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Researchers have determined that people with autism concentrate more brain resources in the areas associated with visual detection and identification, and conversely, have less activity in the areas used to plan and control thoughts and actions. This might explain their outstanding capacities in visual tasks.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched a new website on schizophrenia and published a new brochure on the medical condition which affects more than 2.4 million American adults each year. Onset of schizophrenia often strikes men in their late teens or early twenties, while appearing in women in their late twenties or early thirties…

A study of consumer experiences after implementation of the New York State mental health parity law in 2007 found many consumers uninformed about the change in mental health care benefits…

Amphetamines are drugs which stimulate the CNS (central nervous system) – they are psychostimulant drugs – when overused they can be psychologically and physically addictive. As well as giving the user an enhanced feeling of wakefulness and focus, they also reduce appetite. The recreational drug, “speed” refers to types of amphetamines…

Cand? 13 martie (orele 09:00 – 18:00) – 14 martie (orele 09:00 si 17:00) Termen limita de inscriere: Sambata, 6 martie 2010, ora 14:00. Nota: Termenul a fost prelungit pana in 13 martie, ora 8:30. INSCRIERI: e-mail iosif@psihoterapie.eu sau tel. 07…

When? Timisoara, 11, 12, 13 December 2009 Trainer: Lynda Tongue, PTSTA (O) What is it about? It is said that we spend a third of our lives at work – which is a long time to feel miserable, powerless and out of step with others. In his book “Structu…

Adult mice engineered to have more newborn neurons in their brain memory hub excelled at accurately discriminating between similar experiences — an ability that declines with normal aging and in some anxiety disorders. Boosting such neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus also produced antidepressant-like effects when combined with exercise. The study pinpointed effects of enhanced adult neurogenesis by creating mice lacking a gene required for programmed cell death of newborn neurons in the adult hippocampus.

As part of the study, which will follow 40,000 UK households over a number of years, young people aged between 10 to 15 years have been asked how satisfied they are with their lives. The findings indicate that a mother’s happiness in her partnership is more important to the child than the father’s. The findings are based on a sample of 6,441 women, 5,384 men and 1,268 young people…

Results of a study presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6, lend credence to the idea that improving quality of life affects stress-related biological markers and possibly the health of people with cancer. Researchers know that telomeres shorten and deteriorate with aging, but they are learning that stress also affects telomere length…

Young people’s satisfaction with their family situation is clearly related to the quality of relationships with parents and especially their mother’s happiness, according to a new study.