Archive for the ‘Psychology / Psychiatry’ Category
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The Australian Psychological Society has supported the call for improved health services in rural Australia in the hope that the psychological needs of rural communities will be met.
"Rural Australians face many of the same stresses as city-dwellers do," said Amanda Gordon, President of the Australian Psychological Society.
"Rural incomes have been ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Children are the most dependent on others and the ones least mentally prepared when a disaster strikes, according to a trauma expert.
"Why do children exhibit psychological trauma? There are two sources of security for a child: the security of their parents and the predictability of their physical environment. During a ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), convenes its 54th Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on October 23-28, 2007. Experts will present on bipolar disorder, ADHD, substance abuse, autism, bullying, prevention, trauma, and neuroimaging. The meeting is free for credentialed journalists.
Who: foremost expersts in child and adolescent psychiatry
What: ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, a Duke University pharmacology professor who left the lab bench to focus on science education, has developed a tactic for keeping students hands in the air at the end of class.
"What does get students' attention?" she and her co-authors asked in their new research article on fostering science ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Inadequate insurance payments for services provided by psychiatric units in general hospitals have led to widespread closing, downsizing, or off-campus transfer of inpatient psychiatric units. Yet, these units are essential for treatment of coexisting medical and psychiatric conditions, appropriate care of psychiatric disorders in the emergency ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Environmental psychology looks at the relationships between people and the natural and man-made environment, and can play a vital role in helping to tackle climate change and its impacts, according to an industry expert.
"Environmental psychologists have practical and valuable expertise and knowledge about the interactions of people ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
People with severe mental illness receive twice the benefit from an IPS (Individual Placement Support) program at establishing themselves in competitive employment, when compared to vocational services*, according to an article in The Lancet, this week's issue.
IPS involves job searching based on the patient's preference. It provides the patient and ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Pedophilia, the sexual attraction of adults to children, is a significant public health concern and it does not respond well to treatment. Additionally, the brain mechanisms underlying pedophilia are not well understood. A new study being published in the September 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry is the first of its ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
The Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) and other Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) military medical education and research programs are collaborating and extending the knowledge base and treatment capacity of the military health system.
The CDP, which is directed ...
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