Science Current Events | Science News | Brightsurf.com
 

Recent Social Anxiety Disorder Current Events | Social Anxiety Disorder News | 11

Sort By: Relevance | Page Views

Study reveals worrying survival gap between rich and poor after heart surgery
People from the most deprived areas of England have a far higher risk of death after cardiac surgery than people from the least deprived areas, finds a large study published on bmj.com today.   view more (2009-04-03)

Researchers Find That Well-Timed Timeout Is More Effective In Wiping Out Memory Response to Fear Stimulus
Banishing a fear-inducing memory might be a matter of the right timing, according to new research.   view more (2009-04-03)

Compassion fatigue: Impact on healthcare providers of caring for the terminally ill
Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family.   view more (2009-04-02)

Researchers find current drug can treat rare heart disorder
New research has found that the answer to treating a rare inherited heart disorder could lie with a drug already on the market.   view more (2009-04-02)

Babies born to women with anxiety or depression are more likely to sleep poorly
A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that babies are more likely to have night wakings at both 6 months and 12 months of age if they are born to women who suffered from anxiety or depression prior to the pregnancy.   view more (2009-04-01)

U of Minnesota researchers test new ways to involve people in news through social media
University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow, Seattle-based news aggregator NewsCloud and student newspaper The Minnesota Daily today announced the launch of the Minnesota Daily Facebook application.    view more (2009-03-31)

Autism skews developing brain with synchronous motion and sound
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: lip-sync-the exact match of lip motion and speech sound.   view more (2009-03-30)

Psychiatric disorders are common in adults who have had anorexia
The study was initiated in 1985. A total of 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa were studied, together with an equally large control group of healthy persons. The groups have been investigated and compared several times as the years have passed.   view more (2009-03-27)

Combating weight gain caused by antipsychotic treatments
Antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal) and quetiapine (Seroquel), are commonly used to treat psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, but also bipolar disorder and even behavioral problems related to dementia.   view more (2009-03-26)

Columbia researchers identify early brain marker for familial form of depression
Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain - a thinning of the right hemisphere - appears to be linked to a higher risk for depression, according to new research at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.   view more (2009-03-24)

Heightened level of amygdala activity may cause social deficits in autism
Something strange is going on in the amygdala - an almond-shaped structure deep in the human brain - among people with autism.   view more (2009-03-20)

Few friends combined with loneliness linked to poor mental and physical health for elderly
Although not having many close friends contributes to poorer health for many older adults, those who also feel lonely face even greater health risks, research at the University of Chicago suggests. Older people who are able to adjust to being alone don't have the same health problems.   view more (2009-03-19)

Brain abnormality found in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Researchers trying to uncover the mechanisms that cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder have found an abnormality in the brains of adolescent boys suffering from the conditions, but not where they expected to find it.   view more (2009-03-18)

New strategy to weaken traumatic memories
Imagine that you have been in combat and that you have watched your closest friend die in front of you. The memory of that event may stay with you, troubling you for the rest of your life. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is among the most common and disabling psychiatric casualties of combat and other extremely stressful situations.   view more (2009-03-17)

Emotions can help predict future eating disorders
A PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has analysed the role played by a number of emotional variables, such as the way in which negative emotions are controlled or attitudes to emotional expression, and to use these variables as tools to predict the possibility of suffering an eating disorder.   view more (2009-03-17)

Work stress associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes in police officers
Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers, and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.   view more (2009-03-13)

BMC researchers find that single question can identify unhealthy alcohol use in patients
Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that a single-screening question recommended by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) accurately identifies unhealthy alcohol use in primary-care patients   view more (2009-03-12)

The Genetics of Fear: Study Suggests Specific Genetic Variations Contribute to Anxiety Disorders
Polymorphisms are variations in genes which can result in changes in the way a particular gene functions and thus may be associated with susceptibility to common diseases.   view more (2009-03-11)

An age-old story
Growing older is a fact of life, but people's hopes, fears, pre-conceptions and experiences surrounding the ageing process are richly diverse.   view more (2009-03-10)

Ecstasy could help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder
Ecstasy may help suffers of post-traumatic stress learn to deal with their memories more effectively by encouraging a feeling of safety, according to an article in the Journal of Psychopharmacology published today by SAGE.   view more (2009-03-09)
Sort By: Relevance | Page Views
© 2009 BrightSurf.com