News tagged with behavioral health


When prompted, fathers will talk with their kids about delaying sexual activity

Although mothers are usually the ones who have "the birds and the bees" talks with their children, with targeted prompting and guidance, fathers will also step up to the plate. That's the finding of a study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neuroscience just got faster, cheaper and easier

Richard Gershon has a shiny new toolbox for neuroscientists that will revolutionize their clinical research by making it radically faster, cheaper and more accurate. It also will help researchers recruit children and adults ...

Neuroscience created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

When to worry about kids' temper tantrums

Temper tantrums in young children can be an early signal of mental health problems, but how does a parent or pediatrician know when disruptive behavior is typical or a sign of a serious problem?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diagnostic confidence key for prompt treatment for women with heart symptoms

Doctors who believe that women have "atypical" coronary heart disease symptoms are less certain when diagnosing heart disease in women.  As a result, women are less likely than men to receive treatments ...

Cardiology created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lifestyle changes among disadvantaged groups key to tackling diabetes

Unhealthy behaviors like being overweight, smoking and heavy drinking explain almost half of the social inequalities in type 2 diabetes, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Diabetes created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Financial crisis to blame for increased number of suicides in Italy

(Medical Xpress) -- The global financial crisis has contributed to an increase in the rates of suicide and attempted suicide for economic reasons in Italy, new research shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

People with few assets less likely to plan for end-of-life health care

Socioeconomic status is a big predictor of how likely people are to have living wills, a power of attorney for health care decisions or to participate in informal discussions about treatment preferences with ...

Health created Aug 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

World's largest tobacco use study: Tobacco control remains major challenge

An international survey of tobacco use in three billion individuals, published in the current issue of The Lancet, demonstrates an urgent need for policy change in low- and middle-income countries, according to the Univer ...

Addiction created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rejected drug may protect against toxic substance common to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

The second of two studies on latrepirdine, recently published in Molecular Psychiatry, demonstrates new potential for the compound in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, sleep disorders, and other neurodegenerative ...

Neuroscience created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Youths' well-being linked to how well they conform to gender norms

(Medical Xpress) -- Regardless of their sexual orientation, teens who do not fit behavioral norms for their gender are not as happy as their gender-conforming peers, finds a new Cornell study published in the Archives of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alcohol advertising standards violations most common in magazines with youthful audiences

The content of alcohol ads placed in magazines is more likely to be in violation of industry guidelines if the ad appears in a magazine with sizable youth readership, according to a new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing ...

Health created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Depression could shorten cancer survival, study suggests

(HealthDay) -- Symptoms of depression are linked to shorter survival times among cancer patients, according to a new study.

Cancer created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Americans gaining more weight than they say

Despite the increasing awareness of the problem of obesity in the United States, most Americans don't know whether they are gaining or losing weight, according to new research from the Institute for Health ...

Overweight and Obesity created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rejected Alzheimer's drug shows new potential

An international team of scientists led by researchers at Mount Sinai School Medicine have discovered that a drug that had previously yielded conflicting results in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease effectively stopped ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Telephone therapy technique brings more Iraq and Afghanistan veterans into mental health treatment

A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple "check-in" call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with mental health ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0