Study links attempted suicide with genetic evidence identified in previous suicide research
...genetic similarities between subjects with similar psychological profiles. Results indicated that family members with a history of attempted suicide and bipolar disorder showed a high degree of genetic similarity at a specific area -- DNA marker D2S1777 -- on a section of chromosome 2 referred to as 2p12. This is ...Exercise improves quality of life for people with breast cancer
...cise sessions can help to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of people diagnosed with breast cancer, ...session, the researchers analysed the physical and psychological wellbeing of the participants by measuring a number of factors, such as levels of depression, qualit...Cancer Patients Nationwide Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System
...tend to the whole patient experience including the psychological support which patients often need. Patient navigators directly assist patients by eliminating financial, communication and emotional barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment. This kind of support may be life saving. The American Cancer Soci...Extra cortisol protects women's mood under stress
... that cortisol given near in time to a physical or psychological stress may lessen the stressor's emotional impact. Psychologists are especially interested in what this means for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The findings appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is...Athlete's 'rituals' important for overcoming performance anxiety
...the big game. Those symptoms drop off quickly, but psychological factors hang around to influence the outcome of an athlete's performance. That is where intervention, often in the form of rituals or performance routines, comes in, according to Richard Cox, a sports psychology researcher at the University of Missou...Study reveals Aussies' social obsession with mobile phones
...ms with their phones and that's expressed in their psychological relationship with their phone and their financial relationship." Ms James said 2500 people aged 16 to 84 had logged on to do the survey from every state and territory in Australia, with 64% being women and 50% aged 25 and under. "My research is f...Psychological effects of heart surgery examined
...ese numbers will continue to rise and that current psychological therapy for recovering patients needs improvement....s. There are a few studies that have addressed the psychological effect this has on individuals. "The current results suggest that psychological measures of patien...Dogs may be responding to psychological seizures, not epilepsy seizures
...ponding to seizures caused not by epilepsy, but by psychological conditions. "People with psychogenic seizures n... different for a person with epilepsy and one with psychological seizures, which stem from emotional difficulties," said Krauss. "Epilepsy drugs are not effective fo...Treatment for homeless youth pays off in long run, study finds
...d drug use, and improve their social stability and psychological functioning." The results are important, Slesnick said, because few previous studies have tried to determine how to best help homeless youth who are not with parents or other guardians. Up to 2 million youth are estimated to leave home prematurely...Eastern philosophy promises hope for Western women with eating disorders
A psychological technique based on Buddhist philosophy and practice may provide a solution for women who struggle with binge eating and bulimia. The technique known as 'mindfulness' is being taught to Queensland women to help them understand and deal with the emot...Pregnant women in the dark on prenatal screening
... deliver healthy babies," she said. "The ongoing psychological distress of these 'false positives' is not well documented or researched." Ms Milligan said the study showed that accepting prenatal screening did not mean soon-to-be mums were giving their 'informed' consent. "Mothers said they didn't know what ...Bulimia may result from hormonal imbalance
... men. The condition is normally considered to have psychological causes, and it is for this reason normally treated...ns hormonal and genetic components, in addition to psychological components. The bulimics in the studies had higher levels of the male sex hormone testosterone and l...Race impacts professional lives of physicians of African descent
...racial fatigue,' which describes the emotional and psychological effect of feeling isolated in a work environment in which race regularly influences behavior but is consistently ignored. This can result in greater job dissatisfaction and unplanned career change." Some participants described race as a positive inf...Psychological treatments improve outcomes for back pain sufferers
...es has found. Not only do these approaches improve psychological outcomes such as depression and health-related qua.... Each evidence-based review centers on a specific psychological assessment or treatment conducted in the context of a physical disease process or risk reduction eff...Pain relief effectiveness down to mind-set?
... medical treatment involves a placebo element; the psychological suggestion that it is going to work. So we theorised that a proportion of any treatment's effectiveness would relate to how much we wanted it to work, believed in it or trusted the person administering it. "Doctors and nurses can transmit a lot of...Psychological therapies for common anxiety disorder not readily available in primary care settings
...best treated in primary care wherever possible and psychological treatments are preferable to drug treatments. Howe... .that the necessary time and services, especially psychological therapies, are not readily available in such settings is a concern, and so treatment could be chosen...Patients' requests for antidepressants can influence physician evaluation of depression
...ing habits regarding both major depression and the psychological condition known as adjustment disorder, which involves depression and anxiety in response to pain or a major event, such as illness or divorce, according to lead author Mitchell Feldman, MD, MPhil, professor of medicine at UCSF, and an internist at U...Whole-body scans may provide option for diagnosing colorectal cancer
...and PET imaging if required. Thus, it represents a psychological and physical advantage when considering the burden to the patient of different imaging procedures. The referring physician will receive a single report including complete tumor staging in a single step, enabling him/her to define further therapy," th...Low impact aerobic exercise reduces fatigue in auto-immune conditions says multi-study review
...hree conditions and can cause a range of physical, psychological and social problems says Dr Neill. Our review showed that aerobic exercise can significantly reduce fatigue and that some behavioural, nutritional and physiological interventions are also very effective. Studies reviewed by the team tested 38 int......often has been misdiagnosed as arthritis or even a psychological issue. Increasingly, though, the scientific knowledge about fibromyalgia is growing, and a new paper from the University of Michigan Health System says there are overwhelming data that the condition is real, is characterized by a lower pain threshold...