UCLA leads national effort to address New Orleans' mental health needs
...kshops will have the ability to recognize signs of psychological distress in their children related to loss and the...ich local universities can continue to assist with psychological services in the local community," Mays said. "In addition, we will leave behind materials on child m...Early drinking linked to risk for alcohol dependence
...and continued drinking despite related physical or psychological problems. Individuals who met the criteria for alcohol dependence were asked how old they were when they first began to have several of these experiences at once as well as how many episodes (periods separated by at least one year of not drinking or...Does psychological treatment for adult sex offenders work?
...n for sexual offenders. But just how effective are psychological treatment programmes? Are they too readily accepte...ey have understood and worked through the relevant psychological issues. Paedophilia cannot always be successfully treated, they write. Better understanding of th...Cognitive behavioral therapy appears more effective than sleep medication for treating insomnia
...e behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most widely used psychological intervention for insomnia. No studies have compared the newer non-benzodiazepine sleep medications with nonpharmacological treatments. Borge Sivertsen, Psy.D., of the University of Bergen, Norway, and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled tr...Investigation into improving quality of life after cancer
...so aim to improve the understanding of the social, psychological and clinical problems experienced by elderly people and people with cancer. Professor Mari Lloyd-Williams leads Liverpool's Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies Group, said: "The experiences of people affected by cancer can help further ...Study identifies factors associated with aggression in nursing home residents
... others. This aggression can inflict physical and psychological harm on staff and other residents, according to ba...to verbal aggression. Previous studies have linked psychological conditions to aggression, but this study was one of the first to examine the effects of constipation...New UF tool measures heart implant patients' anxiety
...th-care providers identify which patients may need psychological services to cope with anxiety. It's called the Flo...inuing series of investigations on ICD recipients' psychological health led by Samuel Sears, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of clinical and health p...New study shows the life and death importance of the doctor-patient relationship
...s Australia. They found that less training in the psychological aspects of medicine and counselling was significan...d hopelessness, combined with the doctor's limited psychological training and his or her own difficulty in caring for the patient, the doctor may be more inclined to...New research addresses taboos around the impact of rheumatoid arthritis on patients' sex lives
...ts' health, causing multiple medical, physical and psychological problems, all of which have the potential to impair patients' ability to conduct everyday tasks that others take for granted. In this light, whilst it would seem logical that considerable prevalence of sexual problems exist amongst rheumatoid arthrit......out having to contend with unnecessary physical or psychological barriers. By creating powerful alliances across Europe we can succeed in this"....Behavioural therapy can restore ovulation in infertile women
...was the first to show that reducing stress through psychological intervention could restore ovulation in women whose ovarian function had previously been impaired. "Contrary to what had previously been believed", she said, "we found that multiple small stressors that seemingly would have minimal impact on reproduc...Physiological markers for cutting, other self-harming behaviors by teenage girls found
...nce that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder. University of Washington psychologists have discovered that adolescent girls who engage in behaviors such as cutting themselves have lower levels of serotonin, a hormone and brain chemical, in their b...Did you know that tooth decay is still the most common human disease?
...Chinese medicine in periodontics (gum disease), to psychological stress and oral health, and tobacco and oral health. (For a complete listing, please see the green section of this Press Kit.) Featured during Meeting Week will be the IADR/Unilever Hatton Awards Competition (42 competitors from 19 countries) for st...Use of anti-depressant does not decrease risk of relapse for patients with anorexia nervosa
...hat therapeutic efforts would be better devoted to psychological and behavioral interventions for which there is so...rs write. "Future research on the utility of novel psychological treatments and innovative psychotropic and nonpsychotropic medications is obviously needed."...Manchester academic to tell conferences: Child abuse can cause schizophrenia
...tic drugs no longer be doled out automatically and psychological therapies offered more often. Hammersley and Read will propose the motion 'Tears on my pillow, voices in my head: This house believes child abuse is a cause of schizophrenia' at a public debate at the Institute of Psychiatry in London on 14 June 2006...Clues help identify psychological seizures
...ilepsy don't actually have the disorder. They have psychological nonepileptic seizures, or psychogenic seizures, that are caused by psychological conditions, not by the abnormal electrical activity in the brain that causes epileptic seizures. Be...Study elicits 'child's eye' view of methamphetamine abuse and its effects
...in a methamphetamine-involved family on children's psychological development," said Wendy Haight, a professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the lead researcher. The study will be published in the journal Children and Youth Services Review (CYSR) and is available online at h...Careers of elderly deserve better: ANU study
...xhibit a whole range of emotional, behavioural and psychological disturbances," Dr Jones said. "This is the most demanding area of aged care to work in." Dr Jones' study also sought to understand the working conditions of personal carers in aged care. The findings include: Over 60 percent of carers reported the...Green tea and the 'Asian Paradox'
... inflammatory component and improve neurologic and psychological health. "More studies are necessary to fully elucidate and better understand green tea's method of action, particularly at the cellular level," Sumpio said. "The evidence is strong that green tea consumption is a useful dietary habit to lower the ris...Negative body image related to depression, anxiety and suicidality
...nder-treated, and may be related to other forms of psychological distress (including depression and suicidality). They also note that since many adults presenting in psychiatric settings often report that preoccupation with their appearance first began in adolescence, it is all the more important to recognize and...