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Teens with Mental Health Issues May Develop Online Addiction

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

A new report in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine posits that adolescents with psychiatric symptoms may ...

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School Program Prevents Date Violence Among Teens

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

A ninth grade program that informs students on healthy relationships appears to reduce adolescent dating violence and increase condom use ...

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Smart People Make Wise Economic Choices

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions. A University of Minnesota study, set to ...

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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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A Drug To Block Fears?

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a key role in the process of "unlearning." Writing in the current issue ...

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Migraines Often Linked to Mood Disorders

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Emerging evidence suggests migraine headaches can precede the onset of mental disorders. "Together, migraine and mental disorders cause more impairment than alone," said lead study author ...

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Child IQ Linked to Adult Mental Disorders

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship ...

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Calming Health Anxiety

Monday, November 17th, 2008

One of four people with a chronic medical condition such as back pain, heart disease or multiple sclerosis becomes so obsessed and worried about their health problem that they ...

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Anxious Patients May Magnify Symptoms

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Among individuals living with an anxiety disorder, people often experience physical symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, irregular breathing, shaking of the hands and muscular tension. According to ...

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Technology Selectively Erases Memories

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

A new debate among cognitive scientists will include the issue of memory erasure as scientists report new and old memories have been selectively and safely removed from mice. "While memories ...

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