News tagged with psychiatric illness
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Childhood trauma leaves mark on DNA of some victims
Abused children are at high risk of anxiety and mood disorders, as traumatic experience induces lasting changes to their gene regulation. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have ...
Neuroscience
Dec 02, 2012 |
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Asperger's dropped from revised diagnosis manual
The now familiar term "Asperger's disorder" is being dropped. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be given a scientific-sounding diagnosis called DMDD. But "dyslexia" and other learning disorders remain.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 02, 2012 |
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Less than half of youth with mental illness received adequate follow-up care, study finds
Youth with mental illness are among the most vulnerable, but new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found that less than half of Ontario youth aged 15 to 19 hospitalized with a psychiatric ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Community treatment of psych patients tied to less mortality
(HealthDay)—For patients with psychiatric disorders, community treatment orders correlate with a reduction in mortality, according to research published online Nov. 12 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadi ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Screening for post-stroke depression inadequate and inconsistent, study finds
Physicians are prescribing anti-depressants for stroke patients without first giving them a proper diagnosis, they are over-treating some patients, and overlooking others, according to a study presented today at the Canadian ...
Cardiology
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Possible link between infants' regulatory behaviors and maternal mental health
Functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are physical complaints, such as headaches, pain, fatigue, and dizziness, that cannot be explained medically. These symptoms affect 10-30% of children and adolescents and account for 2-4% ...
Pediatrics
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Mayo Clinic suicide prevention expert outlines new steps to tackle military suicide
The suicide rate in the U.S. Army now exceeds the rate in the general population, and psychiatric admission is now the most common reason for hospitalization in the Army. These concerning trends are described by Timothy Lineberry, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2012 |
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First GWAS studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome published
Two papers that will appear in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, both receiving advance online release, may help identify gene variants that contribute to the risks of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or Tou ...
Genetics
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Classifying neural circuit dysfunctions using neuroeconomics
The traditional approach to psychiatric diagnosis is based on grouping patients on the basis of symptom clusters. This approach to diagnosis has a number of problems, as symptoms are not necessarily specific to a single diagnosis. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Researchers link two biological risk factors for schizophrenia
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered a cause-and-effect relationship between two well-established biological risk factors for schizophrenia previously believed to be independent of one another.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Study links mental health problems to poor prognosis in male cancer patients
Men suffering from psychiatric problems when diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die from the disease, according to a new study part-funded by the Wellcome Trust. The findings also reveal that those with ...
Cancer
May 24, 2012 |
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Bias found in mental health drug research presented at major psychiatric meeting
When thousands of psychiatrists attend their field's largest annual meeting each year, the presentations they hear about research into drug treatments report overwhelmingly on positive results.
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 22, 2012 |
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Experts say psychiatry's diagnostic manual needs overhaul
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current "field guide" form, according to an essay by two ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 16, 2012 |
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What's in a name? Psychiatrists' labeling practices may be desensitizing the public
Does the growing number of psychiatric disorder diagnoses have an effect on people with mental illnesses? According to a new study, as definitions of mental illnesses become broader, people who show signs of depression and ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Study links intrauterine antipsychotic medication exposure to lower scores on infant neuromotor test
Among 6-month-old infants, a history of intrauterine antipsychotic medication exposure was associated with significantly lower scores on a standard test of neuromotor performance, according to a report published Online First ...
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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