News tagged with psychotherapy

Study finds exercise reduces anxiety symptoms in women

Approximately 3 percent of the U.S. population suffers from excessive, uncontrollable worry that reduces their health and quality of life. The condition, known as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, is difficult to overcome and ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study examines trends in quality of care and health care spending for depression

Over a 10-year period, spending for Medicaid-enrolled patients with depression increased substantially but only minimal improvements in quality of care were observed, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of ...

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Huge hike in ADHD drugs to Danish adults worrying: doctors

A massive increase in the number of Danish adults prescribed medication for Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is deeply worrying, the head of the Danish Medical Association said Friday.

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created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rebooting psychotherapy

Psychotherapy has come a long way since the days of Freudian psychoanalysis – today, rigorous scientific studies are providing evidence for the kinds of psychotherapies that effectively treat various psychiatric disorders. ...

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created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Treating depression one step at a time

(Medical Xpress) -- One in six people worldwide will experience depression over the course of a lifetime. This alarming fact has led to recent research by Dr. Paul Biegler from the Center for Human Bioethics ...

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created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Health benefits of expressive writing do not apply equally across all cultures, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Freud practically invented it and Oprah has made a career out of it, but not everyone embraces talking their way to mental health. The role that culture plays in determining whether or not ...

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created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treatment for depression a long-term solution

(Edmonton) Ian Colman, an epidemiologist in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta, recently completed a study that suggests that treatment of depression may have long-term benefits.

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created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Therapy for depression can be delivered effectively by non-specialists

Depression can be treated effectively with psychotherapy by mental health nurses with minimal training, according to new preliminary research findings.

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created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does social anxiety disorder respond to psychotherapy? Brain study says yes

When psychotherapy is helping someone get better, what does that change look like in the brain? This was the question a team of Canadian psychological scientists set out to investigate in patients suffering from social anxiety ...

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created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Depression treatment rates increase over past decade, but psychotherapy declines

The rate of depression treatment increased between 1998 and 2007 but at a slower rate than during the previous decade, and the percentage of patients treated with psychotherapy continued to decline, according to a report ...

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created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Family therapy for anorexia twice as effective as individual therapy, researchers find

Family-based therapy, in which parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa are enlisted to interrupt their children's disordered behaviors, is twice as effective as individual psychotherapy at producing full remission of ...

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created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MDMA (Ecstasy)-assisted psychotherapy relieves treatment-resistant PTSD

MDMA (±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as Ecstasy), may one day offer hope for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even people for whom other treatments have failed. Clinical trial results ...

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created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans

(PhysOrg.com) -- A psychiatry professor at the UConn Health Center is comparing two treatment approaches for PTSD.

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Violent video games may increase aggression in some but not others, says new research

Playing violent video games can make some adolescents more hostile, particularly those who are less agreeable, less conscientious and easily angered. But for others, it may offer opportunities to learn new skills and improve ...

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Why does feeling low hurt?

When it comes to pain, the two competing schools of thought are that it's either "all in your head" or "all in your body". A new study led by University of Oxford researchers indicates that, instead, pain is an amalgam of ...

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created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3