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Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders where the person experiences states or episodes of depression and/or mania, hypomania, and/or mixed states. Left untreated, it is a severely disabling psychiatric
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A number of neurodegenerative disorders present with a combination of psychiatric, cognitive, and neurological symptoms. Consistent with the existence of the concept of nonmotoric cerebellar functions, preliminary evidence points to cognitive and psychiatric disturbances in patients with diseases affecting the
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More than one-third of teenagers with treatment-resistant depression – many of whom had been depressed for more than two years – became symptom-free six months after switching their medication or combining a medicine switch with cognitive behavioral therapy during a
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During the year following hospitalization for a traumatic brain injury, a majority of patients experienced major depression, according to a study in the May 19 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on mental health. Charles H. Bombardier, Ph.D., of the
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An intervention in primary care settings that allowed a choice of cognitive behavior therapy, medication, or both, along with computer-assisted treatment support for patients with common anxiety disorders, resulted in greater improvement in anxiety symptoms and functional disability compared to
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Postpartum depression is not just for new moms: About 1 in every 10 new dads suffers postpartum depression, most often in the 3 to 6 months after delivery, according to new research released Tuesday. Based on their findings, the researchers
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Special behavior therapy can help reduce tics in children and teens with Tourette syndrome about as well as medications typically given for the neurological disorder, according to new research published in JAMA/Journal of the American Medical Association. This finding was
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It is time to reassess mental disorders, recognizing that these are disorders of brain circuits likely caused by development processes, according to a commentary in the May 19 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on mental health. Thomas R. Insel,
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Millions of people throughout the world suffer from all sorts of mental illnesses. These mental disorders and illnesses range from very mild mood disorders to extreme manic depressive illnesses. Even though mental illnesses are very serious in nature, there are
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More than one-third of teenagers with treatment-resistant depression – many of whom had been depressed for more than two years – became symptom-free six months after switching their medication or combining a medicine switch with cognitive behavioral therapy during a
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We all understand what anger is, plus we have all seen or felt it: whether like a passing annoyance or like full-fledged rage. Anger is a very normal, normally healthy, human feeling. However if the anger becomes out of control
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In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), the term mental disorder is defined as “a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with
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