Mental Health – Health Care Zone

Blood Tests Diagnose Depression?

Helen Zachary — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:46:39 +0000

Blood Tests Diagnose Depression? New blood tests to diagnose depression may lead to better treatment and less stigma. Diagnosing teenage depression the way it’s done now — by letting teens take the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and asking them to describe their own symptoms, and then relying on psychiatrists to interprete these — can be …

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Neuroticism, Depression, & Memory Reappraisal

Helen Zachary — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:04:19 +0000

Depression can be prevented by ‘reappraising’ negative memories, study suggests. The thoughts we have — and how we deal with it — can make us fall into a downward spiral of depression — or can help us stave if off. That’s the basic finding of a new study in the journal Emotion. Women, in particular, …

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Celebrities With Alzheimers: US President Ronald Reagan

Helen Zachary — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:19:11 +0000

Celebrities With Alzheimers: US President Ronald Reagan. Like 30 million mostly elderly people in the world, former United States President Ronald Reagan suffered dementia from Alzheimer’s disease. But now scientists have unlocked — at least in part — how the brain encodes memories, leading to hopes that a cure for the memory and learning loss …

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Is PTSD Linked to Violence? What’s an Effective Cure for PTSD?

Helen Zachary — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:27:38 +0000

Is PTSD Linked to Violence? What’s an Effective Cure for PTSD? The case against a United States soldier who is accused of going on a shooting rampage earlier this month in two Afghan villages that left women and children dead has focused global attention on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other “invisible wounds of war” …

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