2009 January | Psych Central News

Effective Home Treatment of Illness

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Most would agree that recovering from illness at home is better psychologically than receiving care in a hospital. Now, new evidence shows that for some patients, ...

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Medication May Help Senior Anxiety

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Preliminary research suggests that use of the drug escitalopram (known by its brand name Lexapro) provided some improvement in symptoms for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder. ...

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Women Have Harder Time Resisting Food Favorites

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

A new study suggests that women have a more difficult time suppressing their hunger in response to their favorite foods, while men do not have ...

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Injury Patterns for Domestic Abuse

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Women who are victims of intimate partner violence tend to have different patterns of facial injury than women who experience facial trauma from other causes. This information, ...

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Hyperactive Brain May Influence Schizophrenia

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

New imaging studies suggest an overactive brain system may blur internal and external realities among individuals with schizophrenia. The traditional view of schizophrenia is ...

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Reducing Chance of Dementia

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

A new study shows that people who are socially active and not easily stressed may be less likely to develop dementia. The study involves 506 older people ...

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Genetic Link For Psychotic Illness?

Monday, January 19th, 2009

A new Swedish study has discovered a similar genetic origin for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The results throw the current separate classification of the diseases into question. ...

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Atypical Antipsychotics Have Cardiac Risks

Monday, January 19th, 2009

A new study has discovered patients ages 30 to 74 who took atypical antipsychotic medications had a significantly higher risk of sudden death from cardiac arrhythmias and ...

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Game, Not Violence, Thrills Video Players

Monday, January 19th, 2009

We all know that many video games emulate violence. However, a new study finds the enjoyment from playing the game likely stems from the healthy pleasure ...

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Mathematical Model of Mating

Monday, January 19th, 2009

In what sounds like a plot of a current television series, scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game to help explain why courtship is often ...

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