Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
18 Feb 2008
Biology is crucial to understanding psychosis, “but there is more to psychosis than mere biology,” says Jason Robert, an Arizona State University bioethicist and philosopher of science.
“Psychiatrists in particular appear to be grappling with the complexity of classification and diagnosis,” Robert explains. “But I am always worried that the prime material of the [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
14 Feb 2008
A landmark University of Alberta study, analyzing a sample of over 275,000 individuals, has found that when it comes to participation in physical activity, one size does not fit all.
The study, co-authored with U of A professor Jane Ruseski, looked at a wide range of factors, including income, education and ethnicity, that influence [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
08 Feb 2008
A report published in the online open access journal, BMC Public Health, shows that socio-economic situation and the local high school catchment area have a more powerful influence on reported sexual experience among 15 and 16 year olds than classroom discipline or the quality of relationships within schools. A team of researchers [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
18 Feb 2008
Article lead author Oscar Ybarra and his colleagues at the University of Michigan explored the possibility that social interaction improves mental functioning. In a series of related studies, they tested the participants’ level of cognitive functioning, comparing it to the frequency of participants’ social interactions. They found that people who engaged in social [...]
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18 Feb 2008
Well, according to data analysis by Michael Friendly, a professor with the Psychology Department at York University, the boats launched from each side of the doomed ship show a different pattern when it comes to percentage of men on board: on the port (left) side, the first few [...]
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Modell JG, et al. “Obsessive and compulsive characteristics of alcohol abuse and dependence: quantification by a newly developed questionnaire.†Alcoholism, Clinical And Experimental Research, v. 16 issue 2, 1992, p. 266.
The purpose of the this study was to develop an instrument for measuring the obsessive and compulsive characteristics of drinking-related thought and behavior in subjects [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
Nunes EV; McGrath PJ; Quitkin FM. “Treating anxiety in patients with alcoholism.†The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry, v. 56 Suppl 2, 1995, p. 3.
The clinical management of patients who present with anxiety syndromes combined with alcohol abuse or dependence is reviewed. A critical step is to make the differential diagnosis between alcohol-induced anxiety (principally alcohol [...]
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Nelson E; Rice J. “Stability of diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study.†The American Journal Of Psychiatry, v. 154 issue 6, 1997, p. 826.
This study examined the 1-year temporal stability of a National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) lifetime diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
M. Compton III, Linda B. Cottler, A. “Substance Dependence and Other Psychiatric Disorders Among Drug Dependent Subjects: Race and Gender Correlates.†American Journal on Addictions, v. 9 issue 2, 2000, p. 113-125.
Persons in drug treatment with drug dependence were interviewed with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule to ascertain DSM-III-R disorders. Lifetime prevalence rates were 64% [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Kele Ding
Lapham, Sandra C.; C’De Baca, Janet; McMillan, Garnett P.; Lapidus, Jodi. “Psychiatric Disorders in a Sample of Repeat Impaired-Driving Offenders.†Journal of Studies on Alcohol, v. 67 issue 5, 2006, p. 707-713.
Objective: This study was conducted to assess alcohol- and drug-use disorders and other psychiatric disorders in a sample of repeat driving under the influence [...]
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