News tagged with psychosocial intervention

Combining medication and psychosocial treatments may benefit patients with early-stage schizophrenia

Patients with early-stage schizophrenia who receive a combination of medication and a psychosocial intervention appear less likely to discontinue treatment or relapse -- and may have improved insight, quality of life and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Major NIMH research project to test approaches to altering the course of schizophrenia

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is launching a large-scale research project to explore whether using early and aggressive treatment, individually targeted and integrating a variety of different therapeutic ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Study: Mentoring can build great leaders - if they can handle the truth

(PhysOrg.com) -- For some, the question isn’t really whether leaders are born or made, it’s finding the best way to make them. Now, a first-of-its-kind study suggests an answer.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Infants with persistent crying problems more likely to have behavior problems in childhood

Infants who have problems with persistent crying, sleeping and/or feeding – known as regulatory problems – are far more likely to become children with significant behavioural problems, reveals research published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate change psychology: Coping and creating solutions

Psychologists are offering new insight and solutions to help counter climate change, while helping people cope with the environmental, economic and health impacts already taking a toll on people's lives, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic stress of cancer causes accelerated telomere shortening

Results of a study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6, lend credence to the idea that improving quality of life affects stress-related biological markers and possibly the health of people ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer study says it's different for younger women

The stress, anxiety and psychosocial burdens of young women with breast cancer differ from those of older women. Young women are starting careers, relationships and families, and while their peer group is ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Integrity of the brain's reward system is linked to relapse following treatment

The brain reward system (BRS) is involved in developing/maintaining addictive disorders, as well as relapse. New findings show that alcohol dependent individuals -- both future abstainers and relapsers -- have significantly ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol abuse history influences quality of life following liver transplant

A history of alcohol abuse significantly impacts quality of life for patients after liver transplant, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increased, mandatory screenings help identify more kids with emotional/behavioral problems

A study published in the March 2011 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine shows that Massachusetts' new court-ordered mental health screening and intervention program led to more children being identified as beh ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Early substance misuse continues into middle age

Adolescents who misuse alcohol and drugs are at increased risk of continued misuse well into middle age. They are also at increased risk of experiencing mental health problems, accidents, physical health problems, premature ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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