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A study by Canadian researchers examined the prevalence of maternal depression and its impact on children newly diagnosed with epilepsy. Prevalence of depression in mothers ranged from 30%-38% within the first 24 months following a child’s epilepsy diagnosis. The mother’s
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A team of researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine has developed the first web-based screening tool for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This instrument has recently been used by soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who participated
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Sexual dysfunction often goes unrecognized in adult schizophrenic patients, but reportedly affects up to 60% of these individuals. This is twice the incidence in the general male population. Antipsychotic medications, including olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine and haloperidol, can contribute to male
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University of Michigan Health System researchers have found new evidence that our genes help determine our susceptibility to depression. Their findings, published online today in the Archives of General Psychiatry, challenge a 2009 study that called the genetic link into
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Many people in the U.S. have multiple common chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, which complicates health care needs. When depression coexists with diabetes, heart disease, or both, health outcomes are often less favorable. In a randomized controlled
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People with severe nasal or skin allergies may have a higher suicide risk than the allergy-free, a new study suggests – although the reasons are not yet clear. Reviewing medical records for more than 27,000 suicide victims, Danish researchers found
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) can cause significant physical impairment, including fatigue, pain, muscle spasms, tremors and dizziness. For many with MS, the disease wreaks havoc with emotional well-being, too, and according to a new study, minorities might especially be at risk
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Scientists have made the surprising discovery that our ability to recognize and remember faces peaks at age 30 to 34, about a decade later than most of our other mental abilities. Researchers Laura T. Germine and Ken Nakayama of Harvard
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A key AMA council notes that psychiatric patients who are appropriately medicated are no more likely to be violent than the general population. A resource document outlining essential services necessary to address emergency department violence was approved at last month’s
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Private insurers and many Medicaid plans will be required to cover the cost of screening beneficiaries for psychiatric illness, which is expected to decrease the number of individuals whose mental illness goes undetected. Screening for psychiatric illness in adults and
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The ability to find shoes in the bedroom, apples in a supermarket, or a favourite animal at the zoo is impaired among children with autism, according to new research from the University of Bristol. Contrary to previous studies, which show
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More than half of older Americans taking an antidepressant for the first time were already taking another drug that could interact with it and cause side effects, researchers reported on Friday. And a quarter of patients who suffered side effects
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