Pediatrics

Cognitive behavioral therapy cost-effective in depressed teens

(HealthDay)—For adolescents with depression who declined or quickly stopped using antidepressants, a brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program is cost-effective, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in Pediatrics.

Psychology & Psychiatry

A new treatment for trauma is effective in children and adolescents

A new study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics indicates the long-term positive effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for trauma in children and adolescents. Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral ...

Overweight & Obesity

Researchers link binge eating and weight-loss challenges

Someone who binge eats consumes an objectively large amount of food while feeling a loss of control over eating. When episodes occur weekly for several months, the action moves into the realm of binge-eating disorder. So ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Smartphone addiction creates imbalance in brain

Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Online therapy proves effective for treating depression and anxiety

Providing an online computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) program, both alone and in combination with an Internet Support Group (ISG), is a more effective treatment for anxiety and depression than a doctor's usual ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Clear effect of art therapy on severe depression

Create a picture of how you are feeling on this particular day, said the first exercise in the art therapy. After ten treatments the patients who suffered from severe or moderately severe depression had shown more improvement ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Managing anxiety

(HealthDay)—A little bit of stress can motivate you, but too much might cause an anxiety disorder that can prevent you from living your life to the fullest.

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