News tagged with psychiatric epidemiology
Study shows that elderly women sleep better than they think, men sleep worse
A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Study Contradicts Popular Belief About Seasonality of Suicides
(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular belief, more Americans commit suicide in summer than in winter, and the day of the week when individuals are more likely to take their own lives has shifted from Monday to Wednesday, researchers ...
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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Mexican migrants to the US risk 'clinically significant' mental-health problems, study finds
Mexican migrants to the U.S. risk "clinically significant" mental-health problems, study finds.
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Apr 04, 2011 |
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Black men at both ends of economic spectrum at risk for depression
Jobless African-American men might be at a greater risk of suffering from depression, new research shows. More surprising, at the other end of the income spectrum, African-American men making $80,000 and upward ...
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Mar 09, 2011 |
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Study examines prevalence of eating disorders among adolescents
Eating disorders are prevalent in the general U.S. adolescent population and are associated with other psychiatric disorders, role impairment, and suicidality, according to a report posted online today that will appear in ...
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Mar 07, 2011 |
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Depressing future for men? Shift in employment balance between spouses a factor
Emory University experts predict that rates of depressive disorders among men will increase as the 21st century progresses.
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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More than 3,000 survivors of the WTC attacks experience long-term post-traumatic stress disorder
Nearly 10 years after the greatest human-made disaster in U.S. history-- the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers -- there has been little research documenting the attacks' consequences among those most directly ...
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Jan 07, 2011 |
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Stigma deters those with alcohol disorders from seeking treatment
Despite the existence of effective programs for treating alcohol dependencies and disorders, less than a quarter of people who are diagnosed actually seek treatment. In a recent study by Columbia University's Mailman School ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Tricyclic anti-depressants linked to increased risk of heart disease
Research that followed nearly 15,000 people in Scotland has shown that a class of older generation anti-depressant is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The study showed that tricyclic anti-depressants ...
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Dec 01, 2010 |
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Study finds evidence of gender bias toward diagnosing boys with autism
Social factors can play a key role in whether or not a child is diagnosed as autistic, a new study has found.
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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Researchers link cerebral malaria to epilepsy, behavior disorders
Almost a third of cerebral malaria survivors developed epilepsy or other behavioral disorders in the most comprehensive study to date of the disease in African children, solidifying the link between malaria ...
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Nov 16, 2010 |
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No difference in nonsuicide mortality between 2 anti-psychotic drugs
The potential for harmful side effects associated with anti-psychotic medications for treating schizophrenia is a frustration for mental-health professionals who must balance this with the positive benefits of drugs. For ...
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Nov 12, 2010 |
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