Antidepressants and Suicide
It’s the center of a huge ongoing debate in the medical world: how significant a risk are antidepressants in terms of suicide risk, particularly among adolescents?
And are adults at risk?
It is perhaps a cruel twist of fate that medications...
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Depression Latest
Depression is a widespread problem in America; major depression is seen in one in five women, and one in ten men here.
That means many parents are depressed.
So what does that do to the kids?
Dr. Myrna Weissman, a psychologist at Columbia...
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Depression and Heart Attacks
If you think your state of mind can’t kill you, listen to this one.
A new study shows being depressed can increase your risk of suddenly dropping dead by a cardiac arrest.
Talk about a new marketing approach for psychologists: its been long...
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Eating Disorders Latest
This week has been a notable one for those dealing with or treating eating disorders.
HBO has released its highly controversial documentary called thin, and a major advocacy group has announced it’s received notice from the government that...
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FEEDING INTERNET ADDICTIONS WITH HOLIDAY GIFTS
With a week to go in the holiday shopping season, it’s evident some of the hot ticket items are computer related gizmos and gadgets.
Out of the roughly 260 billion to be spent by Americans this holiday season, and around ten percent of this is...
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Healthwrap Teens and Stress
The largest study ever conducted on acne and stress reveals that teenagers who were under high levels of stress were 23 percent more likely to have increased acne severity.
The research also looked specifically at whether levels of sebum, the...
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Marijuana Brain Study
Some might say that marijuana is not a dangerous drug overall.
But new research released today suggests that it can have a profound negative impact on the development of the adolescent brain, and maybe even predispose one to schizophrenia....
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Nearly One-Third of Americans Report Alcohol Abuse
A shocking 30% of Americans report having abused alcohol or suffer from alcoholism at some point in their lives. A new government study tracked alcohol dependency and abuse in a representative sampling of over 43,000 Americans over the age of 18...
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Night Eating Syndrome
Pediatrician, Dr. Jana Dehovitz , spends a good portion of her day counseling parents on how to make sure their children are getting proper nutrition. Ironically, for Dr. Dehovitz, the tables turned…she became the patient in desperate need of...
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Off to College
It’s a jittery time for students and parents: when the child heads off to college for the first time.
The potential pitfalls are numerous. So how do you help your teen navigate these new waters?
As corny and trite as it might sound,...
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Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems
A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how...
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Santa Psych 101
If you’re a parent, regardless of what religion you are, the question is going to come up--you know, the same one Virginia asked--is Santa the real deal?
How do you answer it?
And how do you explain all those Santa Clauses around during the...
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Teen Moodiness
If you have a teenager, we have one question for ya: Ya having fun yet?
So, your adolescents moods are getting you down? Well, there’s new research that may help further explain this ugly, but fortunately, transient behavior.
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Teens and Cutting
There is new research released today by the American Academy of Pediatrics on self-mutilation among students--where they literally harm themselves, mostly because they are hurting psychologically.
It if weren’t such a large, random study, the...
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