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Early insecure relationships linked to teen depression, pain

Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins - University of Montreal Angst could be more than a rite of passage for insecure teenagers, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain . Researchers from the Université de Montréal, Sainte-Justine University...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 10:57 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression

Childhood major mood disorders improved by multifamily psychotherapy

By Liam Davenport MedWire News: Children aged 8-12 years with major mood disorders experience improved outcomes with brief, adjunctive multifamily psychoeducational group psychotherapy, conclude US researchers. Mood disorders in youth are a major health...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2009 1:11 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, psychotherapy

Lacking science: The sorry state of psychotherapy

Kevin Lyn Sisson - APS The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but many are falling short...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 12:22 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: cognitive behavior therapy, psychotherapy

Birds in captivity lose hippocampal mass

PhysOrg.com — Being in captivity for just a few weeks can reduce the volume of the hippocampus by as much as 23 percent, according to a new Cornell study. Caged birds may still sing, but being in captivity for just a few weeks can reduce the volume...

Published Tue, Oct 13 2009 12:41 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychological stress, hippocampus

Abstract: Photosensitivity associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2009 Oct 10; Photosensitivity associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Doffoel-Hantz V, Boulitrop-Morvan C, Sparsa A, Bonnetblanc JM, Dalac S, Bédane C. Departments of Dermatology, Hospital Dupuytren, Limoges...

Published Thu, Oct 22 2009 12:10 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: side effects, ssris

More long-term antidepressant use explains prescriptions hike

Sophie Docker - University of Southampton A dramatic rise in antidepressant prescriptions issued by General Practitioners (GPs) has been caused by a year on year increase in the number of people taking antidepressant drugs on a long-term basis, according...

Published Thu, Oct 22 2009 10:50 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: antidepressants

Abstract+: Medicine and psychiatry in Western culture: Ancient Greek myths and modern prejudices

Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Oct 7;8:21 Medicine and psychiatry in Western culture: Ancient Greek myths and modern prejudices Fornaro M, Clementi N, Fornaro P. Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy; Psychopharmacology Unit...

Published Sun, Nov 08 2009 8:59 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Head injuries may amplify psychiatric impact of psychological trauma

Sue McGreevey - Massachusetts General Hospital Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee...

Published Sun, Nov 08 2009 9:23 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, post traumatic stress disorder, psychological stress, head injury

Psychological stress linked to Holocaust survivors' high cancer rates

Steve Graff - Oxford Journals Jewish survivors of World War II who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust are at a higher risk for cancer occurrence, according to a new study published online October 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 12:25 AM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychological stress, cancer

Depression should not impede women loosing weight

Joan DeClaire Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies Women with major depression were no less likely than were women without it to have successful results with a weight loss program, according to an article in the Winter 2009 Behavioral Medicine...

Published Tue, Dec 01 2009 10:45 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, obesity

Climate change to have significant mental health impact

Melanie Haberstroh - King's College London Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 9:20 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: mental health, natural disasters

Mindfulness found to improve mental health

Luis Carlos Delgado Pastor Research for a doctoral thesis conducted at the University of Granada, Spain has shown that a mental training based on mindfulness -an emotional self-regulating tool that consists in focusing on what we are doing, thinking about...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 9:16 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: mindfulness meditation

Abstract: Empirically supported psychological treatments for adult acute stress disorder and PTSD

Depress Anxiety. 2009 Dec 2;26(12):1086-1109 Empirically supported psychological treatments for adult acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: a review Ponniah K, Hollon SD. New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York; Department...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 11:44 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: psychotherapy

Antidepressants may raise women's stroke risk

(HealthDay News) By Ed Edelson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) — Older women who take antidepressants may have a small but statistically significant increased risk of stroke and death compared to women not on the medications,...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 11:01 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: antidepressants, stroke

Women more likely to develop depression after stroke

Katherine Kahn Contributing Writer, HBNS Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 11:15 PM by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info

Filed under: clinical depression, stroke

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