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Doctors Unaware If Pediatric Dosages Are Safe

...n, diabetes, gastroesophageal reflux, seizures and psychiatric disorders, among others. According to Benjamin, th...ucts -- including antiseizure medications and some psychiatric drugs -- that required dosing adjustments for use in children, according to Benjamin. In another s...

Compulsive Gambling – a psychiatric disorde

...s, say addiction experts. Compulsive gambling is a psychiatric problem, though; previously it was thought to be a moral weakness. Addicts reveal physical difference in brain, particularly, in the frontal lobe. "The person with the gambling disorder has a little bit of less blood flow to the frontal lobe than d...

Not All ADHD Drugs Are Equal

...id Daniel Cox, Ph.d., lead author and professor of psychiatric medicine at the University of Virginia Health System. “However, there are many different formulations of stimulant drugs to treat ADHD and parents need to know which ones will have the best positive effect.” In previous studies, Cox and his team se...

Patients With Major Depression Have An Overstated Inflammatory response to Stress

...abuse and neglect to the neurobiology of adulthood psychiatric disorders. Ongoing studies by Dr. Miller's team of researchers will attempt to determine how early life experiences contribute to excessive inflammatory stress responses. “According to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, major depression i...

Further improvements envisaged at Carstairs

...d drug programmes for the patients in the midst of psychiatric treatments. While// acknowledging the improvement in reducing waiting times for patients, Lewis McDonald the deputy health minister pressed the need for further enhancements in the treatment procedures for patients. Mr. McDonald said: "It's vital ...

Psychiatric Waiting Lists Must be Cut Down

The long waiting lists for psychiatric consultation some over 12 months old in several ar...reas of the country are in excess of 12 months for psychiatric consultation. Despite this the NTPF has never been available to mental health patients and, in the a...

Mental Health Units Should not be Exempt from Smoking Ban

...s. The health select committee has proposed that psychiatric institutions in England and Wales should not be exempt from the Health Act 2006, say the authors. “We strongly endorse this proposal and suggest that all mental health settings should introduce complete smoke-free policies. These policies should be i...

Violent Students May Have Learning Disorders

...hools may have underlying learning disorders// and psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Nancy Rappaport, a child psychiatrist at Cambridge Health Alliance, and colleagues from Harvard University conducted a study on 33 students in order to probe the subject more deeply. The authors identified substance abuse in 11 stude...

Smoking Ban should Include Mental Health Units

...s. The health select committee has proposed that psychiatric institutions in England and Wales should not be exempt from the Health Act 2006, say the authors. "We strongly endorse this proposal and suggest that all mental health settings should introduce complete smoke-free policies. These policies should be i...

Depression In Pregnant Women Not Being Treated

...a history of major depression and a history of any psychiatric treatment. This suggests that women who are already accustomed to accessing the mental health system may be most likely to do so if they experience depressive symptoms during pregnancy, while other women may not recognize their symptoms – or may no...

No therapy for most of the pregnant women with depression

...a history of major depression and a history of any psychiatric treatment. This suggests that women who are already accustomed to accessing the mental health system may be most likely to do so if they experience depressive symptoms during pregnancy, while other women may not recognize their symptoms – or may no...

Scientists Claim Developing A New Skin Test For The Early Detection Of Alzheimer’

...which as of now could only be diagnosed by careful psychiatric assessments and by examining the brain after death. Researchers Tapan Khan and Daniel Alkon have said that their test could also distinguished Alzheimer's from other brain-damaging diseases such as Parkinson's and others. The researchers while writ...

Wear and Tear of Stress: The Psychoneurobiology of Aging

...rmones is likely to be responsible for many of the psychiatric and medical diseases associated with aging, said researcher Elissa S. Epel, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco. According to a model of neuroendocrine aging, “subtle yet chronic changes in hormonal patterns can exert pathological eff...

Studying the psycho neurobiology of aging

...rmones is likely to be responsible for many of the psychiatric and medical diseases associated with aging, said researcher Elissa S. Epel, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco. According to a model of neuroendocrine aging, "subtle yet chronic changes in hormonal patterns can exert pathological eff...

Work-Related Violence Increases Risk Of Depression

...ose with stable personality traits. The risk of psychiatric problems among employees exposed to violence is well recognized and reflected in guidance from the European Commission and the International Labor Organization, they add. "Despite these efforts, there seems to be no decrease in work related violen...

Violence at Work Significantly Boosts Clinical Depression Risk

...ose with stable personality traits. The risk of psychiatric problems among employees exposed to violence is well recognised and reflected in guidance from the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation, they add. “Despite these efforts, there seems to be no decrease in work related viole...

Genes And Aging

...susceptibility genes for cardiovascular disorders, psychiatric disorders and the accumulation of tissue damage due to oxidative stress. The results of the study also highlighted the detrimental effects of cigarette smoking, excessive drinking and serious mental disorders on successful aging in both sexes. "The...

Horticultural Therapy Offers Measurable Physical, Mental Benefits

... But it wasn’t until Alice Burlingame, a trained psychiatric social worker, started a geriatric horticulture program in Michigan State Hospital in 1951 that she began to realize horticultural therapy warranted study as a distinct profession, Airhart said. With professional interest in the new field steadily ...

Scientist Study New Treatment Modality for Psychiatric Disorders Using Mice

... used to monitor brain processes involved in human psychiatric disorders and also has been tailored to a few other animals. However, researchers previously had not adapted it to the most-used of research mammals, the common laboratory mouse. ‘Set shifting underlies our ability to use categories in day-to-day ...

Headspace to the Rescue of Mentally Ill Youngsters

...ole. People like Ms.Gelmi, who has suffered from psychiatric problems are relieved and happy to see the emergence of such centers....

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