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Psychological Effects of 9.11 Persist

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Research scientists find that long after Sept. 11, 2001, Americans' terrorism-related thoughts and fears are associated with increased depression, anxiety, hostility, posttraumatic stress and drinking. University of Illinois at Chicago researchers examined ...  Read more... »

PTSD Triples Among Military

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Self-reported post-traumatic stress disorder has elevated 3-fold among combat-exposed military personnel since 2001, according to a study reported in the British Medical Journal. In response to concerns on the health impact ...  Read more... »

Predict Psychotic Illness in High-Risk Youth

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
New research suggests youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they meet widely accepted criteria for risk, ...  Read more... »

Depression Hinders Attempts to Quit

Monday, January 7th, 2008
A new study of problem drinkers finds that depression significantly undermines attempts to give up alcohol and cigarettes. Researchers from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center documented the quitting success ...  Read more... »

Spirituality Linked to Mental Health

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
A new study finds that women who had stopped being religiously active were more than three times more likely to have suffered generalized anxiety and alcohol abuse/dependence than women who reported ...  Read more... »

ER Intervention Aids Problem Drinkers

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
A new national study reveals the Emergency Department is an effective setting for health education on alcohol use. Apparently, the ER fosters a "teachable moment" as brief screening and education ...  Read more... »

Thinking Patterns of Addiction

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
New research suggests raising the level of dopamine, a naturally occurring neurotransmitter, may be a new approach for addictive disorders. The finding emerges from an understanding that certain brain sites ...  Read more... »

Understanding Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
A new study that looks at the development of mental disorders over time, may help improve the definition and classification of the most prevalent mental conditions. Currently, psychiatrists remain divided as ...  Read more... »

Biomarkers Aid Treatment of Mental Illness

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Determining an effective pharmaceutical treatment for mental illness is typically accomplished by trial and error. The method is fair at best as the process may take several months before an optimal ...  Read more... »

Alcohol Abuse and Risky Sex

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
New research finds a clinical diagnosis of alcohol dependence in young adults is associated with having a high number of sex partners increasing the risk of sexually transmitted disease, unintended pregnancies ...  Read more... »
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