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Huge Global Burden Of Neuropsychiatric Disorders among 10 To 24 Year-Olds
Unipolar depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and alcohol use are among the neuropsychiatric disorders that represent 45% of the disease burden among teenagers and young adults worldwide. Unfortunately, these disorders are glaringly absent from too many health programs, researchers from the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, reported in the medical journal The Lancet...
Be it numbers or words, the structure of our language remains the same
It is one of the wonders of language: We cannot possibly anticipate or memorize every potential word, phrase or sentence. Yet we have no trouble constructing and understanding myriads of novel utterances every day. How do we do it? Linguists say we naturally and unconsciously employ abstract rules -- syntax.
Brain scans appear to show changes associated with violent behavior
A brain imaging study suggests that men with a history of violent behavior may have greater gray matter volume in certain brain areas, whereas men with a history of substance use disorders may have reduced gray matter volume in other brain areas, according to a new report.
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment may also have some functional impairment, study finds
Difficulty remembering important dates and medications, and gathering paperwork, is more common in older individuals with mild cognitive impairment than in those with no cognition problems, according to a new report.
Cognitive behavioral therapy may benefit patients in residential substance abuse treatment programs
Patients in residential treatment programs for drug and alcohol abuse may benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy for depressive symptoms, according to a new report.
Gay Teens At Much Higher Risk For Unhealthy Behavior; Suicide, Drugs
Teens can be troubled, but a huge new study released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that gay, lesbian or bisexual adolescents are more likely than their heterosexual peers to take unhealthy risks...
CBT Helps Depressive Symptoms For Patients In Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) appears to help patients in drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs with symptoms of depression, researchers from the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California reported in Archives of General Psychiatry today. The authors explain that depressive symptoms are common in individuals with a history of substance abuse...
Brain Gray Matter Volume Different In Males With Violent Behavior History
Brain scans have revealed that males with a history of violent behavior have more gray matter in certain parts of the brain, while those with a substance abuse disorder have less, researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, revealed in Archives of General Psychiatry. Violent behavior is linked to a complex combination of social, psychological ...
Adult Partner Violence Linked To Childhood Bullying
Males who bullied other children during their childhood are much more likely to be violent towards their intimates partners later on in life, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, reported in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine today...
Expertise provides buffer against bias in making judgments, study finds
Scientists have demonstrated through behavioral research and brain scans using functional MRI (fMRI) that monetary favors can influence people's assessments of art works, but not if the viewer is an art expert.