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Depression treatment must be a holistic process. Depression itself is a jointly physical and psychological disease, one that infects the bodies of its victims as surely as it does their minds. No matter what causes depression, under those circumstances it
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New research discovers a common class of blood pressure medication could protect older adults against memory decline and other impairments in cognitive function. Wake Forest University School of Medicine scientists report that some of the drugs classified as angiotensin-converting enzyme
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A group of researchers proposes the definition for major depressive disorder (MDD) should be shortened to include only mood and cognitive symptoms. If accepted, the 35-year-old definition found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) would not
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Caregivers and parents know that seperation anxiety can be stressful for all involved especially the child. Alex Barzvi, Ph.D.,Clinical director of the New York University Child Study Center’s Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders says, by 6 months,introduce your baby
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This month, Georgia officially established its first branch in public health exclusively devoted to mental health. Mental health used to be lumped under the state resources department. “The opportunity presented by this new department brings with it both a higher
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5 Good Reasons to Track Your Mood: An Interview with James Bishop Today I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my first Internet buddies, James Bishop, who runs the site FindingOptimism.com and writes the Finding Optimism blog which has
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Pain symptoms that cannot be attributed, or at least not fully attributed, to an organic origin are more frequently and more severely experienced by patients with depression than by those without. “It is the case that women are much more
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Social cognition – the ability to think about the minds and mental states of others – is essential for human beings. In the last decade, a group of regions has been discovered in the human brain that are specifically used
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Ask middle-school students if they are popular or make friends easily, they likely will depend on social comparisons with their peers for an answer. Such reliance on the perceived opinions of others, or reflected self-appraisals, has long been assumed, but
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Young, virile men are popping pills meant for people with erectile dysfunction (ED). ‘You know it helps, so whenever you need it, you just pop one in.’ Claiming that the tablets give them a ‘kick’ out of sex, they disregard
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A new Mayo Clinic study may help physicians differentially diagnose three common neurodegenerative disorders in the future. The study will be presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease on July 11 in Vienna. In this study, Mayo
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Though discoveries about Alzheimer’s disease risk factors are often in the news, adults do not know about the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease risk and heart health, nor that physical activity can be protective against dementia, according to new research reported
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