News tagged with common mental disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder primary suicide risk factor for veterans

August 25, 2009—Researchers working with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have found that post-traumatic stress disorder, the current most common mental disorder among veterans returning from service in the Middle East, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain

Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New test spots early signs of mucopolysaccharidoses -- inherited metabolic disorders

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers publish study on neuronal RNA targeting

SUNY Downstate scientist Ilham Muslimov, MD, PhD, along with senior author Henri Tiedge, PhD, professor of physiology and pharmacology and of neurology, published a study suggesting that cellular dysregulation associated ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Right to remain silent not understood by many suspects

Movies and TV shows often depict crime with a police officer handcuffing a suspect and warning him that he has the right to remain silent. While those warnings may appear clear-cut, almost 1 million criminal cases may be ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 14

Breakthrough lights way for RNA discoveries

The ability to tag proteins with a green fluorescent light to watch how they behave inside cells so revolutionized the understanding of protein biology that it earned the scientific teams who developed the technique Nobel ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Repairing our inner clock with a two-inch fish

Circadian rhythms — the natural cycle that dictates our biological processes over a 24-hour day — does more than tell us when to sleep or wake. Disruptions in the cycle are also associated with depression, problems ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Clinic tries to wean addicts off Internet fix

Choi Hyun-Min loses all track of time when he sits down to play computer games, but the sessions usually last at least 10 hours.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Evidence of medical complicity in torture at Guantanamo Bay

Inspection of medical records, case files, and legal affidavits provides compelling evidence that medical personnel who treated detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) failed to inquire and/or document causes of physical injuries ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

New data shows half of all children with autism wander and bolt from safe places

Today, the Interactive Autism Network (IAN), the nation's largest online autism research project, reveals the preliminary results of the first major survey on wandering and elopement among individuals with autism spectrum ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early work indicates drug used to treat alcoholism may help those with Fragile X and autism

In small, early clinical trials, adults and children with autism and Fragile X syndrome have shown improved communication and social behavior when treated with acamprosate, according to Craig Erickson, M.D., assistant professor ...

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created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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