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Quality Of Caregiver Relationship Is Crucial For HIV-Infected Children
A new study of children in Ukraine has found that for the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development...
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02/08/2010 12:00 PM
Early Foster Care Boosts Quality Of Institutionalized Children's Ties To Caregivers
A new study of young children in orphanages in Bucharest, Romania, has found that children placed in foster care before age 2 were more apt to develop secure attachments to their foster parents than those who entered foster care after age 2...
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02/08/2010 11:00 AM
Children's Learning May Be Influenced By Length Of Time In Institutional Care
The amount of time children spend in institutional care may affect how their brains develop. That's the conclusion of a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital Boston, and the University of Minnesota. The study is published in Child Development in the journal's January/February 2010 issue...
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02/08/2010 11:00 AM
Learning Curves: Bioethics Memory Aid Can Help Assess Patient Decision-Making Capacity In Medical Emergencies
Physicians in training and bioethicists at Johns Hopkins have created an easy-to-remember checklist to help medical students and clinicians quickly assess a patient's decision-making capacity in an emergency. A report on the acronym CURVES, and how to use it, will be published in the February issue of CHEST...
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02/08/2010 11:00 AM
Early Abuse Tied To More Depression In Children
Although children can be depressed for many reasons, new evidence suggests that there are physiological differences among depressed children based on their experiences of abuse before age 5. Early abuse may be especially damaging due to the very young age at which it occurs...
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02/08/2010 10:00 AM
Depression In Pregnancy Tied To Antisocial Behavior In Offspring During Teens
Children from urban areas whose mothers suffer from depression during pregnancy are more likely than others to show antisocial behavior, including violent behavior, later in life. Furthermore, women who are aggressive and disruptive in their own teen years are more likely to become depressed in pregnancy, so that the moms' history predicts their own children's antisocial behavior...
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02/08/2010 10:00 AM
High Sensitivity To Stress Isn't Always Bad For Children
Children who are especially reactive to stress are more vulnerable to adversity and have more behavior and health problems than their peers. But a new longitudinal study suggests that highly reactive children are also more likely to do well when they're raised in supportive environments...
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02/08/2010 10:00 AM
Higher Suicide Risk In Youth Who Self-Identify As Gay, Lesbian Or Bisexual
Mental health professionals have long-known that gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) teens face significantly elevated risks of mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts. However, a group of McGill University researchers in Montreal has now come to the conclusion that self-identity is the crucial risk-factor, rather than actual sexual behaviours...
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02/08/2010 10:00 AM
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption Improved By Online Programs
Online programs that provide information and tips about fruits and vegetables may be the key to getting more Americans to eat healthier, say researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. Researchers found that when given access to an online program about fruits and vegetables, participants increased their daily fruit and vegetable intake by more than two servings...
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02/06/2010 11:00 AM
Pentagon And Congress Should Act Quickly To End Gay Military Ban, APA Says
The American Psychological Association urged both the Pentagon and Congress to move swiftly to end the restrictions on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, noting that there are decades of scientific research demonstrating no threat to military readiness or morale...
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02/06/2010 11:00 AM
Moms Influence How Children Develop Advanced Cognitive Functions
Executive functioning is a set of advanced cognitive functions - such as the ability to control impulses, remember things, and show mental flexibility - that help us plan and monitor what we do to reach goals. Although executive functioning develops speedily between ages 1 and 6, children vary widely in their skills in this area...
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02/06/2010 11:00 AM
Family Therapy Helps Teens With Suicidal Thoughts
Adolescents with suicidal thoughts and elevated depression had stronger and faster reduction of symptoms when treated with family therapy than with standard treatment in the community. Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia reported these findings this month in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry...
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02/06/2010 11:00 AM
Psychologists Provide Tips For Coping With The Black Saturday Anniversary, Australia
On the anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, psychologists are advising the community to anticipate their reactions and plan their weekend to help cope with this significant event...
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02/05/2010 05:00 PM
Risk Of Addiction Increased By Cocaine Or Ecstasy Consumption During Adolescence
Exposure to ecstasy or cocaine during adolescence increases the "reinforcing effects" that make people vulnerable to developing an addiction. This is the main conclusion of a research team from the University of Valencia (UV), which has shown for the first time how these changes persist into adulthood...
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02/05/2010 03:00 PM
In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder, Life Is Not Black And White
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder affect tens of millions of individuals around the world. These disorders have a typical onset in the early twenties and in most cases have a chronic or recurring course. Neither disorder has an objective biological marker than can be used to make diagnoses or to guide treatment...
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02/05/2010 01:00 PM
Canadian Study Links Parenting To Children's Relationships To Hobbies
Parents take heed: children and young adults are more likely to pursue sports, music or other pastimes when given an opportunity to nurture their own passion. According to a three-part study led by Genevieve Mageau, a psychology professor at the Universite de Montreal, parental control can predict whether a child develops a harmonious or obsessive passion for a hobby...
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02/05/2010 10:00 AM
'Elevation' Leads To Altruistic Behavior
Seeing someone perform a virtuous deed (especially if they are helping another person), makes us feel good, often eliciting a warm, fuzzy feeling in our chest...
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02/04/2010 03:00 PM
Gender Awareness Lacking In Back To Work Policies
UK programmes designed to help the unemployed get back to work and support young parents are losing impact because they are not designed with the participants' gender in mind. Men as well as women can lose out as a result of 'gender blind' policies. This finding, based on two case studies in the North East of England, appears in Critical Social Policy this week, published by SAGE...
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02/04/2010 02:00 PM
Alterations In The Brain's Reward System Related To Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Until now, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was related to alterations in the brain affecting attention and cognitive processes. Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital for the first time have discovered anomalies in the brain's reward system related to the neural circuits of motivation and gratification...
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02/04/2010 01:00 PM
Mental Health America Welcomes Increases For Mental Health Programs In President's Budget
Mental Health America commended the Obama Administration for proposing a Fiscal Year 2011 Budget that contains increases for most of the nation's public health agencies, which highlights the need to invest in critical mental health supports and services beyond important steps that would be taken through health care reform...
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02/04/2010 01:00 PM
UT Center Of Excellence On Mood Disorders Combines Discovery, Patient Care
Innovative neuroscience research and expanded clinical care have been launched at the new Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. "New research here is trying to pinpoint the neurobiological mechanisms involved in mood disorders," said Jair Soares, M.D...
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02/04/2010 12:00 PM
Brain Dopamine Receptor Density Correlates With Social Status
People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new paper in the February 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier suggests that there are internal rewards as well. Dr...
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02/04/2010 12:00 PM
American Psychiatric Association Urges Elimination Of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy In The Military
The American Psychiatric Association is calling for the U.S. military to abandon the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which allows sexual orientation to be used as a reason to dismiss individuals from the armed services. "The U.S. should repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and allow capable men and women to serve without regard to sexual orientation," said APA President Alan F...
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02/03/2010 07:00 PM
Fish Oil May Reduced Risk Of Psychotic Disorders In High Risk Individuals
A new study suggests that people at very high risk of developing psychotic disorders appear less likely to to do so after taking fish oil for three months...
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