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Can hearing voices in your head be a good thing?
Psychologists have launched a study to find out why some people who hear voices in their head consider it a positive experience while others find it distressing. view more (2006-09-14)
Alzheimer's disease progresses more rapidly in highly educated people
High levels of education may help ward off Alzheimer's disease, but they also speed up its progression once developed, reveals research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. view more (2006-02-16)
Helping mentally retarded children and adolescents
The costs associated with mental retardation (MR) for persons born in 2000 will total over 51 billion dollars. While direct health and educational costs are significant, lifetime indirect costs due to productivity losses are much greater. view more (2006-03-29)
Largest survey on depression suggests higher prevalence in U.S., reports Mailman school
Findings from the largest survey ever conducted on the co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders among U.S. adults indicates a sharper picture than previously reported of major depressive disorder (MDD) in specific population groups. view more (2005-10-27)
Plastic surgery to restore facial defects
Reconstructing severe facial deformities in children with mental disabilities can be a hard decision for parents. view more (2005-08-04)
Alzheimer's pathology related to episodic memory in those without dementia
Alzheimer's pathology can appear in the brains of older men and women without dementia or mild cognitive impairment. view more (2006-06-27)
New screening test proves earlier, more accurate predictor for Down syndrome
A new study from Columbia University Medical Center researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia of more than 38,000 pregnant women at 15 U.S. centers demonstrates the high accuracy of non-invasive screening for Down syndrome. view more (2005-11-10)
Same Genes May Underlie Alcohol and Nicotine Co-Abuse
Vulnerability to both alcohol and nicotine abuse may be influenced by the same genetic factor, according to a recent study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). view more (2006-03-20)
Study implicates potassium channel mutations in neurodegeneration and mental retardation
For the first time, researchers have linked mutations in a gene that regulates how potassium enters cells to a neurodegenerative disease and to another disorder that causes mental retardation and coordination problems. view more (2006-02-27)
Stress fast tracks puberty
Stress, such as that brought on by parental separation and absentee fathers, fast tracks puberty, say researchers in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. view more (2006-10-19)
Why does stress make us ill?
How stress can make people ill was explored in a symposium organised by Professor Andrew Steptoe, University College London and Dr Marcel Ebrecht, Kings College London, today, Friday 7 September, at the joint British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology and European Health Psychology Society conference, held at St Andrews... view more... (2001-08-31)
Researchers develop new method for studying 'mental time travel'
Neuroscientists at Princeton University have developed a new way of tracking people's mental state as they think back to previous events - a process that has been described as "mental time travel." view more (2005-12-23)
Anxiety disorders increase risk of suicidal thoughts and attempts
A pre-existing anxiety disorder significantly increases the risk of a subsequent onset of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. view more (2005-11-08)
Therapy program export treats borderline personality disorder
Trade between countries usually involves products. However, one successful export from the United States to the Netherlands, Norway and several other countries is a cognitive therapy treatment program created by University of Iowa experts to help people with borderline personality disorder. view more (2006-03-29)
Mental distress due to abortion lasts for years
Women who have had an abortion still experience mental distress related to the abortion years after it happened. view more (2005-12-12)
Molecule links Down syndrome to Alzheimer's
Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London have identified a molecule that could be targeted to treat the cognitive impairment in people with Down syndrome. view more (2005-12-06)
Long-term poverty affects mental health of children
Children in low-income families start off with higher levels of antisocial behaviour than children from more advantaged households. view more (2006-02-08)
More than one-third of disaster victims may suffer from stress disorder
In the year after a hurricane, tornado, terrorist attack or other natural or man-made disaster, 30 to 40 percent of adults who were directly affected may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. view more (2006-06-09)
Post-abortion syndrome
Anti-abortion groups now characterise abortion as trauma, damaging two people: the foetus and the woman undergoing the procedure. The claim that abortion damages women psychologically and gives rise to a form of post-traumatic stress disorder is routinely made by anti-abortion groups and has become a standard component of their case against... view more... (1999-06-23)
Penn study reveals prevalence of night eating syndrome among people with psychiatric conditions
According to a study that appears in the January 1 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota found that night eating syndrome is a common disorder among psychiatric outpatients and is associated with substance use and obesity. view more (2006-01-03)
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