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Women More Likely Than Men to Suffer Depression After Stroke

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability, ...

How to help psychologically survivors of wars: A study on Rwanda orphans

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Sep 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A group of German investigators performed a controlled study on psychological help for Rwanda orphans of war.

Psychotherapy may improve course of medical disorders

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Sep 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Somatic symptom disorders are common, disabling and costly. This meta-analysis indicates how short-term dynamic psychotherapy may be effective on physical symptoms, psychiatric symptoms and social adjustment, even in the ...

Can psychosocial stress at work put at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis?

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Sep 01, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

A Swedish study published in one of the latest issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics discloses new relationships between stress at work and development of rheumatoid arthritis.

Study: delirium presentation predicts mortality

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Jul 06, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The way certain patients present in the post-acute hospital setting with delirium, a common, preventable but life-threatening acute confusional state, predicts mortality, according to a study conducted by the Institute for ...

Can Family Therapy Help The Depressed Patient?

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Apr 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics suggests that single-family and multi-family therapy may benefit hospitalized patients with major depression, and may help the partners of the patients ...