News articles tagged with 'psychiatry'
Computerised systems reduce psychiatric drug errors
— 21 Mar 2011 15:57 | HealthCoupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerised method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital's…
Johns Hopkins team creates stem cells from schizophrenia patients
— 17 Mar 2011 19:09 | HealthUsing skin cells from adult siblings with schizophrenia and a genetic mutation linked to major mental illnesses, Johns Hopkins researchers have created induced pluripotent stem cells…
Stanford scientists discover anti-anxiety circuit in brain region considered the seat of fear
— 10 Mar 2011 17:41 | HealthStimulation of a distinct brain circuit that lies within a brain structure typically associated with fearfulness produces the opposite effect: Its activity, instead of triggering or…
New biological pathway identified for post-traumatic stress disorder
— 24 Feb 2011 20:14 | HealthHigh blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the…
Retired NFL players misuse painkillers more than general population
— 28 Jan 2011 17:09 | HealthRetired NFL players use painkillers at a much higher rate than the rest of us, according to new research conducted by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St.…
Report highlights inadequate support for children exposed to violence
— 19 Jan 2011 17:35 | HealthA national evaluation study in Sweden has highlighted the need for a chain of interventions to offer children who have experienced violence against their mother the right level of support…
Body dysmorphic disorder patients who loathe appearance often get better, but it could take years
— 10 Jan 2011 18:33 | HealthIn the longest-term study so far to track people with body dysmorphic disorder, a severe mental illness in which sufferers obsess over nonexistent or slight defects in their physical…
Resurrecting the so-called 'depression gene'
— 4 Jan 2011 22:47 | HealthUniversity of Michigan Health System researchers have found new evidence that our genes help determine our susceptibility to depression…
Family therapy for anorexia twice as effective as individual therapy, researchers find
— 5 Oct 2010 04:13 | HealthFamily-based therapy, in which parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa are enlisted to interrupt their children's disordered behaviours, is twice as effective as individual psychotherapy…
Depression during pregnancy increases risk for preterm birth and low birth weight
— 5 Oct 2010 03:52 | HealthClinical depression puts pregnant women at increased risk of delivering prematurely and of giving birth to below-normal weight infants, according to a report published Oct. 4 in the…