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Study focuses on the effects of smartphone use on parenting
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], July 8 (ANI): Parents may worry that spending time on their smartphones has a negative impact on their relationships with their children. However, a new comprehensive analysis, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, found that this is unlikely to be
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Researchers suggest improved assessment of depressive disorders in people
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 8 (ANI): People diagnosed with HIV/AIDS are more prone to the risks of depressive disorders. However, a literature review from the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, suggests that in many cases, these conditions go "unrecognised or untreated".
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Researchers develop tool to identify possible depression among youth
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): A research team from King's College London have come up with a predictive tool that can help identify people who are at the higher end of risk meter to experience a high or low depressive disorder. The symptoms generally show once they reach the age of 18
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Early response to poor mental health can save children from school exclusi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
.Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): A new study suggests that a child with mental health issues needs attention from primary school days. Then the chances of feeling excluded decreases noticeably.
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Study maps 13 key human emotions triggered by music across cultures
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that across cultures, 13 key emotions such as joy, sadness, anxiety etc are triggered when people listen to specific types of music.
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Diet has a direct influence on mental health
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): A new study in the field of nutritional psychiatry confirms that whatever goes into our mouth has a direct influence on our minds. But, there are not many diets with strong evidence to support the cause yet.
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Alcoholism is linked to brain pathways, suggests study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Dec 21 (ANI): A recent scientific study states that alcoholism may be due to dysfunction in a specific brain pathway that normally helps keep drinking in check.
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Distress tolerance plays role in alcohol use and abuse among firefighters:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 3 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a new study, which states that firefighters who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) symptoms and who think they cannot handle negative emotions are more likely to use alcohol, and are more likely to use it to c
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Decrease in PTSD symptom may lower Type 2 diabetes risk: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 22 (ANI): Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, suggests a study, published in the journal 'JAMA Psychiatry.'
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Relationship with new parents can reduce anxiety levels in adopted childre
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI): A strong relationship with adoptive parents positively affects brain development and long term health of the adopted child, reveals a new study published in the journal 'Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging'.
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Heavy smoking can damage vision, says study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 18 (ANI): A new study, conducted by a Rutgers researcher finds smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage vision. The research was published in the journal Psychiatry Research.
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Anti Social Personality Disorder: The rebel within
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India],Mar 15 (ANI): Aditya (name changed) was a charismatic and well dressed, 32 year old male who was brought to Psychiatry OPD by his parents due to a recent brawl with his wife which had led to a case of domestic violence.
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