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Why French Kids Don’t Have ADHD

In the United States, at least 9% of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In […]

Study shows that insomnia may cause dysfunction in emotional brain circuitry

A new study provides neurobiological evidence for dysfunction in the neural circuitry underlying emotion regulation in people with insomnia, which […]

Catherine Zeta-Jones: Bipolar Treatment Ends

“This is a disorder that affects millions of people, and I am one of them,” she told People magazine. 

Electroconvulsive Therapy Can Restore Quality of Life for Some Severely Depressed Patients

Patients whose severe depression goes into remission for six months following electroconvulsive therapy report a quality of life similar to […]

The Real Cost of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

The devastating effects of the mental illness, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)  are widely misunderstood.

A Potential Therapy for PTSD?

Injecting a local anesthetic agent into the sympathetic nerve tissue at the base of the neck as treatment for PTSD? […]

HRT ‘protects’ against rapid ageing that may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, study finds

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can block signs of accelerated ageing that may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a study has […]

Cortisol and white matter integrity relationship disrupted in bipolar disorder

Researchers have found evidence in support of hypercortisol-induced glial dysfunction affecting periventricular white matter integrity in patients with bipolar disorder. […]

A Tense Compromise on Defining Disorders

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Feeling Better as We Age?

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