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Hormonal Anomolies Bring on Adolescent Moodswings |
| Monday, March 12, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Many hold the longstanding belief in a direct connection between internal chemical changes and the fluctuating emotional peaks and valleys of adolescence. But researchers now find that one particula... more
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Blood Testing May Identify Certain Psychological Disorders |
| Friday, March 09, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Schizophrenia
In a minor breakthrough that could ultimately mean much more to the mental health community, researchers believe they have found a method to conduct blood tests to definitively determine whether a ... more
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Sex Doesn't Sell, After All |
| Friday, March 09, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
A study published in the March issue of the journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology appears to directly contradict one of the primary tenets of the advertising industry: advertisements that ai... more
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Fewer Blacks Face Depression, But Those That Do Suffer More |
| Friday, March 09, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
According to new research that appears in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, a team from the Harvard School of Public Health has found that while black Americans experience less ... more
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Surgeon General Urges Action on Underage Drinking |
| Thursday, March 08, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
In an official confirmation of a widely recognized issue, Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu issued a call to arms regarding underage drinking, calling alcohol the "drug of choice" for teens and urgi... more
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Surgeon General Urges Action on Underage Drinking |
| Thursday, March 08, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
In an official confirmation of a widely recognized issue, Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu issued a call to arms regarding underage drinking, calling alcohol the "drug of choice" for teens and urgi... more
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Colleges Accepting More Homeschoolers |
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
An increasing number of both public and private colleges are recognizing homeschool students as much more than a fringe group and designing new application policies to make the college experience mo... more
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HBO, NIDA Team Up for Expansive Documentary on Addiction |
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
Those of you living in New York or other cities around the country may already be familiar with the new advertisements: posters, simple in design, with a single, average looking person centered in the... more
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Duke Researchers Tie Low Birth Weight to Depression in Girls |
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
A study that appears in this month's edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry concludes that low-birth weight (LBW) "predicts depression in adolescents in girls but not in boys." The team from Du... more
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Depression Treatment Can Ease Diabetes Symptoms |
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
Depression treatment with Wellbutrin appears to greatly improve diabetes control in those with both disorders. Working with type 2 diabetes patients from Missouri, a team of researchers from Washingto... more
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Common Anxiety Disorders Often Go Untreated |
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Anxiety disorders are an extremely common phenomenon, affecting as many as one in five people at any given time. Despite their prevalence, they often receive less press attention than other cond... more
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Further Scandal Over Military's Treatment of the Mentally Ill |
| Monday, March 05, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
The recent controversy over substandard treatment and living conditions at the country's foremost veterans hospital has refocused a national debate on the physical and mental health needs of soldier... more
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Microsoft to Help Department of Defense Manage Health Care Data |
| Monday, March 05, 2007 By Blog Master |
Category: Military Psychologists/Psychiatrists
The Department of Defense (DOD) announced a major development deal with Microsoft this month, which will see the software giant guide the construction and deployment of a system to help manage and tra... more
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Panel Declares Military Mental Health Services Inadequate |
| Monday, March 05, 2007 By Blog Master |
Category: Leadership
An extensive report issued by the American Psychological Association calls attention to what members and panel experts call a serious deficiency in the quality and convenience of mental health se... more
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Physical, Mental Illness Very Closely Related |
| Monday, March 05, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
It's long been common knowledge among the psychiatric community that individuals living with mental illness are more susceptible to disease and addiction than the common populace. But this newly r... more
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Changes Kids Brains: Stanford Study |
| Monday, March 05, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Stress
By examining a small cohort of children suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers from Stanford University were able to show that extreme stress and PTSD effected changes in the hippo... more
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Schizophrenia Studies Reveal Differences in Perception |
| Friday, March 02, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Schizophrenia
Researchers long defined schizophrenia as a condition causing the mind to "lose its way" and trigger irregular responses to outside stimuli. A revealing new study, however, suggests that patient... more
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Parents Not Keeping Kids Trim Once School Ends |
| Friday, March 02, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Eating Healthy/ Eating Disorders
Schools have been an easy target for advocates looking to point fingers in the fight against childhood obesity. Funding cuts and curriculum changes have eliminated physical education and even recess i... more
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Study Examines Psychiatric Condition of Weight Loss Surgery Candidates |
| Friday, March 02, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
A group of researchers from The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have published a new study examining the mental health of candidates for bariatric, or weight loss, surgery. By assessing the la... more
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Parents Not Keeping Kids Trim Once School Ends |
| Thursday, March 01, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
Schools have been an easy target for advocates looking to point fingers in the fight against childhood obesity. Funding cuts and curriculum changes have eliminated physical education and even recess i... more
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Prejudice Can Be Prevented Through Early Intervention |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Young children generally provide impressions of purity and innocence sheltered from the conflicts and biases of the adult world. But the processes by which we judge, exclude and even harm others beg... more
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Panel Declares Military Mental Health Services Inadequate |
| Monday, February 26, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
An extensive report issued by the American Psychological Association calls attention to what members and panel experts call a serious deficiency in the quality and convenience of mental health se... more
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Methadone Abuse is Our Fastest-Growing Drug Problem |
| Monday, February 26, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Initially developed as a drug to treat patients suffering from the often extreme elements of opiate withdrawal, methadone has become one of the most widely abused drugs in the world, with re... more
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Everyone Eats More in Front of the TV |
| Friday, February 23, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
In another common-sense indictment of our children's sedentarylifestyles, a new study confirms the suspicion that they tend to eatmore high-calorie foods while watching television, whether they feelhu... more
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Kids Eat More in Front of the TV |
| Friday, February 23, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category:
In another common-sense indictment of our children's sedentary lifestyles, a new study confirms the suspicion that they tend to eat more high-calorie foods while watching television, whether they feel... more
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