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Study finds saliva testing predicts aggression in boys

(Medical Xpress)—A new study indicates that a simple saliva test could be an effective tool in predicting violent behavior.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Economic environment during infancy linked with substance use, delinquent behavior in adolescence

The larger economic environment during infancy may be associated with subsequent substance use and delinquent behavior during adolescence, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA ...

Health created Dec 31, 2012 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Severely impaired schizophrenics enter dynamic cycle of recovery after cognitive therapy

Cognitive therapy has dynamically improved the most neurologically impaired, poorly functioning schizophrenic patients. For the first time, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are you addicted to the internet?

People worried about the amount of time they spend online are invited to take part in a study about internet addiction.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most effective PTSD therapies are not being widely used, researchers find

Post-traumatic stress disorder affects nearly 8 million adults in any given year, federal statistics show. Fortunately, clinical research has identified certain psychological interventions that effectively ameliorate the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds antidepressants may help in treating schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a complex and chronic mental disorder affecting more than 2 million people in the United States.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

N.Y. teens' mystery illness labeled 'conversion disorder'

It's a term used so rarely that most of us haven't heard of it. Even mental health professionals say they have read about it in textbooks rather than seen it up close.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Families 'benefit' from living with schizophrenia

(Medical Xpress)—Living with someone with schizophrenia can have a positive impact on their family, according to a preliminary study by QUT.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 03, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Anxious girls' brains work harder

In a discovery that could help in the identification and treatment of anxiety disorders, Michigan State University scientists say the brains of anxious girls work much harder than those of boys.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Self-harm not always a sign of serious mental health problems

Knowledge is needed in order not to over-interpret the behaviour of the young people, according to psychologist Jonas Bjärehed, who has recently presented his thesis at Lund University in Sweden.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First study of new treatment for early stage bipolar disorder

(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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0