News tagged with psychotherapy
Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for 'at risk' teenage girls
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' ...
Organized phone therapy for depression found cost-effective
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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When people get brief, structured, phone-based cognitive behavioral psychotherapy soon after starting on antidepressant medication, significant benefits may persist two years after their first session, with only modest rises ...
How to help psychologically survivors of wars: A study on Rwanda orphans
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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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 |
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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 ...
Making connections the key to overcoming shame
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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It would be difficult to find someone who has never felt shame in their life. Shame is a common reaction when someone feels that they have fallen below social norms or their own standards.
Internet addiction center opens in US
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.
Connections the key to overcoming shame, says researcher
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It would be difficult to find someone who has never felt shame in their life. Shame is a common reaction when someone feels that they have fallen below social norms or their own standards. ...
Can psychosocial stress at work put at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis?
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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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.
New family care model aids at-risk families
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Aug 31, 2009 |
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Many families struggle on a day-to-day basis with insufficient in-home care or problematic out-of-home care for their emotionally or behaviorally troubled children and adolescents. Researchers have recently shown that an ...
Measuring the road to mental health
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Takuya Minami, assistant professor of counseling and applied psychology at Northeastern, is doing something that might have made even Dr. Freud blanch. Minami is trying to quantify how well ...
Does Treatment Affect Sickness Absence In Depressed Employees?
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Favourable short-term outcomes for psychotherapy interventions targeted on depressive patients have been shown, but few studies have examined long-term outcomes in working populations. A group of Finnish investigators used ...
Can Family Therapy Help The Depressed Patient?
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
Is Your Cognitive And Physical Functioning Ok? A New Instrument To Check It
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Apr 03, 2009 |
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A group of Italian and American investigators has published a new instrument for assessing cognitive and physical functioning (the Massachusetts General Hospital Cognitive and Physical Functioning Questionnaire, CPFQ), in ...
Longer-duration psychotherapy appears more beneficial for treatment of complex mental disorders
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy lasting for at least a year is effective and superior to shorter-term therapy for patients with complex mental disorders such as personality and chronic mental disorders, according to a meta-analysis ...
