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New specialized treatment for depression developed

Wednesday, 31 May 2006 7:28 A GMT+01
Researchers led by a Duke University psychologist have developed a new type of psychotherapy that is optimally designed to treat a particular type of depression. The new self-system therapy (SST) targets patients whose depression is linked to diffic

U.S. Military starts online stress screening

Wednesday, 31 May 2006 7:28 A GMT+01
NEW YORK - Concerned by rising stress levels in the ranks, the Defense Department has quietly started an online self-screening program in hopes that anonymity will help some service members and their spouses overcome reluctance to confront possible

Meds can help relieve anxiety in some pets

Wednesday, 31 May 2006 7:28 A GMT+01
Animal experts said pets often have similar anxiety symptoms as humans. ...[P]ets can experience anxiety no matter their age, breed or sex. To help curb this type of behavior, more veterinarians are now prescribing anti-anxiety medications. Most pets

Phobias A-Z: Hylephobia

Wednesday, 31 May 2006 7:27 A GMT+01
Hylephobia - An abnormal, persistent fear of materialism or of epilepsy

Training the brain to stop worrying

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 8:40 A GMT+01
New research by psychologists at Swansea University is looking at ways to help people reduce anxiety in everyday life - by teaching them to control their brain activity. Experience of anxiety can be extremely debilitating, preventing people from livi

The Iraq War — On Drugs

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 8:40 A GMT+01
Wounded U.S. soldiers are being patched up and returned to battle before they are healed. The wounds in this case are to the psyche, caused by the trauma and horror that are as integral to war as guns and death. In Iraq and Afghanistan, when "suck i

Hope floats

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 8:35 A GMT+01
Keri Flesaker saw evidence of hope in a depressed woman's posture. During their initial counselling sessions, the woman sat folded into herself, shoulders slumped. Eight months later, she held her head high. "She was much more ready to tackle whatev

Beyond physical trauma

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 8:14 A GMT+01
Healing an injury is often only the start of recovery. It can take weeks, even months, to repair the emotional damage that haunts victims. AN avid cyclist, Susan Dopart was on her usual early morning ride from her home in Santa Monica to Marina del

Phobias A-Z: Hygrophobia

Tuesday, 30 May 2006 8:13 A GMT+01
Hygrophobia - An abnormal, persistent fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture

Sept. 11 survivors still grieving

Saturday, 27 May 2006 7:03 A GMT+01
NEW YORK - Nearly two-thirds of the people who got counseling after the Sept. 11 attacks are still grieving, and more than four in 10 still need professional help to cope, according to a study sponsored by the American Red Cross. The study, released

Depressive symptoms at age 8 predict smoking at 18

Saturday, 27 May 2006 7:02 A GMT+01
TORONTO, May 26 - Boys who show depressive symptoms at the age of eight are at a significantly greater risk of being smokers at age 18, Finnish researchers reported here. "Childhood psychopathology really counts," said Solja Niemelä, M.D., of T

Phobias A-Z: Iatrophobia

Saturday, 27 May 2006 7:02 A GMT+01
Iatrophobia - An abnormal, persistent fear of doctors

VNS therapy may take 3-12 months to work

Friday, 26 May 2006 8:08 A GMT+01
It takes time - between three and 12 months - before a new type of therapy for treatment-resistant depression starts to benefit patients, according to new preliminary brain scan research that confirms earlier observations by psychiatrists about vagal

Artificial happiness

Friday, 26 May 2006 8:07 A GMT+01
Science is beginning to find ways to control happiness in the brain artificially. Since the dawn of time we have sought short-cuts to happiness. Early man got high on psychotropic drugs. Alcohol has been around since the stone age. The designer drugs

Simple lifestyle changes can improve cognitive function and brain efficiency

Friday, 26 May 2006 8:06 A GMT+01
A UCLA research study to be published in the June issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that people may be able to improve their cognitive function and brain efficiency by making simple lifestyle changes such as incorporating m

Phobias A-Z: Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia, Nelophobia

Friday, 26 May 2006 7:59 A GMT+01
Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia, Nelophobia - An abnormal, persistent fear of glass

Music can reduce chronic pain and depression by up to 25%

Thursday, 25 May 2006 4:18 A GMT+01
Listening to music can reduce chronic pain by up to 21 per cent and depression by up to 25 per cent, according to a paper in the latest UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing. It can also make people feel more in control of their pain and less disabled

Childhood Separation Anxiety predicts future illness

Thursday, 25 May 2006 4:17 A GMT+01
TORONTO, May 24 - Childhood separation anxiety in kids whose parents had panic disorder foreshadows a range of other psychiatric conditions, according research presented here. "Separation anxiety is pluripotent, to use the stem cell lingo," said Jose

Generic Lexapro® (escitalopram) approved

Thursday, 25 May 2006 4:17 A GMT+01
The first generic version of Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate), one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants, with more than $2 billion in sales last year, received FDA approval Monday. Ivax Corp. of Miami, part of Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Indu

Amino Acids tested in children at risk for behavioral disorders

Thursday, 25 May 2006 4:16 A GMT+01
LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Targeted amino acid therapy shows promise as an intervention for children with behavioral disorders, a group of researchers led by Karyn Purvis, Ph.D., reported in a poster session at a meeting on natural supplements in evidence-ba

UW-Madison smoking study shows extremely high quit rates

Thursday, 25 May 2006 4:16 A GMT+01
Early data from the Wisconsin Smokers' Health Study suggest that treatments provided in the study are producing some of the highest quit rates ever achieved. Among study participants receiving active medication, more than 60 percent have remained tob

For teen girls depression manifests in unique ways

Thursday, 25 May 2006 4:15 A GMT+01
Studies increasingly suggest that adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to many of the risk factors for major depression, and that depression in this population manifests in several unique ways. For example, depressed girls are more likely tha

Speech anxiety

Wednesday, 24 May 2006 6:21 A GMT+01
People with low anxiety about public speaking feel the most stress right before they start to talk. For highly worried speakers, however, stress doesn't abate right away. Instead it peaks in the first minute after they start their speech. That's one

Police and PTSD

Wednesday, 24 May 2006 6:21 A GMT+01
A police officer's job is extremely difficult, and the potential for PTSD is great. I don't have information about the number of police in the United States who get PTSD, but whatever the number is, I'm surprised it isn't higher. Supposedly, a police

APA: Troops with PTSD more likely to be physically ill

Wednesday, 24 May 2006 6:20 A GMT+01
TORONTO, May 23 - Combat troops meeting the criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who are still on active duty are much more likely to have physical health problems than their comrades, according to research presented here. Most earlier

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