Published: October 18, 2007
Research urgently needed to determine which therapies workÂ
Many people, including significant proportions of active duty military personnel and veterans, suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often in conjunction with other injuries or illnesses. While several drugs and psychotherapies are used to treat PTSD, many of the studies concerning their effectiveness have problems; as a result, they do not provide a clear picture of what works and what doesn’t, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. [continue reading…]
Published: October 18, 2007
Too Much Happiness May Be Too Much of a Good Thing
Are you happy? Well don’t try to be happier; you might become less happy. That is the gist of a multi-cultural study published this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [continue reading…]
Published: October 17, 2007
“How much do I drink?” pondered Linda Withers as she took another sip of Foster’s lager served, as usual, in an oversized wine glass in the lounge bar of her local pub, the Rose and Crown. “Well, I don’t fall over every day,” she laughs. “But I admit we are a boozy lot.”
The Independent, Oct. 17, 2007.
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Published: October 17, 2007
Major clues discovered in new research. Findings may lead to better medications to correct gene-related problem.
Results of the research were published in the October 17 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, by Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD, Hsien-Sung Huang, PhD student, and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine. [continue reading…]
