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Evidence-Based Supported Employment Program Shows Significant Benefit For Veterans with Mental Illness

ARLINGTON, Va. (Feb. 2, 2012) — Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who participated in an evidence-based supported employment program called individual placement and support (IPS) were nearly three times more likely to gain competitive employment than those who received a standard vocational rehabilitation program in a recent study conducted by researchers in the U.S. [...]

When It Comes To Depression, Serotonin Isn’t The Whole Story

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Ethnic Disparities Persist in Depression Diagnosis and Treatment Among Older Americans

Older racial and ethnic minorities living in the community are less likely to be diagnosed with depression than their white counterparts, but are also less likely to get treated, according to a recent NIMH-funded analysis published online ahead of print December 15, 2011, in the American Journal of Public Health. Background Depression is a significant [...]

Co-occurring Disorders May Explain Change in Autism Diagnosis

Additional mental health conditions and developmental disabilities might explain why children might grow out of their autism diagnosis as they age, according to a new study. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studied more than 1,300 children who had been diagnosed with autism. The disorders varied for autistic children of different [...]

DSM-5 Proposed Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder Designed to Provide More Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment

ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 20, 2012)—The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has proposed new diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) for autism. While final decisions are still months away, the recommendations reflect the work of dozens of the nation’s top scientific and research minds and are supported [...]

New autism definition may exclude many, study suggests

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Adolescent Victims of Abuse, Neglect Have Fewer Brain Cells

Adolescents who experienced abuse or neglect as children have fewer brain cells than teens that did not experience such maltreatment, a new study finds. Published in the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, the study found that adolescents who were exposed to maltreatment as children showed a reduction in gray matter in areas of the brain [...]

Internet addiction causes brain changes similar to alcohol and drugs, study finds

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Antidpressants and pregnancy: What to do now?

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Pot Smoking Not Tied to Middle-Age Mental Decline

  Middle-aged adults whose memories have grown hazy can’t blame occasional pot smoking or other light illicit drug use for their forgetfulness…  read more…

Blogging May Help Teens Dealing with Social Distress

Teens blogging about social problems, engaging with online community showed significant improvement, according to new research WASHINGTON—Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. “Research has shown that writing a personal [...]

Teenage Girls who are Depressed More Likely to Start Bing Drinking

Teenage girls who feel depressed are twice as likely to start binge eating as other girls are and girls who engage in binge eating have double the normal risk of symptoms of depression, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 5,000 girls aged 12 to 18 who answered questions in 1999, with [...]

Victims of Sexual Violence Have Serious Mental Health Problems

The majority of victims of sexual violence experience serious mental and general health problems that can last a lifetime, according to a government study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that victims cite chronic pain, diabetes, asthma, sleep difficulties and poor overall and mental health. The vast majority of women who said they [...]

Mental Health Conditions Among Five Most Common Medical Problems among Children

Mental health conditions—along with acute bronchitis, asthma, trauma-related disorders, middle-ear infections—was among the five most commonly treated medical problems among children in 2008, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality. More than 40 percent of the nation’s children age 17 and younger were treated for at least one of those conditions. Mental health conditions [...]

Antidepressants Can Make You Worse, Too

Written By Dr. Keith Ablow  –  foxnews.com A new study from Yale University raises additional concerns about the use of antidepressants. The study pooled and examined data from previous research trials and found that, while the vast majority of depressed people who take medication improved significantly (and much more than if they were given sugar pills), [...]

Working Moms Feel Better than Stay-at-Home Moms, Study Finds

Mothers with jobs report fewer symptoms of depression, better overall health WASHINGTON—Mothers with jobs tend to be healthier and happier than moms who stay at home during their children’s infancy and pre-school years, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. Researchers analyzed National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Study [...]

NDAR Federation Creates Largest Source of Autism Research Data to Date

NIH-funded Database Sets Standard for Collaboration and Data Sharing Source: NDAR A data partnership between the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), and the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) positions NDAR as possibly the largest repository to date of genetic, phenotypic, clinical, and medical imaging data related to research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD). “The collaboration between [...]

Survey: Teen Smoking at Historic Lows But Marijuana Use High

Cigarette and alcohol use among teens is at the lowest level in decades, but marijuana use is on the rise, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Just under 19 percent of high school seniors said they smoked cigarettes in the past month compared to a peak rate of 36.5 percent in the mid-1990s, results [...]

‘Tis the Season for Nostalgia: Holiday Reminiscing Can Have Psychological Benefits

Seven questions for Krystine Batcho, PhD, a nostalgia expert Nostalgia is particularly prominent around the holidays and it can have a significant psychological effect on people, both good and bad. Psychologist and APA member Krystine Batcho, PhD, is a professor at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., and an expert on nostalgia. Her research finds [...]

Interventions Show Promise in Treating Depression Among Preschoolers

A new psychosocial approach shows promise in helping preschoolers with symptoms of depression function better and learn to regulate their emotions, according to an NIMH-funded study published online ahead of print October 31, 2011, in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Background Recent studies have shown that symptoms of clinical depression can arise in [...]

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