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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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Money can buy happiness, researchers find — but only if you have more money than others in your age group.

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Doctors who prescribe the potent acne drug Accutane, patients who use it and pharmacists who sell it will have to enroll in a national registry to guard against dangerous side effects, particularly birth defects, federal officials announced Friday.

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Holocaust survivors are at increased risk for suicide as they get older, according to an Israeli study of psychiatric patients.

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Highly anxious and nervous men are nine times more likely to attempt suicide within the next five years, and anxious and nervous women are three times more likely to do so, a new Swedish study finds.

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