Jun 02, 2012 - The recent suicide of Mary Kennedy tracks to the long, sorry history of addiction and depression among prominent political wives, and shows how little our popular treatments have to offer them.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)

Jun 02, 2012 - When flies are made to lose a gene with links to Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), they suffer the same sleep disturbances and restlessness that human patients do. The findings reported online on in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, strongly suggest a genetic basis for RLS, a condition in which patients complain of an irresistible urge to move that gets worse as they try to rest. "Although widely prevalent, RLS is a disorder whose pathophysiological basis remains very poorly understood," said Subhabrata Sanyal of Emory University School of Medicine... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Jun 01, 2012 - The Sacramento-based Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program, one of the few comprehensive programs of its kind in Northern California, has opened new outpatient treatment centers in Roseville and Fresno. New Dawn Recovery Centers, which operates outpatient treatment programs in Sausalito and Roseville, expects to open in Sacramento soon. An estimated 11 million women, men and children suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia. Only 10 percent receive treatment and only... (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Jun 01, 2012 - Objective: South Africa has high rates of traumatic experiences and alcohol abuse or dependence, especially among women. Traumatic experiences often result in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and PTSD has been associated with hazardous dri... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Jun 01, 2012 - Aims:? To compare the heart rate variability of bipolar patients in the subsyndromal depressive phase with healthy controls and to evaluate the relationship between severity of subsyndromal depressive symptoms and heart rate variability. Methods:? Thir... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Jun 01, 2012 - The article by Lerner and colleagues will allow forensic clinicians to gain more understanding of how the specific cognitive deficits in persons with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) relate to the propensity of these individuals to engage ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Jun 01, 2012 - This study examined the relationship among childhood trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and adult social support in a large sample of veterans who served in the military after 09/11/2001, with a specific focus on the potentia... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Jun 01, 2012 - This article presents nationally representative data on hospitalizations for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in youth. METHODS: Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, discharge records of indiv... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Jun 01, 2012 - The study of sleep deprivation is a fruitful area of research to increase our knowledge of cognitive functions and their neural basis. In the current work, 26 healthy young adults participated in a sleep deprivation study, in which the Attentional Networks... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Jun 01, 2012 - Aim:? The aim of this research was to clarify the development of depression among boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by examining the correlation between depressive mood, oppositional defiant behavior, and age for each ADHD subtype... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))