... This only seems to confirm my view that bipolar isn't a separate condition. Problems with nonverbal communications is central to the autism-spectrum, and...
Mother's Genital Infection May Increase Child's Schizophrenia Risk Aaron Levin Infections of genital or reproductive organs in pregnant women may be associated...
Cells May Grow Old Faster When Mood Disorder Present Joan Arehart-Treichel Mood disorders may make cells' biological clock tick faster than normal, opening...
Drug, Light Therapy Show Similar Efficacy in SAD Lynne Lamberg Light therapy and fluoxetine are equally effective for treating patients with winter SAD. Thus,...
Children of Depressed Parents Have More Health Problems Eve Bender Offspring of depressed parents are more than three times as likely as peers whose parents...
This study neither indicates nor implies any causality, much less any single causal factor. Howard Eisman ... Psychiatry Research...
Howard Eisman
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Jun 2, 2006 10:04 pm
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Ignorance is still bliss, apparently. Include Western journalists along with the Japanese culture (and most of our Western culture too) in believing the...
This study is presented as if a demonstration of a mental illness resulting from impaired neural circuits. I don't suggest it is a unique NIMH study in doing...
Hi Adam, In 1989, I began a centre to help those who had suffered as children. All of these had a superordinate aetiological continuum of dissociation. To...
You might be interested in visiting the website listed below. It describes an epidemiological study (study group n=17200) that found a high correlation between...
Joe Persinger
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Jun 5, 2006 12:53 am
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June 6 Focuses Attention on "666" Superstitions "Let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. Its number...
Published online: 31 May 2006; | doi:10.1038/news060529-6 Sexual desire traced to genetics Differences in sexual appetite might be partly determined by our...
At 09:09 PM 6/5/2006, Robert Karl Stonjek wrote: Such childish superstition seems to be more prevalent in the USA than in other first world countries, though...
L. Eugene Arnold
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Jun 6, 2006 3:20 am
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Hi, Why do Americans believe a lot of things that Europeans don't? Maybe those with an open mind and the inclination to try something new went to America,...
There's a new discussion group that explores Hev-b protein insult and the development of Autism. See: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/autismdocgroup/...
Self-injury Is Prevalent Among College Students, Survey Shows About 17 percent of college students -- 20 percent of women and 14 percent of men -- report that...
Serotonin, Acting In A Specific Brain Region, Promotes Sleep In Fruit Flies Researchers have found that the neurotransmitter serotonin, known to affect many...
Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States? Joanna Moncrieff, David Cohen Joanna Moncrieff is a senior lecturer in Psychiatry, University College...
Note the very, very last sentence below in the "conclusion." In my extensive experience with CBT, it does not stop suicidal ideation; rather it helps one...
Negative Body Image Related To Depression, Anxiety And Suicidality Adolescents with negative body image concerns are more likely to be depressed, anxious, and...
Intermittent Explosive Disorder Affects Up To 16 Million Americans A little-known mental disorder marked by episodes of unwarranted anger is more common than...
I think this diagnosis is superfluous and obfuscating. I think most of these individuals probably had an early difficult temperament with very low frustration...
Valone, Dennis
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Jun 7, 2006 9:58 pm
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I came across this article when looking for material about group psychosis, prompted by an earlier discussion thread. This is actually somewhat of the beat of...
A tangential observation. But relevant esp. for adolescents. Through many adult bouts of depression, suicide has never been a feature, knowing medication is...
In my experience thoughts re suicide are more than the norm for my clients (myself-being a consumer as well): "Yeah I think of it. Don't most people? But I...
I don't think it has anything to do with open- and closed-mindedness. Plenty of both types on both sides of the ocean. One of the most striking differences...
"PIED PIPER OF PROZAC" ACOLYTE ADMITS TO TAMPERING WITH CHURCH WATER By Howard Bowman ONLINE EXTRA, December 2005 Authorities in Wenatchee, Washington have...
"Intermittent Explosive Disorder Affects Up To 16 Million Americans" This is getting seriously obscene. Does anyone know how many "disorders" and "illnesses"...
IED is not a new disorder; it has been around since DSM-II and before that by other names, sometimes classified as a personality disorder (e.g., epileptic...
L. Eugene Arnold, M.D.
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Jun 8, 2006 11:34 pm
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Roche- Nature Medicine Translational Neuroscience symposium We are pleased to announce the first Roche-Nature Medicine Translational Neuroscience Symposium and...