http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Young men who attempt suicide before age 18 are much more likely as adults to be aggressive toward their girlfriends or wives, including hitting and injuring their partners, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news195707915.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:19:05 EST news195707915 For the first time, scientists have discovered a possible biological culprit in the development of eating disorders during puberty: a type of estrogen called estradiol. http://phys.org/news194876545.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:50:01 EST news194876545 A new mental health outreach programme set up after the 2005 London bombings has successfully identified and treated hundreds of survivors. http://phys.org/news187330574.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:40:01 EST news187330574 Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen next week. http://phys.org/news179059780.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:00:02 EST news179059780 Researchers from Rhode Island Hospital's department of psychiatry propose that the definition for major depressive disorder (MDD) should be shortened to include only the mood and cognitive symptoms that have been part of the definition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) for the past 35 years. Their recommendation would exclude those symptoms that are currently part of the definition that may be associated with medical illness rather than depression. The proposal is based on a study that appears in the July 23 online first edition of the journal Psychological Medicine. http://phys.org/news167564596.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:00:07 EST news167564596