News tagged with psychiatric illness
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Vermont becomes third US state to legalize assisted suicide
Vermont became on Monday the third US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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Sexual assaults in psych wards show urgent need for reform
Women admitted to psychiatry wards experience high levels of violence and sexual assaults, according to a report released this week by the Victorian Mental Illness Alliance Council.
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May 17, 2013 |
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Shrinks, critics face off over psychiatric manual
(AP)—There's a new version of the world's most widely used psychiatric manual, and it's already getting lots of criticism.
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May 15, 2013 |
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Mouse research links adolescent stress and severe adult mental illness
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have established a link between elevated levels of a stress hormone in adolescence—a critical time for brain development—and genetic changes that, in young adulthood, cause ...
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Jan 17, 2013 |
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Study finds late-life depression associated with increased risk for dementia
(Medical Xpress)—Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease and, most predominantly, vascular dementia, according to the results of a new meta-analysis published ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 02, 2013 |
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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, ...
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Feb 16, 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.
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Dec 02, 2012 |
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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 ...
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Dec 02, 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.
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Jul 17, 2012 |
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Faith in God positively influences treatment for individuals with psychiatric illness
Belief in God may significantly improve the outcome of those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness, according to a recent study conducted by McLean Hospital investigators.
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Apr 25, 2013 |
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Scientists find molecular evidence of brain changes in depressed females
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered molecular-level changes in the brains of women with major depressive disorder that link two hypotheses of the biological mechanisms that lead ...
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Sep 16, 2011 |
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Found in the developing brain: Mental health risk genes and gender differences
Most genes associated with psychiatric illnesses are expressed before birth in the developing human brain, a massive study headed by Yale University researchers discovered. In addition, hundreds of genetic differences were ...
Genetics
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Study to determine whether fish oil can help prevent psychiatric disorders
Researchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital's Recognition and Prevention (RAP) Program who have worked with teenagers at risk for serious mental illness for the past decade are now studying the effectiveness of Omega 3 fatty ...
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Feb 08, 2012 |
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Restoring reality: Training improves brain activation and behavior in schizophrenia
A pioneering new study finds that a specific type of computerized cognitive training can lead to significant neural and behavioral improvements in individuals with schizophrenia. The research, published by Cell Press in the ...
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Feb 22, 2012 |
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Report: Mental illness struck 1 in 5 US adults in 2010
One in five adults in the U.S. had a mental illness in 2010, with people ages 18 to 25 having the highest rates, according to a national survey.
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Jan 20, 2012 |
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