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For African Americans with MDD, more education means more benefits of friendships
“These findings underscore the complexity of social support as a possible intervening process in depression,” Dr. Ann W. Nguyen wrote.
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Misguided fear is keeping benzodiazepines from elderly
SAN FRANCISCO – Benzos are “wonderful” for geriatric anxiety and anxiety-related insomnia, said Dr. Carl Salzman of Harvard Medical School.
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Mindfulness-based relapse prevention tied to lower anxiety, depression
SAN ANTONIO – “Mindfulness-based relapse prevention can be successfully implemented in an outpatient setting with as good as or better results as...
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Beyond the Polygraph: Deception Detection and the Autonomic Nervous System
The polygraph and other emerging technologies are used to aid in the interrogation and screening of employees, but examiners and physicians should...
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Siblings of bipolar disorder patients at higher cardiometabolic disease risk
“Our results may motivate additional studies to evaluate genetic factors, psychosocial factors, and other pathophysiology of bipolar disorder,”...
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About one in four youths prescribed stimulants also use the drugs nonmedically
SAN ANTONIO – Most youth who reported nonmedical use of prescription stimulants in a survey were also appropriately prescribed the drugs.
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Sexual assault in military linked to sexual pain
Comorbid depression and PTSD also was likely in these female veterans.
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Anticholinergic drugs linked to dementia in older populations
“Associations were stronger in [dementia] cases diagnosed before the age of 80 years,” the researchers noted.
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Genetics, neurobiology of borderline personality disorder remain uncertain
CRYSTAL CITY, VA. – Trauma seen in patients with borderline personality disorder is similar to that found in patients with PTSD, said Dr. Emil F....
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Medical cannabis laws appear no longer tied to drop in opioid overdose mortality
"Cannabinoids have demonstrated therapeutic benefits, but reducing population-level opioid overdose mortality does not appear to be among them,"...