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NEWS ABOUT: psychiatric disorders

psychiatric disorders stories: 10 news summaries

Shrinks Single Out Next PTSD:
Bitterness

Over-the-top reactions to being thwarted may signal mental illness

May 20, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some psychiatrists believe embitterment is so common and so destructive that it should be classed as a mental illness, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sufferers are described as people who have worked hard at something like a job or relationship, only to be transformed into angry, pessimistic, brooding individuals consumed... More »

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psychiatry • behavior • stress • mental illness • revenge • PTSD • psychiatric disorders • emotion

(Newser) - At least one in 10 children burdened by autism eventually recover, but no one knows why, according to a new study. Psychology professor Deborah Fein presented the results at a conference in Chicago this week, saying parents ought to know, even though recovery is "not a realistic expectation for... More »

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mental health • autism • children • psychiatric disorders

 Disabled Bite Back 
 Over Animal Guides 

Some suspect animal owners of abusing of special privileges

Jan 4, 09 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Miniature horses trek through supermarkets and monkeys queue up at restaurant buffets these days—all to guide the blind, the disabled, and the anxiety-ridden, Rebecca Skloot writes in the New York Times Magazine. But the increasing prevalence of wild and farm service animals among the civilized is reigniting the debate... More »

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disability • horse • parrot • psychiatric disorders • dog • animal • Americans With Disabilities Act • disability rights

Electric Therapy Can Relieve Depression

New treatment using currents can help
when meds don't

Oct 21, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - People with major depression that doesn't respond to medication may get relief from a therapy that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the cortex, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a clinical trial, transcranial magnetic stimulation worked in about a quarter of patients—about twice the success rate of patients on... More »

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depression • psychiatry • mental health • psychiatric disorders • psychotherapy

Emails Reveal Anthrax
Scientist's Delusions

'Split personality' Ivins was being 'eaten alive inside'

Aug 7, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of emails released by the FBI reveal that scientist Bruce Ivins was losing his grip on reality long before the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the New York Times reports.  The Army scientist and anthrax suspect, who committed suicide last month, wrote to a colleague in 2000 that he... More »

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FBI • anthrax • psychiatric disorders • biological weapons • domestic terrorism • Bruce Ivins

Shopaholics Trying to Buy Self-Esteem

They love fawning clerks and attention, study says

Aug 2, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shopaholics crave the self-esteem boost they get from interaction with retail staff far more than the actual goods they buy, new research shows. Psychiatrists believe the findings will lead to a new course of therapy, rather than the usual treatment of prescribing antidepressants, Deutsche Welle reports. The disorder affects up... More »

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shopping • psychology • psychiatric disorders • retail shopping • shoppers

 Adopted Kids More Likely
 to Have Social Problems 

But overall numbers still small, study finds

May 6, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Adopted children are twice as likely as biological offspring to develop mental-health disorders in adolescence, but rates are low overall, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. International adoptees in a group of more than 1,200 Minnesota residents had lower overall rates of the conditions than American-born children, but they were... More »

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adoption • parenting • psychiatric disorders

 Surgery for Depression? Yup. 

Deep brain stimulation, used for years to fight Parkinson's, is spreading out

May 3, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A type of brain surgery previously used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may be effective in countering the debilitating effects of deep depression, CNN reports. A new study shows that deep brain stimulation, a process in which electrodes are inserted into problem areas in the brain and hooked... More »

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depression • Parkinson's disease • neuroscience • obsessive compulsive disorder • deep brain stimulation • psychiatric disorders • psychiatrist • brain scans • electrodes

Don't Expect a 20th Nervous Breakdown

Term goes the way
of smelling salts as experts seek accuracy

Apr 15, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Nervous breakdown” has long been a catchall for psychological conditions as varied as depression and schizophrenia. But as psychiatric patients emerge from stigmatized isolation—and as the DSM fattens—scientists are chucking the antiquated term in favor of a more descriptive and accurate taxonomy. “I haven’t heard... More »

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depression • psychiatry • schizophrenia • mental illness • bipolar disorder • psychiatric disorders • nervous breakdowns

Parents See Kids' Disorders in Themselves

A child's illness can explain family quirks, reveal long-held secrets

Dec 9, 07 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Parents whose kids have psychiatric disorders will often seek, and find, signs of the same illness in themselves, the New York Times reports. Some ailments do run in the family—depression and bipolar disorder, for example—but parents at times dig up symptoms to show solidarity with kids and lessen... More »

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parenting • ADHD • autism • bipolar disorder • psychiatric disorders

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