News tagged with psychological treatment
Stress management for breast cancer patients may affect disease course
A team of researchers led by Michael H. Antoni, director of the Center for Psycho-Oncology Research at the University of Miami (UM) has shown that a stress management program tailored to women with breast cancer can alter ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Mothers and OCD children trapped in rituals have impaired relationships
A new study from Case Western Reserve University finds mothers tend to be more critical of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder than they are of other children in the family. And, that parental criticism is linked ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Childhood maltreatment linked to long-term depression risk and poor response to treatment
People who have experienced maltreatment as children are twice as likely to develop both multiple and long-lasting depressive episodes as those without a history of childhood maltreatment, according to a new study. The research, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 14, 2011 |
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Posttraumatic stress disorder common after lung injury
(HealthDay)—Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are common in patients recovering from acute lung injury (ALI), according to a study published online March 5 in Psychological Medicine.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 06, 2013 |
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97 percent of UK doctors have given placebos to patients at least once
A survey of UK doctors found that 97% have prescribed placebo treatments to patients at least once in their career.
Medications
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Pediatricians' pain-medication judgments affected by unconscious racial bias, study says
Pediatricians who show an unconscious preference for European Americans tend to prescribe better pain-management for white patients than they do for African-American patients, new University of Washington research shows.
Health
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Childhood trauma linked to adult smoking for girls
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can stay with us for life. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy explains how these events can be tied up wit ...
Health
Jul 12, 2012 |
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Psychological Science explains uproar over prostate-cancer screenings
The uproar that began last year when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force stated that doctors should no longer offer regular prostate-cancer tests to healthy men continued this week when the task force released their final ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 22, 2012 |
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'Sensitivity gene' predicts whether anxious children will benefit from CBT
(Medical Xpress) -- Research funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) has shown that a genetic marker, called Serotonin Transporter Promoter Polymorphism (5HTPP), can be used to predict whether a child suffering from ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Training in 'concrete thinking' can be self-help treatment for depression
The study suggests an innovative psychological treatment called 'concreteness training' can reduce depression in just two months and could work as a self-help therapy for depression in primary care. Led by the University ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Controversial treatment for autism may do more harm than good, researchers find
A controversial treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is not only ineffective but may be harmful, according to a study conducted by Baylor University researchers.
Autism spectrum disorders
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Fear of treatment puts stress on women undergoing fertility therapy
Fertility treatment has a strong emotional impact on women who want to have children. A study of European countries with the highest number of assisted reproduction cycles identifies which aspects of reproduction ...
Health
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Sex and trauma research is less upsetting to college students than previously assumed
Research on sex and trauma faces an ethical dilemma: how can we find out more about the effects of such psychologically sensitive topics without hurting the people who participate in the study?
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 31, 2012 |
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The emotion detectives uncover new ways to fight off youth anxiety and depression
Emotional problems in childhood are common. Approximately 8 to 22 percent of children suffer from anxiety, often combined with other conditions such as depression. However, most existing therapies are not designed to treat ...
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Jul 11, 2012 |
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Rural cancer survivors at risk for poor outcomes, study finds
Cancer survivors who live in rural areas are more likely to say they are in poor health than those who live in urban areas, according to a study in the journal Cancer. They are also more likely to have o ...
Cancer
Nov 28, 2012 |
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