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Unemployed veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder experience better employment outcomes when they receive individual job placement and support services, compared with standard vocational rehabilitation services, new research shows. Recipients of evidence-based individual placement and... »
Epilepsy Patients Take Control
Epilepsy, like other chronic medical conditions, leaves affected individuals feeling out of control and isolated, says Shelly Stoll, MPH, of the University of Michigan. Ms. Stoll, along with colleagues at the university and the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan, developed a program for... »
Parathyroidectomy Improves Depression, Cardiovascular Abnormalities
SAN DIEGO – Depression and subclinical cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism are emerging as two novel indications for parathyroidectomy. Primary hyperparathyroidism is no longer typically characterized by the classic florid manifestations involving metabolic... »
PARIS – A 7-day treatment of escitalopram significantly decreased the response of the amygdala to fearful stimuli in adults with major depression, Dr. Beata Godlewska reported at the Annual Congress of the European College... »
Unemployed veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder experience better employment outcomes when they receive individual job placement and support services, compared with standard vocational rehabilitation services, new... »
Survey: 20% of Adults Report Mental Illness
In 2010, an estimated 20% of adults aged 18 years and older in the United States – almost 46 million adults – had experienced "any mental illness" in the past year, with those aged 18-25 years, women, and the... »
Fatigue in Cirrhosis Linked to Psychosocial Factors
Cirrhosis patients have significantly more fatigue than do matched controls from the general population, and this fatigue often persists 1 year after liver transplantation, reported Dr. Evangelos Kalaitzakis and colleagues... »
PARIS – A 7-day treatment of escitalopram significantly decreased the response of the amygdala to fearful stimuli in adults with major depression, Dr. Beata Godlewska reported at the Annual Congress of the European College... »
The idea that bipolar disorder somehow links with creativity, intelligence, and even genius has an inescapable appeal and is a concept that has kicked around for at least a few decades. It seems somehow heartening to think... »
The Final Word on 9/11 Health Issues?
In the months and years since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the questions have not stopped and the answers have not always been forthcoming. What exactly were the physical and mental effects on those who survived the... »
Does Drug Company Marketing Affect Sales of Antidepressants?
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drugs are the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, and any one SSRI is about as good as another SSRI in treating depression, studies have shown. Generic SSRIs are about... »
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