May 11th, 2013

Exercise has been proven as an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), and now there is sufficient research to help doctors prescribe the ...
May 9th, 2013

A new clinical trial has found that focusing on quality of life and enhanced social adjustment, rather than weight gain, improved results for patients ...
May 8th, 2013

Among teens with substance use disorders, those who also have social anxiety disorder begin using marijuana at a mean age of 10.6 ...
May 7th, 2013

A new study shows that about 90 percent of ADHD medical specialists do not follow guidelines for treating very young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
For ...
May 2nd, 2013

An international team of researchers has determined that child abuse leaves a distinct change in biological pathways.
Such discoveries have the ...
May 1st, 2013

Improving access, enhancing quality and lowering the costs of health care services is a central tenet to health care reform.
Policymakers and providers believe health ...
May 1st, 2013

A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests Americans are overdiagnosed and overtreated for depression.
Researchers examined adults with depression identified by ...
April 22nd, 2013

Use of complementary and alternative (CAM) treatment strategies has become a recognized option for many medical and mental conditions.
For chronic illness, CAM is often blended with traditional ...
April 20th, 2013

Young people with a high risk of developing psychosis could “significantly reduce” their chances of developing a full-blown psychotic illness by getting early access to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according ...
April 19th, 2013

Provocative new research now suggests that a particular style of thinking that makes people vulnerable to depression can influence others, increasing their symptoms of ...