Archive for October, 2009

Antidepressants Linked to Premature Births

October 30th, 2009
Antidepressants May Cause Premature BirthPregnant women who take antidepressant medication are three times more likely to have a premature delivery, according to a new study. Researchers from three prominent universities ...

Childhood ADHD and Adult Criminality

October 30th, 2009
Is ADHD Associated with Delinquent Behavior in Adulthood?A new study by the Yale School of Public Health discovers children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder are more likely to engage in criminal activity ...

Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety With Autism

October 30th, 2009
Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety With AutismA Florida health care setting is using stimulus money to study the effectiveness of behavioral psychotherapy in treating anxiety among young adolescents with autism. A University ...

Teen Weight Image Linked to Sexual Behavior

October 30th, 2009
Teen Weight Image Linked to Sexual BehaviorA university research study has explored the association between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls. Scientists discovered a girl's ethnicity ...

Depression and Magnifying Symptoms

October 29th, 2009
Depression Can Lead to Symptom MagnificationEmerging research suggests people who feel depressed often claim more physical symptoms than they actually experience. The presentation of inflated physical symptoms had previously ...

Depressed Pregnant Women at Risk for Flu

October 29th, 2009
Depressed Pregnant Women at Risk for FluA timely new study suggests pregnant women with significant symptoms of depression often react to the seasonal flu vaccine more than do women with lower depression levels. Paradoxically, researchers ...

Worksite Gossip — Aid or Bane?

October 29th, 2009
Worksite Gossip -- Aid or Bane?A new research study looks at worksite gossip from a neutral perspective and discovers the practice can offer clues to power and influence not found on ...

Low Folate Linked to Child ADHD

October 29th, 2009
Low Folate Linked to Child ADHDFor decades scientists have acknowledged that expectant moms need normal levels of folic acid to foster healthy nervous system development in the infant. Now, a new ...

Consumer Informatics Improve Health

October 28th, 2009
Consumer Informatics Improve HealthA new report confirms that electronic tools and online technology can help improve health care processes that relate to behavioral compliance. Adherence to medication and improved clinical outcomes -- ...

Antipsychotic Medications Linked to Unhealthy Weight Gain

October 28th, 2009
Antipsychotic Medications Linked to Unhealthy Weight GainResearch has confirmed what many parents and friends have observed -- that second-generation antipsychotic medications are linked to significant weight gain among ...