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A self-administered test to screen for early dementia could help speed the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of memory disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease. It could also provide health care providers and caregivers an earlier indication of life-changing events that could lie
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), working in collaboration with the Ad Council and the Inspire USA Foundation, announced today the launch of a national public service announcement PSA campaign designed to reduce the incidence of suicide
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A form of behavioral therapy that focuses on practical skills such as time management and planning may help adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests. ADHD is often thought of as a problem of childhood, but it’s
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Even without the new health care law, mental health advocates were getting ready to celebrate parity – a law requiring benefits for substance abuse and mental illnesses to be on par with benefits for medical illnesses. But that law, passed
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The growing number of high profile Australians willing to speak about their experience of depression and mood disorders has helped to more than halve the suicide rate amongst young men in rural Australia, Black Dog Institute executive director Gordon Parker
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An average of one in 100 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While over the last few years an increasing number of these children have begun to
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A new, small study of low-income, depressed Latinos finds that those who stigmatize mental illness are less likely than others are to take medication, keep scheduled appointments and control their condition. The findings could help physicians develop a series of
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Sexual abuse in childhood increases the chances of high-risk pregnancy, shows a new study conducted by Prof. Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Head of the Graduate School of Creative Arts Therapies at the University of Haifa, Lee Yampolsky and Dr. Tzachi Ben Zion,
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Two genes have been associated with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) in a new study of 661 families. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s newly launched journal Molecular Autism found that variations in the genes for two brain proteins, LRRN3 and LRRTM3,
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Microglia are the cells responsible for immune surveillance in the brain, and they initiate protective inflammatory reactions in response to tissue damage and infection. An international team under the leadership of LMU neuroscientist Professor Jochen Herms has now shown that
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Case studies have revealed that children with autism receiving therapy at the onset of symptoms can experience higher IQ levels as well as better behavior and language skills. Although these therapies have shown to improve the quality of life of
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Even though daylight hours are lengthening, Valley residents are still under the weighted shroud of winter weather. Money is tight. Feelings of loneliness take over. The season drags on and depression settles in like a wet, heavy wool blanket. Reasons
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