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BY SCOTT FITZGERALD, The Southern CARBONDALE - In fact, violence prediction should be eliminated all together, said Douglas Mossman, professor and director of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and administrative director of the Glenn...
A bout of the baby blues is traditionally seen as an affliction that strikes mothers. But, according to research, one in 25 fathers is also affected — with potentially long-lasting effects on their children. The babies of depressed men are twice as likely to suffer problems ranging from anxiety...
FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of vitamin D and high levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may increase the risk of depression in older adults, according to a new report. The Dutch study, published in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, supports...
American Academy of Pediatrics/American Heart Association Clarification of Statement on Cardiovascular Evaluation and Monitoring of Children and Adolescents With Heart Disease Receiving Medications for ADHD Endorsed by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American College...
CHENNAI: Chennai-based psychiatrist R. Ponnudurai has been awarded Dr. B.C. Roy National Award this year. Dr. Ponnudurai had served as director of the Institute of Mental Health, Kilpauk, and head of the department of psychiatry, Madras Medical College. He is currently professor and head of the...
New research finds that minority children and adolescents who visit the pediatric emergency department more often receive diagnoses of severe mental health disorders than their white peers. The study found that 4.5 percent of African-American and 4.9 percent of Hispanic/Latino children and teens...
Correspondent Published May 16, 2008 The phrase “Hornet’s nest” was what one witness used to describe the local reaction to my column “Why is brain’s chemical imbalance not so depressing?” Some depression patients, I am informed, thought I was saying that they didn’t need their medications. Some...
As It Fills Psychiatry Jobs, Agency Encourages Physicians to Donate Time ) May 16, 2008 -- Physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com has signed on as a financial supporter of Give an Hour (GAH), a nonprofit organization established to provide pro bono mental health services to U.S. military...
"The sign on the door in the bowels of the Manchester Velodrome reads simply "Steve Peters", but there is plenty else it could say. Abandon preconceptions all those who enter here." William Fotheringham reports on the psychiatrist who is turning Britain's Olympic cycling team into a superfast and...
Atkinson, J.M. and Garner, H.C. and Gilmour, W.H. (2004) Models of advance directives in mental health care: stakeholder views. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 39(8):pp. 673-680. Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to examine perceptions of the place of advance directives...
