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In patients who receive implantable cardiac defibrillators after a sudden heart event, there is a higher likelihood of death within five years if they experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a report released on November 3, 2008 in Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

seasonal affective disorder (SAD) for more than 20 years. Although it remains a mainstay of treatment, in the past few years researchers have investigated ways to improve and refine light therapy, rep...

0 posts A collaborative study led by investigators from Massachusetts General hospital (MGH) is giving what may be the first look at how interactions between genes underlie a key symptom of schizophre...

Not deflation, but depression. The result, according to the thinking of some officials, advisers and strategists gathered at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Dubai, is that governments and ce...

Therapy dog Although depression is a major health problem world-wide, experts say its impact is greatest in developing countries where 80% of the population live. Often there are no resources availabl...

Paloma, which had reached Category 4 hurricane strength, lost its punch as it stalled over Cuba Sunday and was downgraded to a tropical depression after coming ashore as a powerful hurricane that batt...

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0 posts UroToday.com - Mental health, pain and urinary symptoms are correlated. In an interesting study, Dr. J. Quentin Clemens and colleagues from Chicago recruited patients with chronic prostatitis/...

0 posts Depression is common among individuals on dialysis for kidney disease, but behavioral therapy can significantly improve their quality of life, according to a paper presented at the American So...

Posted on: Monday, 10 November 2008, 10:40 CST Women with a history of serious mental illness are much more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life, new resea...