 |
|
|
7-03-2011
Jan. 4, 2011 -- An analysis of 54 studies suggests that there really is a depression gene that can affect how people respond to stressful life events. The new study, which appears in the Jan. 3 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, should help resolve controversy regarding the role of this gene.
» Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
23-02-2011
Work just published shows that brain cells need to create links early on in their existence, when they are physically close together, to ensure successful connections across the brain throughout life.
» Read more...
|
23-02-2011
Mark Twain observed that "the past may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme." An unfortunate rhyme in psychiatric history is the recurrence of fad diagnoses. Childhood Bipolar Disorder is the most dangerous current bubble, with a remarkable forty-fold inflation in just one decade.
» Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
23-02-2011
The relationship between mental illness and violence is controversial. On the one hand, there is considerable unfounded stigma and discrimination toward the mentally ill based on the popular notion that psychiatric patients are dangerous people.
» Read more...
|
11-02-2011
PETALING JAYA: People often treat a suicide note or a a wish to commit suicide as a joke and this can reinforce a suicidal person’s will to die, said a Universiti Malaya psychiatrist.
» Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
11-02-2011
PETALING JAYA: Two people commit suicide daily in Malaysia and experts believe the figure could be higher with the many undetermined deaths. It is alarming that teenagers and young adults are taking their own lives in the face of mounting pressure in school, work,
» Read more...
|
|
|
