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A form of ‘mind-body’ therapy that focuses on the role of emotions in physical pain may offer some relief to people with fibromyalgia, a small clinical trial suggests. The study, of 45 women with fibromyalgia, found that those who learned
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The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services wants residents to know that help is available for women who are suffering with postpartum mood issues. Among the babies born in the United States every year, 35 percent are born
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Depression: A Look at Possible Treatments for this Mood Disorder Depression is a mood disorder that can happen due to many reasons. Usually, a person suffering from depression has prolonged phases of sadness often accompanied by unexpected mood fluctuations. There
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Primary care physicians report that they do not feel competent to diagnose bipolar disorder or manage a treatment plan for patients with the disease, according to new research presented here at the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) 50th Anniversary
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Serious conditions are commonly linked to individuals who go through emotional problems. Sadly, emotional problems can not simply vanish by their selves, and neither can you tell the person plainly to get over it. A person cannot just get over
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There has been a great deal of confusion and misinformation around the concept of mandated screening for perinatal mood disorders. Who is mandated to offer screening? And are mothers required to receive it? The answer is, there is no law
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Afghanistan, the world’s biggest exporter of raw opium for heroin, now also rivals Iran for the highest rates of addiction to the contraband drugs, the United Nations said on Monday. Some 2.7 percent of the ravaged country’s adult population regularly
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A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines the content and messages presented by websites that appear to support or encourage eating disorders. These websites use images, text and interactive applications to
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Victor Marks was a teenager when he first felt that sinking feeling he’s since become so familiar with. “Most high school kids have some kind of problem; some learn how to move through it, but I just got deeper into
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Patients with depression or similar mood disorders may consider following a healthier diet, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. This is because research has found that individuals with depression commonly experience abdominal obesity, which
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Everything happens with a cause and that is a fact. It has been stressed in many subjects in school that there is always the so called ’cause and effect’; and one can’t happen without the other. What about bipolar disorder?
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While the phenomenon of depression during and following pregnancy in women is widely appreciated (and often associated with weight gain and/or antenatal weight retention), the effect of pregnancy on mood of fathers is less appreciated. A recent study by James
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