2009 March | Psych Central News

Relationships on Facebook, Social Networks

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

A new research study evaluates details of relationships created on social networking sites to determine their significance, depth and potential. Nancy Baym, ...

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Diabetes Linked to Schizophrenia

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

A new study has found that people with schizophrenia are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Medical College of Georgia researchers studied ...

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Screen Adolescents for Clinical Depression

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends screening adolescents for clinical depression only when appropriate systems are in place to ...

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Depression After Multiple Births

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Mothers of multiples have 43 percent increased odds of having moderate to severe depressive symptoms nine months after giving birth compared with mothers ...

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Jury Duty Can Take a Toll

Monday, March 30th, 2009

A new report by UK psychologists warns that exposure to harrowing and gruesome trial evidence can cause stress-related trauma among jurists. In the first ...

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Hormones Link Insomnia and Weight Gain

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Insomnia has long been associated with poor health, including weight gain and even obesity. Now, researchers at UCLA have discovered ...

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Evaluate Hearing To Understand Schizophrenia

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Measuring brain waves in response to hearing a variety of tones appears to be a useful way to begin understanding the underlying ...

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Innovative Therapy Reduces Child Phobias

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Child phobias have often been discounted, as many believe childhood fears and anxiety are normal and can be outgrown. However, new findings ...

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Reducing Weight from Antipsychotic Meds

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal) and quetiapine (Seroquel), are commonly used to treat psychotic disorders, bipolar and even behavioral problems related to dementia. ...

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Anorexia Linked to Adult Mental Problems

Friday, March 27th, 2009

A long-term study matching 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa with 51 teenagers without the eating disorder has produced interesting results. The cohort study, which began in ...

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