Published: March 24, 2008
New research led by Dr Nathalie Fontaine, UCL Psychology, has found that hyperactivity and aggression in young girls is linked to greater risk of smoking addiction, mentally abusive relationships, teenage pregnancy and low job prospects later in life.
In a collaborative study published in ‘Archives of General Psychiatry’, Dr Fontaine’s team followed the lives of 810 young Canadian girls from the age of six to 21. Around one in ten had hyperactive behaviour, while another one in ten had both hyperactive and aggressive behaviour. While for the majority of girls, these behaviours calmed down by the age of 12, these two groups showed a higher tendency to develop adjustment problems in adulthood. [continue reading…]
Published: February 25, 2008
Many studies on cocaine addiction – and attempts to block its addictiveness – have focused on dopamine transporters, proteins that reabsorb the brain’s “reward” chemical once its signal is sent. Since cocaine blocks dopamine transporters from doing their recycling job, it leaves the feel-good chemical around to keep sending the pleasure signal. Now a new study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory suggests that cocaine’s effects go beyond the dopamine system. In the study, cocaine had significant effects on brain metabolism, even in mice that lack the gene for dopamine transporters. [continue reading…]
Published: December 8, 2007
Judith Heath had only a couple of drinks every night after a tough day – but it nearly cost her life when her liver failed.
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The Times
Greame Whitcroft
Published: December,1 2007
Source:The Times, December 1,2007
Published: December 3, 2007
Psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a clinical diagnosis of alcohol dependence in young adults is associated with having a high number of sex partners. [continue reading…]
