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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... »

Insights on Tourette’s and OCD

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
While authorities have noted that 30 to 50 percent of people with Tourette Syndrome are also affected with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), new research suggests the illnesses may be distinct entities ...  Read more... »

Medication Lowers Anxiety Improves Sleep

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
A new study found the use of a particular medication helped individuals suffering from insomnia and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The clinical trial assessed the use of an insomnia treatment in ...  Read more... »

New College Graduates at Risk for Depression

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
A seven-year study tracking mental health symptoms study of almost 600 new college graduates (ages 20-29 years old) found that the graduates who returned to live at home increase their risk ...  Read more... »

Brain Imaging Exposes Source of Anxiety Disorder

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Researchers in The Netherlands have detected biochemical differences in the brains of individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia). Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), a brain imaging technique, ...  Read more... »

Unique Response to Discrimination Among U.S. Asians

Monday, May 12th, 2008
In the first national study of Asians living in the United States researchers discover that for some individuals, strong ties to their ethnicity can guard against the negative effects of racism. ...  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... »

Mood Disorders Put Women Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Breast cancer patients who have a prior history of mood and anxiety disorders are at a much higher risk of experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder following their diagnosis, new research suggests. A study ...  Read more... »

Subliminal Trigger of Emotions

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Part of the life experience is the rush of emotions triggered by specific events. Typically, we associate the feelings to an event that we are aware of. However, new research suggests ...  Read more... »

Beware of Commercial Tests for Mental Disorders

Friday, April 25th, 2008
The unraveling of the human genome has lead to advances in determining genetic risk profiles for particular illnesses. Perhaps the best known and scientifically credible discovery is the link between ...  Read more... »
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