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Depression During Pregnancy May Predict Parenting Stress |
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Feelings of stress and anxiety often accompany the happiness and excitement surrounding an impending birth, and it is not uncommon for women to experience depression during pregnancy as ... more
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Two Surveys Reveal American Struggles, Drug Swapping |
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Data released today from two new surveys painted a troubling picture on two fronts. In one survey of over 100,000 Americans, Gallup found that roughly the same number consider themselves to be thriv... more
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Clearer Connections Drawn Between Alcohol, Risk and Pleasure |
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Why do we like to drink, again? Is it the bubbly sense of pleasure that covers us after we've knocked a few back or the deceptive impressions of invulnerability that begin to build as the dr... more
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Intelligence Improvement With Training |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Until relatively recently, the brain was thought of as an entirely static structure. But the paradigm shifted when scientists found evidence that new connections can quickly form and that entirely n... more
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Sensory Therapy Effective for Many Autistic Children |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Considering the endless amount of raw sensory data that enters the human brain every time we walk outside, talk to a friend or turn on the computer, it's amazing that we're able to... more
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Study Finds Virtual Reality a Potential Tool for Treating Addiction |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
A number of treatment options are available to help individuals overcome addiction, and research is beginning to show that a new technique utilizing virtual reality technology may also be ef... more
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Praise as Good a Reward as Cash |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Some parents give their children cash rewards for good grades, but a recent study by Dr. Norihiro Sadato suggests that praise would encourage them just as well. Dr. Sadato used fMRIs to scan the brain... more
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Linguistic Analysis Uncovers Hidden Ability in Autistic People |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Language impairment is one of the three core deficiencies in autism. More specifically, while some autistic individuals do have large vocabularies, almost all have difficulty deploying words effective... more
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Restrictive Drug Policies Could Lead Schizophrenics to Stop their Medications |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Schizophrenia
Policies that require physicians to gain authorization from insurance companies before prescribing certain specialty medications to Medicaid recipients may put patients at risk for poor he... more
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AADT's Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Aerobic Exercise May Shield Aging Brain - There's truly no end to the benefits or regular exercise, particularly that of the aerobic variety. A healthier heart equals a sturdier brain, and merely ... more
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New Approach May Yield a Preventative Treatment fo |
| Friday, April 25, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
As researchers move closer to understanding how Alzheimer's disease (AD) develops, the prospect of medications designed to prevent or delay the devastating mental decline of AD has become more feasibl... more
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Surveys Underestimate Alcohol Use in Pregnant Wome |
| Friday, April 25, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Despite the highly publicized peril of fetal alcohol syndrome, a small but significant percentage of women admit that they exposed their children to alcohol in the womb. Social pressure has gone a lon... more
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Anti-Addiction, Obesity Drugs Tied to Depression a |
| Friday, April 25, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Medication Info
Smoking and obesity are perhaps the world's two most prominent causes of preventable illness and early death. The promise of a pill that could curtail these destructive behaviors seems too goo... more
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Interview: Psychiatrist and Author John Ratey |
| Friday, April 25, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
We recently had the chance to speak with Dr. John Ratey, author of the book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. While the evidence that exercise improves mood and... more
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Genes and Environment Shape Women's Path to Alcoho |
| Thursday, April 24, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Genetic and environmental factors can both be influential factors in the development of alcoholism, and new research from the April issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental R... more
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Working with Victims Can Create Its Own Trauma |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
As the United States and the world at large collectively mourned the lives lost in the 2001 destruction of New York's World Trade Center, many developed a special affection for those who'd given the... more
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Learned Associations May Heighten Teens' Risk of Cocaine Addiction |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Adolescents who try cocaine are more likely than adults to become addicted to the substance, and a new study appearing in the April issue of Behavioral Neuroscience may help explain why. Using rats, r... more
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SAMHSA: 1 in 6 Americans Drives Drunk |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
Some disturbing statistics were revealed today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in a report titled "State Estimates of Adults Driving under the Influence of Alcohol a... more
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Lawsuit Urges Military to Improve Suicide Preventi |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
The latest confirmed statistics are shocking: 18 of America's 25 million veterans commit suicide every day. And 20% do so while under the care of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Some contrad... more
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Improved Screenings Could Reduce Heart Risks of ADHD Meds |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Ritalin, Adderall, and other stimulant medications that some doctors prescribe to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been shown to cause significant side ef... more
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Brains on Autopilot Run Into Predictable Errors |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
While TSA luggage screeners might be alert and meticulous when checking the first few bags of the day, they are more likely to let things slip by as the hours drag on. Thinking carefully takes a... more
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Mouth Test Helps Identify Smokers at Risk for Lung Cancer |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
The formation of the tumors that typify lung cancer is often proceeded by the silencing of two specific genes, called p16 and FHIT. These genes are shut down through a process known as methylation... more
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British Politicians Bravely Face Mental Illness Taboo |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
The British have traditionally insisted that their men hold stiff upper lips, but admissions of mental illness may be easier now that two prominent members of Tony Blair’s former administration have c... more
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THC Model May Lead to More Effective Anti-Anxiety Treatments |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Millions of individuals take specific medications for chronic anxiety problems, but fewer than half report any real degree of satisfaction with the effects of these drugs. Researchers in two convergin... more
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AADT's Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Most Older Suicide Victims Not on Antidepressants - A study of Danish citizens found that only 20 percent of older individuals who commit suicide were taking antidepressants at the time of their d... more
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