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Programs Seek to Expand Treatment Options For Intmates, Parolees |
| Monday, December 04, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Mental illness maintains a considerable, if unsurprising, presence among our prison population. Conservative statistics estimate that 55% of current inmates suffer from one or more disorders like sc... more
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Advertising Again Under Scrutiny Regarding Children's Health |
| Monday, December 04, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
The U.S.'s largest organization dedicated to children's health, the American Academy of Pediatricians, has taken off the gloves in a new policy statement regarding advertising to children. Much of the... more
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High Dopamine Levels Alone Do Not Cause ADHD |
| Friday, December 01, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
In a near reversal of prevailing opinion and years of clinical practice, researchers at the Brookhaven National Labratorydetermined that high levels of dopamine receptors in the brain are notsolel... more
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High Dopamine Levels Alone Do Not Cause ADHD |
| Friday, December 01, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
In a near reversal of prevailing opinion and years of clinical practice, researchers at the Brookhaven National Labratory determined that high levels of dopamine receptors in the brain are not... more
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National Methamphetamine Awareness Day |
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
As we mentioned a little while back, "the meth epidemic," which only a few short months ago seemed to be on magazine and newspaper covers across the country, has all but disappeared from the national ... more
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Problems with Workplace Stress Continue to Grow |
| Wednesday, November 29, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Stress is an inevitable fact of life for employees who spend eight or more hours a day in cramped, anxious and hyper-competitive workplaces. But an inability to control one's response to such co... more
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With Job Hunt Season on the Horizon, Take Some Tips From a Pro |
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Finding a job has always represented one of the most stressful and often times discouraging processes that you will have to go through. As the end of the year approaches we wanted to offer some practi... more
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Medication Offers Potential Relief from PTSD |
| Monday, November 27, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
In a recent series of experiments, researchers have attempted to use a traditional hyper-tension medication to relieve patients of the recurring pains of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. While this... more
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Education Inequality: Can We Agree on A Workable S |
| Monday, November 27, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
The overlapping issues of racial and economic gaps in performance, the emergence of private charter schools, and the relative success of the No Child Left Behind Act (all subjects frequently a... more
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A Mother Tells the Story of a Family Battling Anorexia Together |
| Monday, November 27, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
A year ago this week Dr. Mada Hapworth, a contributor here at AADT, wrote an extensive critique of a Newsweek cover story about anorexia and other eating disorders. There she discussed the "family app... more
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CDC Says Alcohol a Factor in One of Three Suicides |
| Friday, November 24, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that post-mortem toxicology screenings found alcohol present in 33% of suicides across 13 states. Opiates were involved in 16%. Maybe most worris... more
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Make Friends and Family The Highlight of Your Holiday |
| Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
As we're sure you've heard, today is the busiest travel day the U.S. has seen in some time. Planes, trains and automobiles will be carting Americans all across our country to meet with family and frie... more
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Grapefruit and Drug Interactions: A Comprehensive Overview |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Medication Info
The November issue of Geriatrics, a peer-reviewed publication focusing on issues in medicine that effect older people, has an excellent overview of the potential pharmacological issues that arise with... more
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Cultural Achievement Gaps Remain in Place |
| Monday, November 20, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category:
Despite the noble goals of the No Child Left Behind Act, the academic performance gaps that persist between rich and poor as well as minority and majority are not showing any real signs of improveme... more
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Kids Are More Perceptive Than Adults Think |
| Monday, November 20, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
In their developmental stages, children receive endless amounts of information and stimuli: much of it useful, much of it distracting and much of it patently false, intended either to entertain or m... more
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Kids Are More Perceptive Than Adults Think |
| Monday, November 20, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
In their developmental stages, children receive endless amounts of information and stimuli: much of it useful, much of it distracting and much of it patently false, intended either to entertai... more
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A Model's Death and a New Documentary Share a Common Theme: Anorexia and Eating Disorders |
| Friday, November 17, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston died this week from complications of anorexia. She is the second South American model to die since the beginning of August, the first, Luisel Ramos having passed aw... more
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APA Task Force Calls Attention to Adverse Childhood Experiences |
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
Earlier this year, Dr. Steven Sharfstein announced the formation of a new American Psychiatric Association task force that would examine the effects of exposure to interpersonal violence in childhood,... more
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Debate Over Math Methods Continues |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
It's hardly a surprise that American students score considerably lower on standard math tests than those in competing countries like India and most of East Asia. This trend does not bode well for th... more
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Florida's Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates Defies the Law |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Circuit judges in Florida brought up the prospect of filing contempt charges against several state officials, including the secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, for failure to... more
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Diagnosed and Dating: A Story of Love and Mental Illness |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday, writer Dawn Fallik addressed what can often be a difficult topic to broach: mental illness and sexuality. As she states:For decades, family members, cas... more
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Troubled Children Face Difficult Diagnoses |
| Monday, November 13, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Quite a few laymen respond with suspicion when reading of bipolar diagnoses in children, considering it a strictly adult affliction and placing blame on an increasingly aggressive tendency to ... more
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Meth Problem Stops Garnering Press, Still Garnering Lives |
| Friday, November 10, 2006 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
We've visited another of our old favorites earlier this week when we wrote about the mental health crisis caused by Katrina, but that isn't the only national story that used to make headlines and now ... more
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Social Exclusion Alters Brain Chemistry |
| Friday, November 10, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
In what can only be described as a punishing study, researchers at the University of Georgia and San Diego State University measured the neurological responses of thirty female undergraduates to... more
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Full-Time Single Mothers Are Also Full-Time Students |
| Friday, November 10, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
The struggles of single parents working, raising children and attending classes for career advancement are unfortunately well documented, but the idea that unmarried or divorced mothers can ... more
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