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Delhi: AIIMS begins Psychiatry follow-up clinic; to be run by junior docto
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi has begun its follow-up clinic facility for those with psychiatric issues.
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Encourage kids to communicate during COVID to minimise negative impact, su
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is important for adults to encourage children to communicate their views on issues related to them, said Dr Rajesh Sagar, Professor of the Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS and Member, Central Mental Health Authority.
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Study finds teens with self-harm history have significantly higher pain th
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 13 (ANI): Teenagers, who have self-harmed five or more times in their life, have a significantly higher threshold for pain compared to adolescents that have not, suggested a new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College
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J-K's SKIMS post-graduate student bags first prize for 'short case present
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 30 (ANI): Dr Hadiya Kar, a post-graduate student of Psychiatry at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS)-Medical College and Hospital in Srinagar bagged the first prize for 'Short Case Presentation' at the national level.
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Waking just one hour earlier cuts depression risk by double digits, study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): Waking up just one hour earlier could reduce a person's risk of major depression by 23 per cent, suggests a sweeping new genetic study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
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Young adults shed light on what matters for mental health of ethnic divers
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), reports on the young adult assessment of the now 20-year longitudinal Boricua Youth Study (BYS), a large cohort that brings much-needed insight about development and m
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Study: Afternoon naps are important for better mental readiness
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): A research published in the online journal General Psychiatry shows that regular afternoon naps are associated with better mental agility in people.
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COVID-19 may deepen depression, anxiety, and PTSD among pregnant, postpart
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 2 (ANI): In a new study published in Psychiatry Review, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital surveyed pregnant women and those who had recently given birth, finding concerning rates of depression, generalised anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sy
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Drug eases recovery for those with severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 19 (ANI): A drug once used to treat high blood pressure can help alcoholics with withdrawal symptoms, reduce or eliminate their drinking, Yale University researchers report in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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Males, females show distinct symptoms, brain features of PTSD, alcohol use
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], October 25 (ANI): Researchers found that men and women each exhibit distinct symptoms and brain features of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder. The findings, published in Molecular Psychiatry, also present a new model for identifying biomarkers th
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Study suggests adolescent girls at risk for self-injury can be identified
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): High avoidance, low conscientiousness, and parent's substance abuse history found amongst adolescents could be used to predict the first occurrence of nonsuicidal self-harm, over a three year period.
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Scientists use blood test to predict who is likely to develop psychotic di
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 27 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that testing the levels of certain proteins in blood samples can predict whether a person at risk of psychosis is likely to develop a psychotic disorder years later.
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