News tagged with cognitive behavioural
Hotter homes produce smarter babies
(PhysOrg.com) -- A hotter home appears to produce babies with better cognitive abilities - but before you turn up the home heater to make your baby brainier, the research was conducted on the Australian lizard ...
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Internet-CBT can help people with hypochondriasis
Internet-based cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) can be an effective treatment for people with hypochondriasis. This according to a novel study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in the The British Journal ...
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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Khat inhibits self-control: researchers find
Dutch and Spanish scientists have warned that long-term use of the drug khat, obtained from a plant native to East Africa, lowers inhibitions with potentially dangerous results.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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For teens battling depression, interactive online tools big help
Interactive online mental health resources combined with traditional counselling help improve the mental wellbeing of teenagers, according to new research by the University of Sydney published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services. ...
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Sep 07, 2010 |
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Postnatal depression can be prevented by health visitors, says pioneering new study
The world's first ever analysis of data from a full scale clinical trial in adults shows that training Health Visitors to assess and psychologically support mothers after childbirth can prevent the development of depression ...
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Aug 17, 2010 |
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Parkinson's patients' 'risky behavior' explained
Scientists at UCL (University College London) have explained Parkinson's patients' risky behaviour, a rare side effect of standard treatments for the disease. The finding has implications for future medication of patients.
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Jun 23, 2010 |
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Panic disorder and depression can be treated over the Internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) via the internet is just as effective in treating panic disorder (recurring panic attacks) as traditional group-based CBT. It is also efficacious in the treatment of mild ...
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Apr 12, 2010 |
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Teenagers programmed to take risks
Risk-taking peaks in adolescence, according to scientists at UCL (University College London).
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Mar 24, 2010 |
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Psychotherapy may help autoimmune disease
This study shows that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective in dealing with patients suffering from lupus and high levels of daily stress as it significantly reduces the incidence of psychological disorders associated ...
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Mar 04, 2010 |
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Defeatism is undermining evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome can be treated
An air of defeatism exists within the medical profession about chronic fatigue syndrome that is undermining evidence that it can be treated, argue three senior doctors in this week's BMJ.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 10, 2010 |
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New virus is not linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(PhysOrg.com) -- New UK research, published today in PLoS ONE, has not reproduced previous findings that suggested Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be linked to a recently discovered virus. The authors of the ...
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy effective when delivered in real time by a therapist
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) seems to be effective when delivered online in real time by a therapist, with benefits maintained over 8 months. This method of delivery could broaden access ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Researchers pioneer new treatment for social phobia and alcohol abuse
(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, drinking is an essential part of a night out with friends. Alcohol is widely considered to be a social lubricant, so it's not surprising that social phobia, or extreme shyness, ...
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Jul 20, 2009 |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder: Psychological treatments may not prevent PTSD
Psychological interventions intended to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the early stages after a traumatic experience have not been shown to be effective, Cochrane Researchers have concluded. ...
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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Evidence that cognitive therapy is of no value in schizophrenia
Research co-led by an academic at the University of Hertfordshire, concludes that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is of no value in schizophrenia and has limited effect on depression.
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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