Children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers are likely to suffer from depression as school-age children and young adolescents, new research shows.
Date Posted: August 5, 2014
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Depression, Post ...
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With eyes closed and deep breaths, students are learning a new method to reduce anxiety, conflict, and attention disorders. But don’t call it meditation.
Aug 4
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Oppositional & ...
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Scientists unravel a neural circuit that could play an important role in autism
Aug 4
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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New research by clinical psychologists from the UK and US has revealed psychogenic seizures which could be mistaken for epilepsy are linked to feelings of anxiety.
Aug 4
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Short term, lack of sleep scrambles our mental functioning. Long term, the health consequences can be dire. What's stopping us from getting enough?
Aug 2
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD as a clinically important ...
Aug 2
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child ...
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Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered a chemical alteration in a single human gene linked to stress reactions that, if confirmed in larger studies, could give doctors a simple blood test to reliably predict a person’s risk of ...
Aug 2
Categories: Suicide Prevention
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A study of high school students has shed new light on the links between insomnia-related mental health conditions among teens. "People with insomnia find it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep for as long as they need to. This is a widespread ...
Aug 1
Categories: Anxiety, Depression, Teenage Issues
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When a patient with schizophrenia hears voices in their head, is the experience shaped by the culture they live in? Tanya Luhrmann and her colleagues investigated by interviewing twenty people diagnosed with schizophrenia living in San Mateo, ...
Aug 1
Categories: Schizophrenia
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Two years ago, on one of Danielle Hark's worst days, something different happened. "I was literally on the bathroom floor, bawling," she said. "But I picked up my phone and started taking pictures - paint peeling on the door, reflections in the ...
Jul 31
Categories: Depression
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Flight phobia is on the rise in the country following a spate of air disasters.
Malaysian Mental Health Association president Assoc Prof Datuk Dr Andrew Mohanraj said he had treated more patients who confessed to a fear for flying following the ...
Jul 31
Categories: Phobias
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People choosing between two or more equally positive outcomes experience paradoxical feelings of pleasure and anxiety, feelings associated with activity in different regions of the brain, according to research led by Amitai Shenhav, an associate ...
Jul 30
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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People's emotional reactions and desires in initial romantic encounters determine the fate of a potential relationship. Responsiveness may be one of those initial "sparks" necessary to fuel sexual desire and land a second date. However, it may not ...
Jul 30
Categories: Communication Disorders Problems, Sexual Problems / Sex Therapy
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It seems common practice. After a long day at work, sometimes you just want to turn on the TV or play a video game to relax, decompress. This is supposed to make you feel better. But a recent study found that people who had high stress levels after ...
Jul 29
Categories: Caregiver Issues / Stress, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / ...
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In these economic times, we could all use a little advice on how to spend our money wisely.
Jul 29
Categories: Compulsive Spending / Shopping
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A study of 54 children who had received an independent diagnosis of Dyslexia revealed that they all showed evidence of immature motor skills and related difficulties on a range of standardised neurological tests. These findings suggest that physical ...
Jul 29
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Corporal punishment affects brain activity, anxiety, and depression