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Kids With OCD Benefit From Family Therapy

Friday, May 16th, 2008
A new study provides some of the first evidence-based data on a successful intervention for early childhood OCD. The intervention, family-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), provides both child and parents with ...  Read more... »

Female Sexual Offenders Have Mental Problems

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
In the largest study of women convicted of sexual offences in Sweden, authorities discover that the women were just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals. Between 1988 and ...  Read more... »

Depressed Moms Place Kids at Risk for Injury

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A revealing new study finds that infants and toddlers whose mothers are severely depressed are almost three times more likely to suffer accidental injuries than other children in the ...  Read more... »

Health Promotion Lags for People With Mental Illness

Monday, May 12th, 2008
A new report from Australia finds that people with mental illness are not receiving the support they need to improve their health habits. Health promotion programs such as smoking cessation, cardiovascular ...  Read more... »

Stress Triggers Depression in Women, Alcohol Craving in Men

Monday, May 12th, 2008
An interesting new study finds that women and men tend to have different types of stress-related psychological disorders. Women have greater rates of depression and some types of anxiety disorders than ...  Read more... »

Counseling Plus Computer Behavioral Therapy Helps Addicts

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
A new study finds that drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly longer than those who received counseling alone. The Yale University ...  Read more... »

TV Portrayal of Therapists Hamper Support

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
A new study suggests televisions' portray of psychological counseling has a profound influence on utilization of psychological services. Given the success of network television programming one might come to the conclusion ...  Read more... »

Insights on Women and Depression

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
A new educational brochure discussing the many dimension of major depression in women is now available from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The booklet highlights the fact that an estimated ...  Read more... »

Programs to Reduce Eating Disorders and Obesity

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
New research suggests educating adolescents on ways to adopt a healthier lifestyle can provide significant dividends in adulthood. Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientists have developed interventions that help young women reduce the ...  Read more... »

Brain Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
A new research study confirms that deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a potentially effective treatment option for people with treatment resistant major depression. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic, Brown University, and Massachusetts ...  Read more... »
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