Women with less education than their mothers risk poor mental health
(Medical Xpress)—Women with significantly lower levels of education than their parents are at higher risk of poor mental health, a new University of Queensland study has found.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Shared savings may promote care coordination entity use
(HealthDay)—Use of shared savings could encourage individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid to enroll in state-designed care coordination entities (CCEs), according to a perspective ...
Health
Jan 07, 2013 |
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Functional MRI can improve prediction of CBT success
(HealthDay)—Results of functional brain imaging can greatly improve prediction of which patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a study ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Virtual patient may help future doctors prevent suicide
A virtual patient named Denise may help future physicians feel more comfortable and capable assessing suicide risk.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Quit smoking for new year, and feel less anxious, not more
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have found that smokers who successfully quit feel less anxious afterwards - despite a widely held belief that smoking relieves stress and giving up makes you feel more on edge.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Broader background checks and denial criteria could help prevent mass shooting catastrophes
Garen Wintemute, a leading authority on gun violence prevention and an emergency medicine physician at UC Davis, believes broader criteria for background checks and denials on gun purchases can help prevent future firearm ...
Health
Dec 27, 2012 |
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Study: People with mental disorders more likely to have experienced domestic violence
Men and women with mental health disorders, across all diagnoses, are more likely to have experienced domestic violence than the general population, according to new research from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 26, 2012 |
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Mental-health parity can cut costs
(Medical Xpress)—Implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act could save tens, possibly hundreds of billions of dollars and prevent needless suffering. The federal government has promised further guidance about how the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 24, 2012 |
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Test to detect pre-menstrual syndrome
Even though there are many women who do not notice any special symptoms, there are some whose pre-menstrual disorders hamper their everyday lives: depressive mood, anxiety, excessive emotional sensitivity, fatigue, lack of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 21, 2012 |
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US shooting revives debate over mental health care
The deadly US shooting rampage last week has revived debate about access to mental health care—a tough issue as state funds dry up and laws make it difficult to treat people against their will.
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Dec 20, 2012 |
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For psychiatric patients, cancer is often spotted too late
(HealthDay)—People with psychiatric disorders have a 30 percent higher death rate from cancer, even though they are no more likely to develop the disease than others. And the underlying reason may be relatively ...
Cancer
Dec 19, 2012 |
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Mental health lags behind global health and lifespan improvements
A leading international expert on autism at the University of Leicester has been involved in contributing to a major new study of global health.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Physicians should not prescribe ADD drugs to healthy people
Physicians in Canada should consider refusing to prescribe cognitive enhancement medications—also used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADD)—to healthy patients, states an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
Medications
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Food insecurity predicts mental health problems in adolescents
A study published in the December 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that adolescents who experienced food insecurity in the past year have a higher prevalence of men ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Worries about dementia: How hospitalization affects the elderly
Older people often worry about dementia and while some risks are known, for example alcoholism or stroke, the effects of illness are less clear. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care looks ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
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