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Mental Health Stigma Continues in Military

Friday, February 15th, 2008
A new research study finds the stigma accompanying mental health disorders persists in the military. In a study of over 8,400 Canadian troops, mental disorders ranging from depression to alcoholism were ...  Read more... »

Psychiatric Patients Often Have More Than One Diagnosis

Monday, January 14th, 2008
A new study discovers a majority of psychiatry outpatients have more than one disorder, and more than one-third have at least three disorders. Researchers found major depression as the most common ...  Read more... »

Therapy More Effective than Medication for Kids with Social Phobia

Friday, December 28th, 2007
A NIMH-funded research study discovers a behavioral therapy program designed to treat children diagnosed with social phobia helped them overcome more of their symptoms than the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac). The study ...  Read more... »

Link Between Asthma and Depression

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Researchers discover young people with asthma are about twice as likely to suffer from depressive and anxiety disorders as are children without asthma. The finding is the first to link ...  Read more... »

Panic Attacks Increase Risk in Older Women

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
A new report suggests older women who experience at least one full-blown panic attack have an increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke within the next five years. The ...  Read more... »

Facial Expressions May Confuse

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
As many card players would attest, reading a face is a difficult task. A new Northwestern University study of electrical activity in the brain supports this ibelief confirming that deciphering the facial expressions of a ...  Read more... »

Repress Emotional Memories With Practice

Friday, July 13th, 2007
New research may have profound implications for those suffering from conditions ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression. The University of Colorado at Boulder study measured brain activity among test subjects who were trained to ...  Read more... »

Too Much Worry Can Be Deadly

Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Researchers often focus on the link between mental and physical health as they synergistically form a paradigm of wellness. In a new study, psychologists investigated a contralateral effect: if a lack of emotional stability, defined ...  Read more... »

Multiple Origins for Adult Anxiety

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Adult anxiety disorders are triggered by a variety of influences with almost half of the adult conditions subsequent to some type of psychiatric illness in youth and adolescence. In fact, the specific illnesses detected in ...  Read more... »

Anxiety More Common in Women

Friday, October 6th, 2006
Gender does appear to play a role for certain types of anxiety disorders and phobias, finds a new report from Harvard Medical School. "Coping with Anxiety and Phobias" is a publication that examines hormonal and ...  Read more... »