News tagged with psychological intervention
Leading practitioners recommend global PTSD treatment guidelines
In recent years, several guidelines in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder have been put into practice globally. Practice guidelines across the health sphere are very important in guiding the care people receive. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Kilimani Sesame has positive impact on children in Tanzania: study
There are 8.3 million children who are 5 years and younger living in Tanzania. With limited access to formal education, can media intervention make a positive and significant impact on what these children learn? Sesame ...
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Intervention program helps breast cancer patients live longer after recurrence
A psychological intervention program designed for breast cancer patients reduces the risk of dying if the cancer recurs, new research shows.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Family intervention may reduce risk for depression in parents and children
Cognitive behavioral intervention for families may help prevent depression in parents with a history of depression and in their 9- to 15-year-old children, new research has found. The study is the first to test this kind ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Researchers Study Whether Psychosocial Interventions Ease Psoriasis
(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has awarded University of Rochester Medical Center researchers $2.5 million to investigate the impact of psychological interventions on attacks ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Research reveals understanding PMS can reduce women's distress
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women can significantly improve 'that time of the month,' by learning more about how premenstrual symptoms (PMS) can affect their minds and bodies and by adopting stress management and relaxation techniques.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Shocked by therapies: psychologists reject sexual reorientation
US psychologists are slamming therapies treating homosexuality as an illness, and warning mental health workers against promising patients their sexual orientations might be changed.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 06, 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. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 08, 2009 |
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From Columbine to Dawson: study on psychological impact of mass shootings
Less than two percent of the community were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress, and seven percent report post-traumatic stress symptoms, as a result of the shooting at Dawson College on September 13, 2006.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Study shows simple writing assignment improves minority student grades
In a follow-up to a 2006 study, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher and his colleagues found that an in-class writing assignment designed to reinforce students' sense of identity and personal integrity increased ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Intervention reduces children's viewing of violent TV
A team of Oregon State University researchers has successfully implemented a classroom-based intervention that reduces the amount of violent TV that children watch.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2009 |
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