:04:19 EST news245480652 Overeating, whether in children or adults, often takes place even in the absence of hunger, resulting in weight gain and obesity. Current methods to treat such overeating in youth focus on therapies that restrict what kids may eat, requiring them to track their food intake and engage in intensive exercise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-approach-overeating-children.html Health Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:57:43 EST news242539054 Researchers at the University of Melbourne have proven that a modified shoe can reduce knee load in people with knee osteoarthritis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-foot-difference.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:05:32 EST news238403085 Young adults undergoing addiction treatment arrive ready and willing to make the personal changes that bring about recovery, but it's the help and guidance received during treatment that build and sustain those changes, according to a longitudinal study published electronically and in press within the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The study was conducted collaboratively by the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and the Butler Center for Research at Hazelden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-young-adults-recover-addiction.html Health Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:10:02 EST news236599614 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that children whose mothers are highly stressed during pregnancy are more likely to be vulnerable to stress as they grow older. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-stressful-pregnancies-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:30:01 EST news230525840 A University of Western Sydney study will investigate the experiences of adults whose parents suffered mental illness during their childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-parental-mental-illness-children-adults.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 13 May 2011 08:42:35 EST news224494913