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Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's Research ...


Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain

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created Nov 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 11

Unusually aggressive youth may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, research using brain scans at the University of Chicago shows.


Cause of conduct problems among girls appears to be different than in boys

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created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The first study to include a significant number of aggressive girls with conduct problems indicates that psychological conditions including conduct disorder may have separate causes in the two sexes.





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Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's ...


National survey tracks rates of common mental disorders among American youth

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Only about half of American children and teenagers who have certain mental disorders receive professional services, according to a nationally representative survey funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health ...


Mental health problems more common in kids who feel racial discrimination

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new multicenter study involving UCLA and the RAND Corp. has found that perceived racial or ethnic discrimination is not an uncommon experience among fifth-grade students and that it may have a negative effect on their mental ...


Heavy drinking, conduct disorder linked to high-risk sexual behavior

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created Dec 03, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a clinical diagnosis of alcohol dependence in young adults is associated with having a high number of sex partners.


Personality disorders cause emotional reactions in staff

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created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study published today in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry suggests that the way in which professional care workers respond emotionally to substance abuse patients with personality disorders depends on the type of dis ...


Brain abnormality found in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 9

Researchers trying to uncover the mechanisms that cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder have found an abnormality in the brains of adolescent boys suffering from the conditions, but not where ...


Mothers' second-hand smoke exposure linked to psychological problems for kids

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created Jun 27, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Children whose mothers were exposed to second-hand smoke while they were pregnant have more symptoms of serious psychological problems compared to the offspring of women who had no prenatal exposure to smoke, according to ...


Speech disorders can be treated from a distance

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created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- There should be no barriers to providing high-quality speech pathology services, according to University of Queensland PhD graduate Dr Anne Hill.


Report confirms increased risk of smoking, substance abuse in bipolar adolescents

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created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) supports previous reports that adolescents with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for smoking and substance abuse. The article appearing in the June Drug and Alcohol ...


Novel imaging technique reveals brain abnormalities that may play key role in ADHD

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A study published today in the online advance edition of The American Journal of Psychiatry for the first time reveals shape differences in the brains of children with ADHD, which could help pinpoint the specific neural circui ...



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