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Children who are consistently victimized by peers appear more likely to develop psychotic symptoms in early adolescence, according to a report in the May issue of Archives…

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There has been no time since attempts at classification began when controversy about the nature of ‘schizophrenia’  was absent.  However,  there have been periods when a sort of orthodoxy   was  …

Each account of the concept of ‘schizophrenia’ reaches into the past from a viewpoint in a contemporary present. Berrios and Hauser (1988) commented that such accounts were unhistorical because we still lived in a…

According   to   the   National   Institute   for   Mental   Health, Schizophrenia strikes one percent of the population worldwide, including approximately 2.2 million people in the United States.

The word schizophrenia conjures images of a nightmare world where strange and twisted realities exist.  Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that can be so devastating, and has such a dark history, that its very name can…

A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that adolescents with a childhood diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have current…

A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that babies born to mothers with depression are more likely to suffer from significant sleep…

Among children showing high levels of stress in reaction to exposure to community violence, researchers found stress hormone responses similar to children diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Posttraumatic stress…

Young children who spend lots of time in front of TV and computer screens have high levels of psychological distress, and being physically inactive may make matters worse, new research…

A new multicenter study involving UCLA and the RAND Corp. has found that perceived racial or ethnic discrimination is not an uncommon experience among fifth-grade students…

A new Cochrane review finds no evidence to support the use of risperidone to treat attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in people with intellectual disabilities, even though the…

Researchers have made an important step forward in understanding the complex genetic structure of autism spectrum disorders. A researcher collaboration, including geneticists from the University of Pennsylvania School…

  *  Highly impulsive behavior is prevalent in drug addicts and alcoholics compared to those without addictions.
  * New mice findings show that genes influence impulsivity.