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Babies feel and remember stress when parents don't respond
Wednesday, August 25, 2010There’s a reason that baby’s bedtime and the dropoff to daycare can be so painful. It isn’t just emotional for parents. A new study shows that when babies as young as six months old are stressed, they have a biological response and can remember it for at least 24 hours. But even more notable, infants can feel the stress all over again if they expect the same upsetting event is about to occur, University of Toronto researchers found. “The long-term implications of relat...
Full ArticleMore mental disorders treated with drugs only
Thursday, August 19, 2010More Americans with psychiatric conditions are being treated with drugs alone compared with a decade ago, while "talk therapy" -- either by itself or in combination with medication -- is on the decline, a new study finds. The implications of the trend, as well as its underlying causes, are not fully clear, according to researchers. But they say the findings indicate that outpatient mental health care in the U.S. is being redefined. The results, reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a...
Full ArticleAge distorts ADHD diagnoses in kindergartners, studies say
Wednesday, August 18, 2010The youngest children in a kindergarten class are much more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder than their oldest peers, according to two U.S. research studies. The discrepancy would account for about a million misdiagnoses in the United States. Because all children who turn five within a given 12-month period – starting in September or December in much of North America – attend kindergarten together, ages can vary by up to a year in any class. Us...
Full ArticleAge distorts ADHD diagnoses in kindergartners, studies say
Tuesday, August 17, 2010The youngest children in a kindergarten class are much more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder than their oldest peers, according to two U.S. research studies. The discrepancy would account for about a million misdiagnoses in the United States. Because all children who turn five within a given 12-month period – starting in September or December in much of North America – attend kindergarten together, ages can vary by up to a year in any class. Usin...
Full ArticleChildhood stress leads to adult ill health, studies say
Saturday, August 14, 2010Adversity and stress early in life leads to long-term ill health and early death, a group of psychologists warn. A series of studies suggest that childhood stress caused by poverty or abuse can lead to heart disease, inflammation, and speed up cell ageing. The American Psychological Association meeting heard that early experiences "cast a long shadow" on health. One UK expert said more and more evidence was suggesting a physical impact of stress in childhood. In one study, researchers from t...
Full ArticleMental illness rises on campus: studies
Thursday, August 12, 2010Severe mental illness is becoming more common on college and university campuses, research suggests. The percentage of students with moderate to severe depression who sought counselling at a U.S. campus increased seven per cent from 1998 to 2009, John Guthman, director of student counselling services at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., said Thursday. "University and college counselling services around the country are reporting that the needs of students seeking services are escalating ...
Full ArticleSolution for smoking could be in the genes
Monday, July 19, 2010It started with a pack of Players stolen from her dad, who bought cigarettes by the carton to save money. Sasha Manoli knew where he kept them — in a kitchen cupboard. She snatched a pack on the day she decided to smoke. She was 14. After meeting her friend, the teenagers went to Laurentide Park, which lies besides the Don Valley Pkwy. near York Mills Rd. It was winter. They went over to a pine tree and lay down under it in the snow. Manoli lit one cigarette and “half-smoked,”...
Full ArticleMood Disorders Going Undetected in U.S. Children: Without treatment, anxiety and depression can plague kids through adult years, experts warn
Tuesday, July 13, 2010American kids who suffer from anxiety or depression may not be getting the help they need. Mental health experts say the reasons are complicated, but fixable. More than one in 10 children age 9 to 17 years old -- girls more often than boys -- experience some sort of mood disorder, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And about half of them are receiving no therapy or treatment, reported a study in Pediatrics conducted by researchers from the U.S. National Institute of...
Full ArticleMarijuana can send a brain to pot
Friday, July 9, 2010At age 17, sitting in the basement with friends smoking pot, Don Corbeil first noticed all the cameras spying on him. Then he became convinced a radioactive chip had been planted in his head. “I thought I was being monitored like a lab rat,” he explains. It never occurred to him that marijuana could be messing with his brain. Corbeil had been smoking pot since he was 14, a habit that escalated to about 10 joints a day. He started hearing voices and, at one point, Corbeil thought he...
Full ArticleEarly pot smoking, depression may be linked
Tuesday, July 6, 2010Children and teenagers who smoke marijuana may have a somewhat heightened risk of developing depression, a new study suggests — though whether the drug itself is to blame is not clear. Several studies have found an association between marijuana use and increased risks of depression and anxiety disorders, but some others have failed to confirm such a link. Moreover, it has been unclear whether marijuana use itself, or some other factor, accounts for the connection seen in some studies. Fo...
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