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Electroconvulsive Therapy Can Restore Quality of Life for Some Severely Depressed Patients

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Patients whose severe depression goes into remission for six months following electroconvulsive therapy report a quality of life similar to that of healthy individuals, researchers say.

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The Real Cost of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

The devastating effects of the mental illness, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)  are widely misunderstood.

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A Potential Therapy for PTSD?

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Injecting a local anesthetic agent into the sympathetic nerve tissue at the base of the neck as treatment for PTSD? Read more in Time US.

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HRT ‘protects’ against rapid ageing that may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, study finds

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can block signs of accelerated ageing that may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a study has found. Read more about this study from Stanford University in California, US.

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Cortisol and white matter integrity relationship disrupted in bipolar disorder

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Researchers have found evidence in support of hypercortisol-induced glial dysfunction affecting periventricular white matter integrity in patients with bipolar disorder. Read about it in news.medical.net

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A Tense Compromise on Defining Disorders

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

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Feeling Better as We Age?

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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Depression a concern for international rugby players

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

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Big Jump in Antipsychotic Drugs Prescribed for Kids

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

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White matter abnormalities distinguish childhood-onset BD

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

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