Emotional Health
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A heart attack increases your odds of experiencing clinical depression – and after a heart attack, experiencing clinical depression that lasts for longer than 6 months greatly increases your odds of early death.
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Researchers out of Israel have shown that MRI technology can predict which soldiers are likely to experience PTSD after stress exposure.
(0)A survey study of Californians indicates that gays, lesbians and bisexuals are far more likely to seek out addiction or mental health treatments; more than half of lesbian women seek out help.
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Depressed people participating in a weight loss study not only lost pounds, they beat the blues as well!
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While researchers have long known of an association between sunlight intensity and mood, scientists now know that sunlight affects how effectively depressed people think, as well.
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Research compiled on veterans seeking treatment within the VA health care system reveals a dramatic increase in mental health disorders since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
(0)It's not surprising that students diagnosed with clinical depression fare worse at school than students who don’t battle mental illness, but it turns out that people with a certain type of depression can actually perform quite well, while people with another subtype are far more likely to quit school all together.
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We all know of the power of positive thinking, but new research demonstrates that for some people, positive thinking can lead to feeling worse. Chanting positive mantras may be a self help technique that hurts, instead of helps.
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We all know of the power of positive thinking, but new research demonstrates that for some people, positive thinking can lead to feeling worse. Chanting positive mantras may be a self help technique that hurts, instead of helps.
(0)An Australian randomized control study that evaluated internet based therapy for depression reveals that net-based counseling works about as well as in-person therapy.
(0)About a quarter of people who commit suicide do so while legally drunk (with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or higher) and about a third of suicide victims have at least some alcohol in their bodies.
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Bad memories stick better than good ones. Now, Dutch researchers have discovered that a beta-blocker called Propranolol can erase painful experiences from the memory, stemming from violence, war, accidents and abuse. The drug opens up new avenues for curing PTSD and other emotional disorders.
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In a historic move, the US Congress passed a legislation, last week, that would require health insurers and businesses with over 50 employees to provide mental-health coverage on par with physical illnesses.
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For the second consecutive year, researchers have observed a sudden dramatic increase in suicides among American teenagers. Alarmed doctors and parents are now looking for answers.
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A Federal Judge in San Fransisco has reopened a case against the V.A. after reading an incriminating memo from one of the organization's doctors. A new hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.
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