News tagged with psychiatrist


Risk of depression influenced by quality of relationships, research says

The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study confirms that mom's love good for child's brain

School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Four is the 'magic' number for our mind coping with information

(Medical Xpress)—According to psychological lore, when it comes to items of information the mind can cope with before confusion sets in, the "magic" number is seven.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

90 percent of pediatric specialists not following clinical guidelines when treating preschoolers with ADHD

A recent study by pediatricians from the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York examined to what extent pediatric physicians adhere to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical guidelines regarding pharmacotherapy ...

Attention deficit disorders created May 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Lancet Series on bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder – where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation (mania) to severe depression – is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 created Dec 02, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Low vitamin D levels linked to depression, psychiatrists report

Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to depression, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists working with the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. It is believed to be the largest such investigation ever ...

Health created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Helping children make sense of the senseless

(HealthDay)—It's the day after the Boston Marathon bombings and three people are dead, including an 8-year-old boy who came to cheer on friends during the race. The boy's mother and sister are both seriously ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The dark path to antisocial personality disorder

With no lab tests to guide the clinician, psychiatric diagnostics is challenging and controversial. Antisocial personality disorder is defined as "a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Simple tool may help evaluate risk for violence among patients with mental illness

Mental health professionals, who often are tasked with evaluating and managing the risk of violence by their patients, may benefit from a simple tool to more accurately make a risk assessment, according to a recent study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key to good health? A proper diet for the brain

(Medical Xpress) -- When a psychiatrist sets out to write a diet book, he doesn’t have a slimmer waistline in mind. Drew Ramsey, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and coauthor of The Happiness Diet (Rodale, ...

Health created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Simple tool helps psychiatry residents ID risk of violence

(HealthDay)—A simple, structured risk assessment tool, the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 clinical subscale (HCR-20-C), could help psychiatric residents more accurately evaluate the risk for violence ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating stubborn depression

At least one in three patients with depression won't respond well to a series of treatments and experts in the field have joined together to outline practical treatments to tackle the issue, in the Medical Journal of Australia Op ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study challenges links between day care and behavioral issues

A new study that looked at more than 75,000 children in day care in Norway found little evidence that the amount of time a child spends in child care leads to an increase in behavioral problems, according to researchers from ...

Pediatrics created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug 'reduces implicit racial bias,' study suggests

(Medical Xpress) -- Taking a heart disease medication can affect a person's subconscious attitudes towards race, a team of ethicists, psychiatrists and psychologists at Oxford University has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast