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Memory Problems Or Mild Cognitive Impairment More Common In Men

7 Sep 2010 at 12:00pm
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 Chi...

7 Sep 2010 at 9:00am
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...

Hallucinogen Found To Safely Ease Anxiety In Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients

7 Sep 2010 at 4:00am
In the first human study of its kind to be published in more than 35 years, researchers found psilocybin, an hallucinogen which occurs naturally in "magic mushrooms," can safely improve the moods of patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety, according to an article published online in the Archives of General Psychiatry...

Prime Minister Has Support Of Psychologists To Address Community Challenges, ...

7 Sep 2010 at 4:00am
The Australian Psychological Society (APS) congratulates Julia Gillard on her re-appointment as Prime Minister of Australia and looks forward to working productively with the Gillard government to address pressing community issues including health reform. "This government is coming in at a time when the community is facing major challenges," APS president Professor Bob Montgomery said...

Teenage Self-Injury Identified And Treated By Radiologists

7 Sep 2010 at 3:00am
Using ultrasound and a minimally-invasive procedure, radiologists can identify and treat patients who engage in a disturbing self-injury behavior known as self-embedding, according to a new study published in the online edition and October print issue of the journal Radiology. "This is a new way for radiologists to impact public and mental health," said the study's senior author, William E...

Fathers As Well As Mothers Have Higher Depression Risk During First Year Of C...

7 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Approximately one-fifth of all fathers and over one third of all mothers experience an episode of depression within the first 12 years of their child being born, with the first year having the highest risk, says a British study of 86,957 families published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives publication...

Magic Mushroom Ingredient Psilocybin Improves Late Stage Cancer Anxiety

6 Sep 2010 at 5:00pm
The hallucinogen psilocybin appears to be safe and feasible to give to patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety - a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry reports it had a promising effect on mood. Psilocybin is the active ingredient in an illegal Class A drug in the UK called magic mushroom...

Psychological Violence During Pregnancy Linked To Postnatal Depression Risk

6 Sep 2010 at 2:00pm
Psychological violence by an intimate partner during pregnancy, independent of physical violence, has been linked to a higher risk of developing postnatal depression, also known as postpartum depression, according to an article published in the medical journal The Lancet...

More Work Needed To Implement Evidence Base In Psychooncology In Cancer Care,...

6 Sep 2010 at 5:00am
An integrated approach to cancer care needs to be developed in Australia that incorporates psychosocial and biological interventions, according to an article published in a Medical Journal of Australia supplement. The Anxiety, Depression and Cancer supplement is the product of a partnership between beyondblue and the Cancer Council Australia...

State News: Ohio, Florida Take Advantage Of Federal Health Funds; Mass. Psych...

6 Sep 2010 at 3:00am
The Columbus Dispatch: "Gov. Ted Strickland's administration announced today that nearly $200 million in recently freed up state funds will go to Ohio hospitals, community mental health services, and a program which provides medication to low-income residents with HIV/AIDS. ...

Insight Into Superstitious Behavior Offered By K-State Research Project

6 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether, according to a recent Kansas State University undergraduate research project...

New Data Reveals How Romantically Separated People Give Spoken Clues To How T...

6 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
A new study from the University of Arizona shows that people in the midst of a divorce typically reveal how they are handling things - not so much by what they say but how they say it. In fact, data revealed that even complete strangers were able to figure out how people were coping with their emotions using relatively small amounts of information...

Psychiatrists Call For Northern Ireland Executive To Follow Scottish Lead On ...

5 Sep 2010 at 3:00am
The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland has called on the Executive to take the advice of the Health and Social Development Ministers and follow Scotland's lead in proposing a minimum price for alcohol of 45 pence a unit...

MSD Receives European Approval Of Its Atypical Antipsychotic Medication SYCRE...

5 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
MSD (MSD is a tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., with headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A). announced today that the European Commission has approved the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for SYCREST® (asenapine) sublingual tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults...

PhD Thesis Researches Relationship Of Youth Today With The New Technologies

4 Sep 2010 at 3:00am
Sociologist Ms LucÃa Merino presented her PhD thesis entitled, Digital natives: a study of the technological socialisation of young people, at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Considering that young people nowadays are natives of the so-called digital culture, Ms Merino explored their relationship with the new technologies and how they learn and socialise through them...

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