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Was Paris Conning Doctors With Fake Illness?

...on under house arrest by citing a life-threatening psychiatric condition as the reason, it seems that Judge Michael T Sauer who ordered her back to the slammer was quite sure that the socialite was conning doctors. On Larry Kings show, Larry Waldie, who had informed Judge Sauer about Hiltons early release, sai...

Paris Suffered from 'life-threatening' Psychiatric Condition, Says LA Sheriff

...socialite was suffering from a 'life-threatening' psychiatric condition called decompensating. 'Decompensating' is a condition is the deterioration of one's mental state to the point of severe depression, nervousness or hallucination. Baca also said that the Simple Life star's condition was even more compli...

Researchers Identify Five Distinct Subtypes of Alcoholism

...om families with alcoholism, and about half had a psychiatric diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder. Many...al alcoholism. They had the highest rates of other psychiatric disorders, and two-thirds of them had sought help for drinking problems. The researchers also repo...

Sanofi Withdraws Anti-obesity Drug in US

...an regulators said they were reviewing data on the psychiatric effects of Acomplia. The European Medicines Agen...ency "is currently reviewing the available data on psychiatric events (in particular suicidal ideation and depression-related events)," it said. Acomplia has bee...

Prof Samir K Brahmachari, Dr MRS Rao Jointly Win Bio-medical Research Award

...ribution in molecular genetics of neurological and psychiatric disorders. He had made fundamental discoveries in the areas of genomics that led others to develop approaches for cancer therapeutics. His most significant contribution is in the identification of three novel genes of SARS virus. Dr. Rao, Presi...

VYVANSE(TM) Drug for the Treatment of ADHD in Adults

...d Prevention (CDC). ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. The disorde...the symptoms cannot be better explained by another psychiatric disorder. Although there is no "cure" for ADHD, there are accepted treatments that specifically ta...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...ve disorder as well as for other indications, both psychiatric and non-psychiatric, it had said then. Although ...mphasize that depression and certain other serious psychiatric disorders are themselves the most important causes of suicide. "Antidepressant medications benefit...

Migraines may Be a Symptom of Other Problems for Iraq Soldiers

...ations had revealed a higher prevalence of certain psychiatric conditions, such as depression and anxiety, among ...uld be a similar relationship between migraine and psychiatric conditions in soldiers. The precise reasons for such an association are not fully understood, but ma...

Spouse may "drive You to Drink" but also can Protect You from Alcohol

... other's risk of alcohol dependence but also other psychiatric disorders, such as depression and how those factor...ivorce and single parenthood and exposure to other psychiatric problems. We need to make people aware of all of their risks, so they can take steps to protect them...

Suit Filed Against Horrors of Psychiatric Ward in New York Hospital

...he New York state government has lashed out at the psychiatric ward at the Brooklyn Kings County Hospital as a s...re irresponsible and unfounded. He conceded the psychiatric ward as "one of the busiest in the nation" and "often experiences overcrowding, " but said the corpo...

Major Mental Disorders Cut Life Span by Ten to Fifteen Years

... to change course," says Joseph Parks, director of psychiatric services for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He's lead author of the report from eight states Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Utah and Arizona. About 60% of the 10.3 million people with serious mental illne...

Irish Teenager Fights for the Right to Abort

...ould have the right to choose abortion. During a psychiatric assessment the girl told a doctor: "It's my body and I should be allowed to do with it what I want." The psychiatrist's report noted that Miss D felt guilty as she had not taken folic acid in the run-up to her pregnancy or in its early stages. Ar...

Despite Being Effective Electroconvulsive Therapy is Underused for Severe Depression

...ry and current use of ECT for depression and other psychiatric disorders, making the case for increased use of th... therapy. The idea of inducing seizures to treat psychiatric disorders has a long history, but it wasn't until the 1950sa time when there were few effective trea...

Bipolar Spectrum Disorder may Be Under-recognized for Spectrum Disorder: Study

...ental Disorders (DSM-IV), the reference manual for psychiatric disorders. Nonetheless, BD-NOS still can significa...with bipolar I or II were more commonly treated by psychiatric specialists, while those with BD-NOS were more commonly treated by general medical professionals. ...

Exposure to Epilepsy Drug During Pregnancy Can Increase Risk of Mental Defects in Newborns

... Depakote also is used to treat migraines and some psychiatric conditions, such as bipolar disorder....

Pregnant Irish Teenager Wins the Right to Abort

...ould have the right to choose abortion. During a psychiatric assessment the girl told a doctor: "It's my body and I should be allowed to do with it what I want." The psychiatrist's report noted that Miss D felt guilty as she had not taken folic acid in the run-up to her pregnancy or in its early stages. T...

Two-thirds of US Children Experience Trauma, but Recover Fast

...sed to trauma had nearly double the rates of other psychiatric disorders, such as depression, anxiety and conduct problems. In adults, PTSD usually occurs after a triggering event, such as war, rape, natural disaster or serious illness. About 6.8 percent of U.S. residents will experience PTSD at some point, ...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

...records. In a recent Mind survey, 33 per cent of psychiatric inpatients said they did not have access to an adequate garden or green exercise. In one worrying case, the inpatient said that trips to the garden were often withheld as a punishment. Mind is now calling for access to green space and exercise to b...

NIH Awards Emory $3.6 Million for Schizophrenia Gene Research

...n Genetics. Schizophrenia is a severe and common psychiatric disorder that has a strong genetic predisposition....genes that influence schizophrenia and other major psychiatric diseases," Dr. Warren says. The schizophrenia project is the first involvement in a disorder other...

Furious Reaction to insensitive Caption of the Picture of Abandoned Baby Girl

... cold in a cardboard fruit box, dumped outside the psychiatric wing of Dandenong Hospital early on Sunday morning. She is now being cared for at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital. "She (the mother) left it where she knew the baby would receive the best of care," Kennett said. "We don't know whether sh...

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