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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... »

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... »

Parental Care-Taking Varies by Country

Monday, May 12th, 2008
A new UK study has found the amount of care provided to aging parents appears to vary by country and if the parent has been divorced or is a widow. While ...  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... »

Drugs + Depressed Teens = A Dangerous Combination

Friday, May 9th, 2008
U.S. teenagers who attempt to self-medicate through the use of marijuana or other drugs can end up worsening their depression, says a new report. The report suggests that such ...  Read more... »

Abilify Receives Approval for Expanded Use in Children, Teens

Friday, May 9th, 2008
Abilify (aripiprazole), a commonly-prescribed antipsychotic medication used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval yesterday for use within children for Bipolar I Disorder, and ...  Read more... »

Mental Illness Stigma Alive and Well in U.K.

Friday, May 9th, 2008
A new survey recently released by the U.K.'s Department of Health showed that 1 in 8 people would not want to live next door to someone with a mental illness. Mental health ...  Read more... »

Studying Ethical Dilemmas in the Brain

Friday, May 9th, 2008
What are the neurological underpinnings of moral and ethical decision-making in the brain? A group of researchers set about to find some answers to this question in a new ...  Read more... »

Brains of People with Depression Different

Thursday, May 8th, 2008
People who suffer from depression may have far fewer of the receptors in the brain that regulate our happiness when compared to non-depressed people. The new study also suggests ...  Read more... »

Too Much, Too Little Sleep Linked to Obesity, Smoking

Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Two studies published in the past week link our sleep patterns to weight gain, and one of them also links too little or too much sleep to an increase in smoking ...  Read more... »
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