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Back To School: NAMI Education Classes Starting For Families Of People With Mental Illness; Some Available At VA Facilities published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Family-to-Family Education Program offers new fall classes for caregivers of individuals living with mental illness. Classes are available at a number of locations in communities across the country, including some Department of Veterans Affairs facilities...
Minister Moloney's Speaking Notes At The Donore Avenue Community Action On Suicide Group's Launch Of Second Annual Suicide Prevention Week, Ireland published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Thank: Alicia Gayson for the invitation to launch Community Action on Suicide's second Annual Suicide Prevention Week. The presentations and discussions today will give you an increased awareness of the issue of self injury...
Dalai Lama Trust To Fund UW-Madison Research On Healthy Minds published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Securing research funding is always welcome news, but this one came with a unique twist. The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a grant from the Dalai Lama's personal trust to further its research mission...
Depression Affects A Fifth Of All Fathers published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
A fifth of fathers and more than a third of mothers experience depression before their child turns 12 years old, with the highest rates in the first year after birth, according to a new study from the Medical Research Council (MRC)...
Getting Drunk Key To Bonding For Young People published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
For many young people getting drunk is key to being accepted as part of a social group...
Vitamin B Tablets Help Prevent Dementia And Alzheimer's Disease published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment who take huge doses of B vitamins everyday may reduce the rate at which their brains shrink by 50%, resulting in a much slower progression toward dementia, and eventually Alzheimer's disease, say researchers from Oxford University, England, in an article published in Plos One (Public Library of Science One), a peer-reviewed medical journal...
USU-HJF Military Medicine Symposium published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Three prominent speakers have been added to the slate of experts - which includes military medical leaders - for the USU-HJF Military Medicine Symposium: Advancing Public-Private Partnerships, on September 23, 2010, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C...
Suicide Prevention Program To Be Tested In High Schools published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
With students returning to classes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are beginning a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of a unique suicide prevention program in high schools across New York and North Dakota. The study of the program called Sources of Strength, led by Peter Wyman, Ph.D...
Does The Impact Of Psychological Trauma Cross Generations? published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
In groups with high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as the survivors of the Nazi Death Camps, the adjustment problems of their children, the so-called "Second Generation", have received attention by researchers. Studies suggested that some symptoms or personality traits associated with PTSD may be more common in the Second Generation than the general population...
In Male/Female Twins, Females Benefit From Improved Mental Rotation Performance published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Having a sibling, especially a twin, impacts your life. Your twin may be your best friend or your biggest rival, but throughout life you influence each other...
Data Gathering In Behavioral Studies By Computer-Based Video Analysis published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
For decades, carefully logging data about how mice go through the motions of their daily routines has been a tedious staple of behavioral and neuroscience research: Hour 2, minute 27: mouse 4 is sleeping; Hour 3, minute 12: mouse 7 is eating; and so on. It's a task most people would happily cede to automation...
Study Reveals Personality Predicts Cheating More Than Academic Struggles published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Students who cheat in high school and college are highly likely to fit the profile for subclinical psychopathy - a personality disorder defined by erratic lifestyle, manipulation, callousness and antisocial tendencies, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. These problematic students cheat because they feel entitled and disregard morality, the study found...
Teasing About Weight Can Profoundly Affect Pre-Teens published
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Schoolyard taunts of any type can potentially damage a child's sense of self-confidence. But a new study suggests that a particular kind of teasing - about weight - can have distinctive and significant effects on how pre-teens perceive their own bodies...
Superiority Breeds Contempt - British Psychological Society published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
People who boast that they are better than others actually incur the opposite of their intentions...
It's Good To Gossip - But Be Nice! published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Gossiping has some positive benefits - at least for the person doing the gossiping. Gossipers feel more supported and positive gossip - praising somebody - may lead to a short-term boost in gossipers' self-esteem. These are the findings of research conducted by Dr...
PTSD And Traumatic Brain Injury Common Among Returning Troops published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
NPR reports on post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury in troops returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Though thousands of soldiers are diagnosed with PTSD, many more suffer without treatment. Among those who do seek treatment, doctors are finding another, distinctly different problem called traumatic brain injury, or TBI...
Adults Demonstrate Modified Immune Response After Receiving Massage, Cedars-Sinai Researchers Show published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Researchers in Cedars-Sinai's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences have reported people who undergo massage experience measureable changes in their body's immune and endocrine response...
Kaj Blennow's Pioneering Research Into Alzheimer's Disease Recognised By The 2010 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) is pleased to announce Kaj Blennow as the recipient of the 2010 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award in recognition of his original and influential contributions to Alzheimer's disease research...
Acamprosate Prevents Relapse To Drinking In Alcoholism published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Acamprosate reduces the number of patients being treated for alcoholism who return to drinking, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The drug showed moderate benefits in trials when used in addition to non-drug treatments. Drinking too much alcohol increases the risk of ill health...
Sexual Health, Computer-Based Approaches Increase Knowledge published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Interactive computer packages are effective in improving knowledge about sexual health, according to a new study by Cochrane researchers. Computer-based approaches could help to tackle problems such as sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy...
Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk Of Violent Crime published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A new study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder - or manic-depressive disorder - does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse...
Empowering Workers: Designing Your Own Workspace Improves Health, Happiness And Productivity published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Employees who have control over the design and layout of their workspace are not only happier and healthier - they're also up to 32% more productive, according to new research from the University of Exeter in the UK...
Addressing Negative Thoughts Most Effective In Fighting Loneliness published
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Changing how a person perceives and thinks about others was the most effective intervention for loneliness, a sweeping analysis of previous research has determined. The findings may help physicians and psychologists develop better treatments for loneliness, a known risk factor for heart disease and other health problems...
Memory Problems Or Mild Cognitive Impairment More Common In Men published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:00 PDT
Mild cognitive impairment, which may include problems with memory or thinking beyond that explained by the normal aging rate, is more common among men than women, say researchers in an article published in the medical journal Neurology, September 7 issue...
Toddlers With Autism May Fix Their Eyes On Geometric Patterns Rather Than Children Playing published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:00:00 PDT
Children with autism may stare at geometric patterns when they are just 14 months old rather than look at kids playing around or doing yoga, say researchers in an article published in Archives of General Psychiatry. Children without autism prefer looking at other kids doing things, the authors added. Autism is known as a complex developmental disability...
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