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Anthony Monaco from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK, worked with an international team of researchers to study four candidate genes in families from the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany. He said, “To our
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Often, people who suffer from depression tend to overeat or not eat at all. It has been scientifically proved that the kind of diet intake you have directly affects your mood. Think about it! Even if you are one of
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Till now, we believed psychological disturbances to be the main reason behind depression. At the same time, food items, at least some of them, were considered to be one of the tools that help fight depression. However, it is now
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Low mood or mood swings is something that every individual experiences in his/her life, at some point of time or the other. Being cheerful all the time is something next to impossible. However, if you feel that you are feeling
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Bipolar disorder, which is also known as the manic-depressive disorder, is actually a psychiatric diagnosis. This diagnosis explains a group of mood disorders that is defined by the presence of one or more than one events of abnormally high energy
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A survey showed 17.5 percent of Chinese adults are suffering from mental disorders, with 6.1 percent suffering from mood disorders, 5.6 percent suffering from anxiety disorders and 5.9 percent suffering from substance abuse disorders, chinanews.com.cn reported Wednesday. The survey, jointly
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Researchers were able to control for possible reverse causality – that early experience of psychosis may be prompting drug use – to clarify the relationship between early drug use and later psychosis. Early use of marijuana appears to raise the
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Despite a House committee chair’s belief that there is a link between antidepressants and suicide, mental health experts, including military leaders, say such unproven claims could keep veterans and service members from seeking life-saving treatment. Mental health leaders challenged the
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Three psychiatrists were honored with leadership awards at the AMA’s National Advocacy Conference Day in Washington, D.C., last month. Vice Adm. John Mateczun (left) was one of nine recipients of the AMA’s Nathan Davis Award for Government Service. Jerry Halverson,
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Sometimes the brain is idling, sometimes it’s roaring down the neural highway. Shifting from one mode to the other may differentiate people with PTSD from their healthy peers. The most familiar analogy to the brain is usually the computer, but
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John Kenneth Galbraith once said that all academic disciplines have their disputes, much cherished by participants, and regularly combining differences in method with deep personal dislike. I continue this debate reluctantly, because I have no personal acquaintance of Dr. Frances,
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People with narcolepsy are highly susceptible to social anxiety and panic attacks, but the types of treatment that might best counter their anxiety have yet to be identified. People who have narcolepsy may experience social anxiety or panic attacks, a
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