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When the Patient Voices series recently featured Tourette’s syndrome, an odd and little understood disorder that causes jerking movements and tics, dozens of readers had questions for the Consults blog. Here, one reader wonders whether Tourette’s is related to autism
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Newell House (opened in 1995) is a small five bed unit that cares for mentally ill women and children. However due to shortage of funds, the Trustees from Oxford Terrace Baptist Church have announced that the unit may close down
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Measuring a set of protein changes in the blood linked to alcohol use may potentially lead to a more accurate diagnostic test than those currently available, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. “The challenge in alcohol abuse as
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– Studies confirm that Gulf War veterans suffer disproportionately from post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychiatric illnesses as well as vague symptoms often classified as Gulf War Syndrome, a panel of experts reported on Friday. The Institute of Medicine panel
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The Transcendental Meditation® technique may be an effective approach to reduce symptoms of depression, according to two new studies to be presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in Seattle, Washington April 9th, 2010. The
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Depression can cause insomnia and insomnia can cause depression. There are many such relationships, like correlations and associations, between disorders. Sleeping disorders and mood disorders happen to be closely linked. It can be confusing, though, determining what the cause is
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The symptoms could describe any busy, distracted multi-tasker: difficulty concentrating, chronic lateness, impatience, procrastination. Or they could point to a diagnosis of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, which some 10 million U.S. grownups have. Yet fewer than 25 percent of the
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental health disorders affecting children and adolescents. Children with ADHD are excessively restless, impulsive, and distractible and experience difficulties at home and in school. Problems inhibiting behavior are a common theme
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epression and schizophrenia can be triggered by environmental stimuli and often occur in response to stressful life events. However, some people have a higher predisposition to develop these diseases, which highlights a role for genetics in determining a person’s disease
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Everyone becomes down or sad at times. Life events, or just a bad day can sometimes make us upset, and small things like bad traffic can make us irritable. But when a person experiences constant feelings of sadness and irritability,
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Pilots will soon be allowed to fly if they are taking antidepressant medications under new a U.S. government policy that takes effect Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it was lifting a ban on antidepressants for pilots with
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We would like to thank Verinder Sharma M.B., B. S., et al. (1) for their clinically relevant article on bipolar II postpartum depression, published in the November 2009 issue of the Journal. The authors underlined the importance of screening for
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