Study suggests increased diagnosis rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at health plan • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 22 13 A study of medical records at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan suggests the rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis increased from 2001 to… Study finds childhood diagnosis of ADHD increased dramatically over 9-year period • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 22 13 The rate of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder rose dramatically between 2001 and 2010 with non-Hispanic white children having the highest diagnosis rates, according… Perfectionism and eating disorders: A complex issue • Eating disorders News • Jan 22 13 Two aspects of perfectionism are involved in body dissatisfaction and the development of eating disorders, according to a study of over a thousand women published this week in BioMed Central’s… Penn Vet Study Reveals a Promising New Target for Parkinson’s Disease Therapies • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 20 13 With a new insight into a model of Parkinson’s disease, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a novel target… Children ‘may grow out of autism’ • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 18 13 Some young children accurately diagnosed as autistic lose their symptoms and their diagnosis as they get older, say US researchers. The findings of the National Institutes of Health study of 112… New insights into the ‘borderline personality’ brain • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 18 13 New work by University of Toronto Scarborough researchers gives the best description yet of the neural circuits that underlie a severe mental illness called Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and could… Drug abuse impairs sexual performance in men even after rehabilitation • Drug and Alcohol Dependence News • Jan 17 13 Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, and Santo Tomas University in Colombia have found that drug abuse negatively affects sexual performance in men even after years… People with low risk for cocaine dependence have differently shaped brain to those with addiction • Drug and Alcohol Dependence News • Jan 17 13 People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who… Study examines link between incarceration and psychiatric disorders • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 16 13 Psychiatric disorders are prevalent among current and former inmates of correctional institutions, but what has been less clear is whether incarceration causes these disorders or, alternatively, whether inmates have… Choline supplementation during pregnancy presents a new approach to schizophrenia prevention • Schizophrenia News • Jan 16 13 Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as a… Major step toward an Alzheimer’s vaccine • Dementia News • Jan 15 13 A team of researchers from Université Laval, CHU de Québec, and pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has discovered a way to stimulate the brain’s natural defense mechanisms in people with Alzheimer’s disease.… Study documents that some children lose autism diagnosis • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 15 13 Some children who are accurately diagnosed in early childhood with autism lose the symptoms and the diagnosis as they grow older, a study supported by the National Institutes of… Depression after heart attack: Threat perception has to be addressed • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 14 13 “Survivors of heart attacks are three times more likely to develop depression during the first six months after their heart attack, than people with no heart disease.… Sweetened Drinks Linked to Depression Risk • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 10 13 Drinking sweetened beverages - either sugar-sweetened or diet - may be linked with a slightly higher depression risk, while drinking coffee may slightly lower the risk. That is the finding from… Expectant dads’ mental health linked to kids’ behavior • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 08 13 Mental health problems of expectant fathers have been found to be associated with emotional and behavioral problems in their kids as toddlers. The mental health of a child’s mother… Common blood pressure drugs may lower risk of dementia • Dementia News • Jan 08 13 It was found that people who had taken blood pressure drugs, particularly a class known as beta blockers, showed fewer changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s… Black and Hispanic patients less likely to complete substance abuse treatment, Penn study shows • Drug and Alcohol Dependence News • Jan 08 13 Roughly half of all black and Hispanic patients who enter publicly funded alcohol treatment programs do not complete treatment, compared to 62 percent… ‘Protecting’ psychiatric medical records puts patients at risk of hospitalization • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 03 13 Medical centers that elect to keep psychiatric files private and separate from the rest of a person’s medical record may be doing their patients a disservice, a… Bisexual men on the ‘down low’ run risk for poor mental health • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Jan 03 13 Bisexual men are less likely to disclose and more likely to conceal their sexual orientation than gay men. In the first study to look at… Naloxone reverses overdoses without hefty price tag • Drug and Alcohol Dependence News • Jan 01 13 Distributing a drug that reverses drug overdoses in heroin users would save lives and be cost-effective, according to a new analysis. U.S. researchers, who published their findings in the Annals… Late-life depression associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment, increased risk of dementia • Dementia News • Jan 01 13 Depression in a group of Medicare recipients ages 65 years and older appears to be associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment and an increased risk… U.S. mentally ill and their families face barriers to care • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Dec 30 12 Lori, a 39-year-old mother in New Jersey, would like to save for the usual things: college, retirement, vacations. But those goals are far down her wish list.… People with mental disorders more likely to have experienced domestic violence • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Dec 27 12 Men and women with mental health disorders, across all diagnoses, are more likely to have experienced domestic violence than the general population, according to new research… Link between pot, psychosis goes both ways in kids • Mental health and Psychiatry news • • Drug and Alcohol Dependence News • Dec 27 12 Marijuana (cannabis) use may be linked to the development of psychotic symptoms in teens - but the reverse could also be true: psychosis in adolescents may be linked… Elevated levels of C-reactive protein appear associated with psychological distress, depression • Mental health and Psychiatry news • Dec 25 12 Elevated levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammatory disease, appear to be associated with increased risk of psychological distress and depression in the general population… Page 28 of 148 pages « First < 26 27 28 29 30 > Last » << Back to main
