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PTSD Linked To Physical Problems |
| Friday, July 27, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
A new study, conducted at the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research and published in the journal, Psychosomatic Medicine, has found that people who develop post-traumatic stress disorder... more
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Obesity Epidemic May Actually Follow Contagion Model |
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Warnings of an obesity epidemic may be more than figurative language. Doctors Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler took this language literally and studied whether weight gain can spread like a cont... more
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When it Comes to Drunk Driving, Fast Punishment is Effective Punishment |
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
According to the CDC, nearly 17,000 Americans died in alcohol related crashes in 2005, and while 1.4 million drivers were cited for drunk driving, 159 million people self-reported that they had driv... more
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Family Therapy Advances Treatment for Bipolar Disorder |
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
Individuals familar with bipolar disorder - and particularly the family and friends of bipolar patients - understand that the often devastating effects of this disease do not begin and e... more
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Schools Focus on Reading and Math (at the Expense of Everything Else) |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Assessment & Evaluation
Critics of the No Child Left Behind Act have long complained that the law would have the unintended result of forcing American schools to focus on boosting students' standardized test scores in math... more
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Anti-Smoking Ads Fail to Curb Teen Smoking |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Adolesence
According to a new study out of the University of Georgia, anti-smoking advertisements do very little to dissuade middle school students from smoking—in fact, they increase the likelihood of teens pic... more
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Study: Obesity Predicts Education Experience |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Eating Healthy/ Eating Disorders
There have been many reasons given for the relative academic success or failure of various groups of young Americans: parents' education, familial affluence or poverty, quality of school, etc. This we... more
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Study: Obesity Predicts Education Experience |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
There have been many reasons given for the relative academic success or failure of various groups of young Americans: parents' education, familial affluence or poverty, quality of school, etc. This we... more
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Phone Counseling Effective for Alcoholism |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Primary Care Physicians
Often, a primary care physician can see the ravages of alcohol in a patient’s body even though the patient has not asked for help. The approach to treating these people must be subtler than caring for... more
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Premature Birth Linked to Mental Health Problems |
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Though the survival and relative well-being of a baby born prematurely may seem like a minor miracle, more than 50% of such children will, according to recent reports, suffer from various mental and p... more
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Evaluation of the New York Smoking Ban |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
The 2003 ban on smoking inside public places in New York City was met with intense opposition. Business owners claimed that they would lose all of their patrons. The Citizens Lobbying Against Smok... more
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Anti-Smoking Ads Fail to Curb Teen Smoking |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
According to a new study out of the University of Georgia, anti-smoking advertisements do very little to dissuade middle school students from smoking—in fact, they increase the likelihood of teens pic... more
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Asperger's Syndrome More Frequently Recognized in Adults |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Autism, Asperger's, PDD
Recent trends in diagnoses and personal testimonials lead one to believe that Asperger's syndrome, as one of the least obvious variations of Autism Spectrum Disorder, is far more common than previou... more
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Asperger's Syndrome More Frequently Recognized in Adults |
| Tuesday, July 24, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Recent trends in diagnoses and personal testimonials lead one to believe that Asperger's syndrome, as one of the least obvious variations of Autism Spectrum Disorder, is far more common than pre... more
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Irregular Sleep Patterns Contribute to Antisocial Behavior |
| Monday, July 23, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Recent studiessuggest that the implied link between late nights, irregular sleeppatterns and adolescent misbehavior is far from coincidental: thechemical changes visited upon the night-owl brain encou... more
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Older Women Increasingly Seek Treatment for Eating Disorders |
| Monday, July 23, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
The face of women seeking treatment for eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia is rapidly changing. Experts now report that many women in their 30 's, 40's and even 50's are seeking help for d... more
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Female Brain May Be More Vulnerable to Alcohol Damage |
| Monday, July 23, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Doctors Joel Hashimoto and Kristine Wiren from the University of Oregon bred mice in order to develop groups with different levels of susceptibility to alcohol withdrawal. But as sometimes happens... more
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AADT's Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, July 23, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
The past week in mental health related news saw some disturbing trends, some information on policy issues, and even some new research that provided a new look at an old disorder. This week's wrap-up t... more
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Bipolar Disorder Shrinks Brain Tissue, Affects Memory |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
Beyond its detrimental periods of alternating depression and elation, bipolar disorder has been shown to negatively affect memory and emotional comprehension. Recent studies suggest that these defic... more
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Further Exploration of Alcohol's Link to Aggression |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
The barroom brawl is a staple of action movies. Alcohol coats everything like gun powder, one fight breaks out, and then BOOM, the whole room is fighting. Glasses break, drunkards wield chairs like ... more
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ADHD Study Follow-Up Sheds Light on Treatment Efficacy |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Back in December of 1999 the publication of the Mulitmodal Treatment Study (MTS) of Children with Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder raised some eyebrows when it concluded that ADHD treatments... more
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More Evidence for Antidepressant Properties of Exercise |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
In a small-scale confirmation of long-held beliefs on the considerable benefits of physical activity, an Italian study determined that patients struggling through severe, resistant depression ... more
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Being Lonely Can Cause Physical & Mental Harm |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
For many people, being alone is nothing more than a life choice. Many people feel content being by themselves, but experts warn that a lack of social interaction can have detrimental effects on a pers... more
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ADHD Study Follow-Up Sheds Light on Treatment Efficacy |
| Friday, July 20, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Back in December of 1999 the publication of the Mulitmodal Treatment Study (MTS) of Children with Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder raised some eyebrows when it concluded that ADHD treatments t... more
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Wounded Healers: Medical Mistakes Stress Physicians |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
According to results of a new study published in the August edition of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, medical errors made by physicians are often times the cause and resul... more
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