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SCOTUS Moves to Eliminate Mandatory Minimums for Crack Cocaine |
| Monday, December 10, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
In a decision delivered this morning, the Supreme Court ruled that federal guidelines for sentencing in cases involving crack cocaine are advisory and need not be adhered to as mandatory. The 7-2 de... more
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AADT Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, December 10, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Obesity's Influence Growing - We've repeatedly written about the expanding childhood obesity trend and the health epidemic it will almost certainly become, and two new studies from The United States a... more
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Having Female Twin Raises Risk of Anorexia |
| Friday, December 07, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Females are much more likely to develop anorexia than males, a differential that is often attributed to social pressures and unrealistic ideals of female beauty. While such pressure undoubtably exis... more
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Family History of Parkinson's Associated with Higher Risk for Anxiety, Depression |
| Friday, December 07, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
People diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD) commonly develop anxiety or depression throughout their illness. Many, however, develop anxiety or depressive disorders prior to the onset of PD, sometim... more
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Mental Health Treatment Extends the Lives of Depressed Seniors |
| Friday, December 07, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Depression and diabetes occur in disproportionate numbers among the elderly, and both may seriously compromise quality of life during a period in which patients already stand a greater risk of... more
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Bipolar Disorder Poses Risks for Pregnant Women and Their Children |
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder and pregnancy make for a very challenging pair - how can an expectant mother and the professionals directing her care effectively decide on the most appropriate course of treatm... more
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Aging Brains Degrade Even Without Disease |
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
As doctors learned that illnesses like Alzheimer's Disease (AD) could cause the mental decline that had been seen as the result of natural aging, many began to question whether decline was inevitable... more
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Report Details Surge in Methadone Deaths |
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
A report released yesterday by the National Drug Intelligence Center has revealed unsettling information about the number of methadone overdoses in America. Between 1999 and 2004, the ra... more
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New Childhood Obesity Data Points to Potential Dis |
| Thursday, December 06, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
Using a computer modeling program to project current health statistics into the future, a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, and Columbia University have arrived at ... more
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Schizophrenics Have Different Rates of Cancer |
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Schizophrenia
In 1909, the Board of Control of the Commissioners in Lunacy for England and Wales posited that schizophrenia offers some protection against cancer. Since that early hypothesis, there have been a numb... more
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Childhood Prescriptions, Mental Health Awareness on the Rise |
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
New reports repeating the claim that millions of American kids currently suffer from a "silent epidemic" of undiagnosed psychiatric illness raise questions about how to more effectiv... more
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Researchers Investigate the Role of Visual Processing in Body Dysmorphic Disorder |
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Abnormal visual processing may contribute to the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), according to a study published in the latest edition of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry. BDD, wh... more
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Fitness Plays Important Role in Longevity |
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
A new study appearing in this week's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association made headlines today when news outlets jumped on the study's thesis: when it comes to living a longer li... more
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Self-Control Mechanisms Appear to Have Limited Fuel |
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Blue. Try to say that word aloud and you might find yourself straining against the impulse to say the name of the color in which it is written. This interference is called the Stroop Effect, and it is... more
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Discrimination Against the Mentally Ill Remains Strong |
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Beyond dealing with the effects of their conditions, patients with mental illness also suffer from considerable discrimination in the workplace and the larger community, and this bias shows no... more
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Early Childhood Development, Birth Weight May Predict Depression and Anxiety: Study |
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
As researchers wrote in a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, heavier newborns have a reduced risk for lifetime depression and anxiety symptoms. Conversely, young children who ... more
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Researchers Link Gene to the Antidepressant Effect of Exercise |
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
We have previously discussed the benefits of even a small amount of exercise on mental health, especially for patients with depression, and researchers continue to show that physic... more
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Study Confirms Stories of Fever Improving Autism Symptoms |
| Monday, December 03, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Autism, Asperger's, PDD
Some doctors have long suspected that there is a link between fever and mental illness. Hippcrates, the "father of medicine," noted that his psychotic patients seemed to recover�when their tempera... more
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Study Confirms Anecdotes of Fevers Improving Autism Symptoms |
| Monday, December 03, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Some doctors have long suspected that there is a link between fever and mental illness. Hippcrates, the "father of medicine," noted that his psychotic patients seemed to recover�when their tempe... more
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Amygdala Damage Could Contribute to Mental Illness, Substance Abuse |
| Monday, December 03, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Substance abuse frequently occurs alongside depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric problems, and individuals affected by both mental illness and substance abuse ... more
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Brain Scans Reveal Anorexia's Neurological Roots |
| Monday, December 03, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Even informal research has long shown certain personality types to be predisposed to the influence of eating disorders - young women tending toward anxiety and perfectionism more often develop... more
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FDA Investigating Reported Side-Effects of Chantix |
| Monday, December 03, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Medication Info
Smoking is incredibly difficult to quit, so back in May we reported enthusiastically on the FDA approval of Chantix, the first cessation drug to reduce both cravings and the pleasure of cigarett... more
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AADT's Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, December 03, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Last week we saw that infants are pretty perceptive. We also got updates on a developing story regarding prescription pain medications. Examining the tragic death of Megan Meier, we also weighed in on... more
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Genetic Gender Difference for Depression |
| Friday, November 30, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
We have long known that women are twice as likely to suffer from depression, but it was not clear whether this risk is elevated by genetic, social, or hormonal factors. While a complex combination of ... more
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Art Therapy Helpful for Some Schizophrenic Patient |
| Friday, November 30, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Schizophrenia
The creative impulse resides at the heart of the human condition. Art, in its many forms, allows us to marvel at the amazing capacities of the mind and its ability to construct often stunning mater... more
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