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Sense of well-being maintained after transplant
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 02 05
The psychological well-being of patients after lung transplantation is not significantly different from that in the general population, results of a small study suggest.…
Mental health charity calls for cannabis probe
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 31 05
A British health charity called on Saturday for an investigation into evidence that smoking cannabis may cause psychosis in people at risk of…
Secret ingredient for elderly romance
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 27 05
A mystery chemical isolated from the sweat of young women seems to act as a romance booster for their older counterparts.
When the…
What to tell the kids? Sperm donation couples fret
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 26 05
Fear of rejection and concerns about the reaction of the child prevent many parents from telling their children they have been conceived with donated…
S. Korea grasps for ways to tackle surge in suicides
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 12 05
Faced with a wave of suicides by South Koreans from all walks of life, Yoo Byoung-jong has taken on a new job.
The Seoul…
Talking With Kids About Drugs
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 09 05
Don’t put off talking to your children about alcohol and other drugs. As early as fourth grade, kids worry about pressures to try drugs.…
Babytalk has roots in evolution, expert says
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 06 05
The high-pitched, exaggerated “goo-goo gah-gahs” adults use only when talking to babies may have originated in our transition from four legs to two,…
Shy kids react differently to facial expressions
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 04 05
The brains of very shy children show different types of activity in response to hostile faces, suggesting that shy kids may have trouble reading…
Men prefer subordinate women to equals
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 30 04
Men would rather marry their female assistants than equal-ranking women or their supervisors, according to social psychologists.
The results are based on a study…
If parents think kids will drink, they likely will
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 29 04
Parents who believe their young teen is likely to drink excessively may prompt him or her to adopt drinking behaviors that mirror those…
Gay and straight men alike in body image hang-ups
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 28 04
Both gay and heterosexual men are equally likely to aspire to an unattainable body type, or to harbor a distorted image of their…
Women doctors at heightened risk for suicide
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 23 04
Physicians - especially female physicians - face a higher suicide risk than the general population, according to a new report.
“The motivation to conduct…
No, most hockey parents are not super aggressive
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 23 04
Although media images of the irate “hockey dad” might suggest otherwise, most hockey fathers - and mothers - seem to value their children’s learning…
Imaginary friends can boost maturity
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 15 04
Toddlers often have imaginary friends. But mental health professionals have long believed that school-age children rarely do and that if they do, immaturity or…
Women with breast implants have higher suicide risk
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 14 04
A new study adds to evidence that women with cosmetic breast implants have a higher rate of suicide than other women and shows, for…
Some kids may have autism risk from mercury—group
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 13 04
Some children may have an inherited weakness that may predispose them to develop autism when exposed to mercury from fish or other sources, an…
Most school-aged children have imaginary friends
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 10 04
Approximately 65 percent of young children befriend imaginary companions, and nearly one-third continue to play with them through age 7, new research shows.
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Drug may ease Parkinson’s-related dementia
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 08 04
A drug sometimes used to treat Alzheimer’s disease can also moderately improve dementia caused by Parkinson’s disease, according a report in…
Mental ills seen in families of alcoholics
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 08 04
First-degree relatives of alcoholics are more likely to also become addicted to alcohol, as well as to other drugs such as cocaine, according…
Many abused kids don’t get mental health services
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 06 04
Abused and neglected children who are removed from their homes or otherwise become involved in the child welfare system have a high rate of…
Poor childhood nutrition tied to behavior problems
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 01 04
Nutritional deficiencies early in life may predispose children to behavioral problems into their teenage years, new research suggests.
The study of nearly 1,600 children…
Hands-free phones may be unsafe for drivers
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 23 04
People who are using headsets to talk on cell phones hands-free behind the wheel take significantly longer to detect and react to changes while…
Old habits really do die hard, study shows
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 22 04
New research may help explain why people find it so easy to fall back into old habits after they’ve decided to change their…
Paxil appears to be effective for OCD in kids
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 12 04
Paxil is a safe and effective treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents, according to the results of a short-term study published…
Sperm donation children want to learn about donor
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 11 04
Children conceived through open-identity sperm donation are interested in contacting the donor but do not want to intrude in his life, researchers said on…