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24 October 2007



Neural link between sleep deprivation and psychiatric disorders found

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:39 A GMT+01
...Scientists have known that sleep deprivation impairs a range of bodily functions, including the immune system and metabolism, as well as brain processes, such as learning and memory.
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Social anxiety video game cuts players' stress hormone levels

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:27 A GMT+01
A video game designed by McGill University researchers to help train people to change their perception of social threats and boost their self-confidence has now been shown to reduce the production of the stress hormone cortisol.
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Darkness compounds the anxiety of social stress

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:26 A GMT+01
Just in time for Halloween, researchers are releasing new data that show darkness increases the impact of social stress, in an article scheduled for publication in the November 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry. As children and adults alike gear up
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Functional neuroimaging of anxiety disorders: Focus on the amygdala and insula

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:25 A GMT+01
Many psychiatrists eagerly await the day when functional neuroimaging approaches can help us confirm diagnoses and assist in choosing interventions.

Report: Cancer therapy needs to treat the whole patient not just their tumor

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:25 A GMT+01
Treatment plans should also address psychological and social needs
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Abstract+: Association of chronic hepatitis C with major depressive [but not anxiety] disorders

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:24 A GMT+01
..[T]he observation of metabolic alterations in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) has led to hypothesize a direct effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) on brain function.