News tagged with anxiety and depression

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Being left out puts youths with special needs at risk for depression

The challenges that come with battling a chronic medical condition or developmental disability are enough to get a young person down. But being left out, ignored or bullied by their peers is the main reason youths with special ...

Pediatrics created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Overweight teens who are satisfied with their bodies are less depressed, less prone to unhealthy behaviors

A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women ...

Pediatrics created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Exercise and attitude may be thermostat for hot flashes

(Medical Xpress) -- Attitude may play an important role in how exercise affects menopausal women, according to Penn State researchers, who identified two types of women -- one experiences more hot flashes after physical activity, ...

Health created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Depression increases death risk in coronary stent patients

Copenhagen, 16 March 2012: Depression increases the risk of death in patients who have a coronary stent implanted. After seven years of follow up, depressed patients were 1.5 times more likely to have died than non-depressed ...

Cardiology created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Web-Based program helps manage cancer-Related fatigue

(HealthDay) -- An Internet-based educational program helps disease-free cancer survivors better manage their cancer-related fatigue (CRF), according to research published online March 12 in the Journal of ...

Cancer created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer programs may be able to identify individuals most at risk of anxiety, mood disorders

(Medical Xpress) -- Computer programs can be taught to differentiate between the brain scans of healthy adolescents and those most at risk of developing psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

School absenteeism, mental health problems linked

School absenteeism is a significant problem, and students who are frequently absent from school more often have symptoms of psychiatric disorders. A new longitudinal study of more than 17,000 youths has found that frequently ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function are frequent and long-lasting after ALI

Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function were common and long-lasting during the first two years following acute lung injury (ALI), according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Depressive ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: 1 in 5 of US adults on behavioral meds

More than 20 percent of American adults took at least one drug for conditions like anxiety and depression in 2010, according to an analysis of prescription data, including more than one in four women.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Compound found in common wart treatment shows promise as leukemia therapy

A new potential leukemia therapy targets only cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells alone. Many current chemotherapy treatments affect cancer cells and healthy cells, causing significant side effects, such as fatigue, ...

Cancer created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

We are what we experience: study

the ups and downs, and everything in between -- shape us, stay with us and influence our emotional set point as adults, according to a new study led by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Faster progress through puberty linked to behavior problems

(Medical Xpress) -- Children who go through puberty at a faster rate are more likely to act out and to suffer from anxiety and depression, according to a study by researchers at Penn State, Duke University and the University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Extreme morning sickness could lead to lifelong emotional, behavioral disorders in kids

An extreme form of pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) takes a heavy toll on thousands of women each year and can lead to hospitalization and pregnancy termination. But new research ...

Health created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Modelling emotions: A potential new therapy for disturbed teenagers

Researchers at The University of Nottingham are to investigate whether the therapeutic effects of clay modelling could help disturbed teenagers deal with their feelings of anger, anxiety and depression.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kids' anxiety, depression halved when parenting styled to personality

When it comes to rearing children, just about any parent will say that what works with one kid might not work with another. Parents use all sorts of strategies to keep kids from being cranky, grumpy, fearful or moody, while ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast