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Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette’s syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers around the world, according to a review in the June 2009 issue of
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While other psychiatric disorders disable or destroy their victims, manic-depressive disorder sometimes bestows extraordinary gifts on those in its grasp. Mania gives the fortunate ones unlimited ambition, and enough confidence in their powers to try to achieve their dreams, putting
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Most of us are content with our lot in life, according to a new survey – but Canadian teens are getting the most satisfaction. Compared to their fellow Canadians, 94 per cent of teenagers report being satisfied or very satisfied
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Major depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders are common among adolescent girls who engage in self-cutting, according to findings published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. “Deliberate self-harm has become more prevalent in recent years among adolescents,” Dr. Jukka
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Depression in older adults too often goes unrecognized and untreated, resulting in untold misery, worsening of medical illness, and early death. A new study has identified one important remedy: Adding a trained depression care manager to primary care practices can
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Treatment with dopaminergic agents, principally pergolide, and the development of dementia are risk factors for developing psychotic symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to a report in the current issue of BMC Neurology. “It is well known that treatment
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Alcohol-related deaths, binge-drinking and drunk driving have all been on the rise on college campuses over the past decade, a U.S. government study finds. The number of drinking-related accidental deaths among 18- to 24-year- old college students rose from 1,440
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Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 12 June 2009: 92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a new study presented today
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Stepped care for depression and anxiety: a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a stepped care program among primary care patients with mood or anxiety disorders Mood and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and have a large impact on
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A new multi-center study, conducted at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in collaboration with five other centers throughout the country, tested the commonly prescribed antidepressant citalopram and found that it was no more effective than placebo in altering obsessive
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Certain people may be at increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) long after exposure to a traumatic event, a study suggests. PTSD typically arises in the months after a trauma or highly stressful experience like wartime combat, rape,
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UK guidelines for treating people diagnosed with schizophrenia currently emphasise the primacy of antipsychotic medication, with or without psychosocially based interventions as circumstances dictate. We now see increasing calls, most notably from mental health service users, for the provision of
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