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Archive for September, 2005

Does your teenage child feel uncomfortable around others?

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A psychiatric technique of straight talk about tough problems reduces the chance that people who have survived one suicide attempt will try again, a new study finds.

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Many Cambodian refugees living in the United States who fled the brutal Khmer Rouge regime more than two decades ago remain traumatized, a new study finds.

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New research is casting doubt on the effectiveness of kava and valerian root, two popular herbal remedies, with investigators finding they provided users with no more symptom relief than a placebo.

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New research suggests a minor case of the blues could be a major cause for alarm: People with mild depression appear to be six times more likely to fall into major depression.

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Expressive writing, the art of putting individual thought and feeling on paper, has long been known to improve health and speed recovery. Now, a new study finds this effect may be influenced by the writer’s mental state at the time of writing.

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Family therapy, where parents are included in treatment sessions, is an effective therapy for conduct disorders and substance abuse in children and teens, according to a review examining 10 years worth of research.

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Some sun worshippers may actually be psychologically addicted to tanning, researchers report.

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In recent studies, scientists tracked the behaviors of shoppers and investors as they spent money snapping up things on sale or investing in low-risk transactions.

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While drinking and gambling often go hand-in-hand, the two addictions are not identical, according to a team of Brazilian and Canadian researchers.

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