Counselling and social support are key to alleviating depression for family caregivers, even when their relatives with Alzheimer’s disease receive pharmacologic treatment. These findings are reported in “A Three-Country Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychosocial Intervention for Caregivers Combined with Pharmacological Treatment for Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Effects on Caregiver Depression,” published in the November issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. [continue reading…]
October 2008
A diet rich in animal fat and poor in omega-3s could promote the development of Alzheimer
A team of Université Laval researchers has shown that the main neurological markers for Alzheimer’s disease are exacerbated in the brains of mice fed a diet rich in animal fat and poor in omega-3s.
Details of the study — which suggests that diets typical of most industrialized countries promote the development of Alzheimer’s — are outlined in the latest online edition of Neurobiology of Aging. [continue reading…]
Research suggests that alcoholics are more likely to experience emotions such as annoyances, frustrations and anger compared to non-alcoholics.
A new study at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) will investigate these anger emotions and how they might be addressed in outpatient alcoholism treatment. [continue reading…]
Personality researchers have long known that people who report they have certain personality traits are also more (or less) likely to be satisfied with their romantic partners. Someone who says she is often anxious or moody, for example, is more likely than her less neurotic counterpart to be dissatisfied with her significant other. [continue reading…]
