9/11 boosted trust in government, temporary distress, research shows
...r abuse, and young people who admitted to previous psychiatric illnesses did not appear to be more affected by the tragedies than others. No differences were found between groups interviewed before and after in how respondents viewed their health and life expectancy. In weeks immediately following 9/11, males we...Drivers with type-1 diabetes report increased incidence of car crashes
...an prove hazardous," said Daniel Cox, professor of psychiatric medicine at U.Va. Health System and principal investigator of the study. "Previous studies have looked at this problem but they did not distinguish between type 1 or type 2 diabetes and other factors that are important to a diabetic's risk for drivin...Anxiety hits women harder after heart attack
...he standard score for non-patients is 0.35 and for psychiatric inpatients it's 1.5. When tested within 72 hours of their heart attacks, women in the study scored an average of 0.76 on the scale while men scored 0.57. Moser says that difference was enough to see variations between men and women in the medical co...Male athletes also suffer from body image problems, study shows
...le dysmorphia is not yet recognized as an official psychiatric disorder, mainly because there has been little research of the issue yet. However, Carter said more attention needs to be focused on the problem. "The issue for some men is meeting this ideal of the muscular bodybuilders they see in fitness magazines...Parkinson's medication linked to gambling
...ho switched to ropinirole also required additional psychiatric treatment, and one withdrew from the therapy program and later committed suicide, while dealing with a number of issues unrelated to her Parkinson's disease. The rate of pathological gambling found in the 529 subjects taking pramipexole (1.5 percent)...Educational attainment may predict drinking outcomes following alcohol treatment
... like gender, marital status, income levels, other psychiatric illnesses they might have had, severity of the drinking problem, age of onset of the drinking problem, family history, and parental income levels. However, despite searching for factors that might affect our results, educational attainment still sto...UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
...lood pressure and cardiac function to allergies to psychiatric diseases such as depression, can also have potential cognitive side effects such as drowsiness, which would affect driving ability. Rizzo and his colleagues intend to use SIREN to investigate how people drive when they are taking various medications....Stanford, Packard research finds better drug therapy for children predisposed to bipolar disorder
STANFORD, Calif. - Children with psychiatric problems who also have a high risk of developing b...he disorder themselves - and who suffer from other psychiatric problems are more likely to develop the disease. Researchers studied 23 bipolar offspring between th...Study: Stereotypes prevail in media coverage of depression
...hich takes a historical look at advertisements for psychiatric medications in the mass media and medical journals, from tranquillizers such as Miltown in the 1950s through Valium in the 1970s and Prozac, Paxil and Serafem today. In the book, and in an upcoming article in Ms. magazine, Metzl explores how drug ads...Phone support group helps older people with HIV/AIDS develop coping skills, new study finds
...oup, three participants who successfully underwent psychiatric treatment encouraged a fourth caller to seek professional counseling. And those who have lived with HIV/AIDS for many years offer hope to adults recently diagnosed with the disease, Brown noted."They often don't have people in their own communities w...Chronic drinking increases cortisol during intoxication and withdrawal
...sol itself that is responsible for the medical and psychiatric problems associated with heavy drinking. Future s...ng intoxication and withdrawal and the medical and psychiatric consequences of drinking, which may include sleep disruption, cognitive deficits, diabetes, and mood...NIMH funds $1.98 million study of advance directives for patients with mental illnesses
... at Duke. The four-year study will examine whether psychiatric patients will complete advance directives if they ...for treatment. People who know they have a serious psychiatric disorder should be able to do the same thing." The Duke team wants to find out why PADs are in such ...Screening for depression at primary level could be next trend in healthcare
...her says the MHI-5 can distinguish patients with a psychiatric condition from those without a psychiatric condition and from those with a medical condition. It measures anxiety, depression, loss of behavior...Symptom improvement seen in schizophrenia patients switched to Risperdal Consta
... 2003 Prague People with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders can switch with ease from previous antipsychotic medications to RISPERDAL CONSTA (risperidone long acting injection), the first and only newer-generation, long-acting injectable antipsychotic. In chronic schizophrenia patients previously st...Risperdal (risperidone) produces continuous improvement of 'manic' symptoms in bipolar disorder
...cation consistently. Bipolar disorder is a serious psychiatric illness affecting approximately three percent of the worldwide population. People with bipolar disorder experience dramatic mood swings, from deep depression to acute mania (characterised by symptoms such as excessively "high" mood, racing thoughts, ...Antiepileptic drug developed at Hebrew University to undergo phase three clinical trials
... treatment for epilepsy and other neurological and psychiatric diseases. Epilepsy is a widespread neurological disease. Approximately one percent of the world's population suffers from it, and annual sales of antiepileptic drugs in the U.S. amount to more than $2 billion per year. There are several existing dr...Institute scientists offer tips for keeping children healthy and happy
...ves. Major depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders of adolescence, with about one in five high school students experiencing a clinically significant episode at some point in their lives. ORI investigators, who have studied the causes of adolescent depression and related disorders for more t...U. of Michigan's Whall wins The Gerontological Society of America's 2003 Schwartz Award
...lty area of geriatric mental health, combining her psychiatric nursing preparation with her knowledge and skills ...s one of the leading experts in the recognition of psychiatric problems in the elderly. Whall has worked extensively in theory development and sustained research i...Study shows people with Alzheimer's can benefit from exercise combined with caregiver training
... In BMT, therapists work with caregivers to define psychiatric problems in terms of specific behaviors such as crying, withdrawing, and pacing. Therapists then help caregivers develop techniques for minimizing triggers of these troubling behaviors or for changing the way that they respond to them. The ultimate...Cognitive impairment worse than expected in seniors, says University of Pittsburgh study
... ischemic lesions in the brain, depression, use of psychiatric medications, or other disease processes that can a...uropsychological, neuroradiational (MRI scans) and psychiatric testing to identify dementia and MCI. The CHS was one of the largest single epidemiological studies ...