News tagged with psychiatric morbidity
How do filicide offenders differ from other murderers?
People who commit filicide, the killing of their own child, are no more psychotically disordered than other homicide offenders. Research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry has shown that prevention of fil ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 29, 2009 |
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Higher prevalence of psychiatric symptoms found in children with epilepsy
A newly published report reveals that children with epilepsy are more likely to have psychiatric symptoms, with gender a determining factor in their development. Findings showed that girls had more emotional problems, while ...
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Mar 25, 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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Including smoking cessation program with treatment for PTSD shows higher rate of quitting
Among smokers with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), integrating smoking cessation treatment with mental health care for PTSD resulted in higher rates of prolonged smoking abstinence, compared to referral ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Care for prisoners will improve public health
In a comprehensive global survey, researchers in Texas and England have concluded that improving the mental and physical health of inmates will improve public health.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Having severe acne may increase suicide risk
Individuals who suffer from severe acne are at an increased risk of attempting suicide, according to a paper published in the British Medical Journal today.
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Nov 12, 2010 |
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Intentional swallowing of foreign bodies and its impact on the cost of health care
A new study from Rhode Island Hospital found that 33 individuals were responsible for 305 cases of medical intervention to remove foreign bodies that were intentionally swallowed, resulting in more than $2 million in estimated ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2010 |
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What happens after traumatic brain injury occurs?
Results from a study published in the November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) show that powerful imaging techniques––positron emission tomography (PET) fused with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)& ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Skin condition associated with depression, anxiety and suicidal feelings
Individuals with psoriasis appear to have an increased risk of depression, anxiety and suicidality, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Our children aren't sleeping and we're medicating them
A new survey of child psychiatrists indicates that insomnia is a major problem among children in mental health treatment and at least a quarter of these patients are given sleep medication. The results of ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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HIV-infected drug users at greater risk of viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, bacterial infections and mental illness
HIV-infected drug users have increased age-matched morbidity and mortality compared with HIV-infected people who do not use drugs. This includes an increased risk of viral hepatitis, tuberculosis (TB), bacterial infections, ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2010 |
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