Incorporating mentoring and group skill-building intervention programs for children in foster care may help improve mental health outcomes in this population, according to a new report.
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August 3, 2010
Mental health outcomes in children in foster care improved with mentoring, skills development
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May 26, 2010
Hey Jude: Get that song out my head!
Some 98-99 percent of the population has, at some point, been "infected" with a song they just can't seem to shake off. This common phenomenon has rarely been researched, until now.
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Science can’t prove that! How rejecting evolution leads to rejecting science
Recent studies have shown that, at least in the USA, science and religion don't really mix. Religious people tend to have worse understanding of science, and scientists are, of course, far less religious that the general population (probably because they start out that way, before they ever get to university).We also know that religious people are much more likely to reject evolution. You think t
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January 28, 2010
The Hidden Cost Of Schizophrenia
People being treated for schizophrenia are more likely than the general population to have encounters with the criminal justice system in the US...
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January 25, 2010
A "Severe" Warning for Psychiatry
Imagine there was a nasty disease that affected 1 in 100 people. And imagine that someone invented a drug which treated it reasonably well. Good work, surely.Now imagine that, for some reason, people decided that 10% of the population need to be taking this drug, instead of 1%. So sales of the drug sky-rocket. Eventually some clever person comes along and asks "This is one of the biggest selling
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December 8, 2009
Drinking alone and thinking of death
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. A substantial proportion of the population consumes alcohol on occasion. Of those individuals, only a small number eventually develop a substance use disorder (SUD), although even that small percentage is troubling enough to deserve diligent...
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September 21, 2009
Link Between Too Many Bars In Rural America And High Suicide Rates Instead Of Idyllic Life
There is a strong relationship between drinking and taking one's own life. In any given year, people with alcohol dependence (AD) commit more than 20 percent of suicides in the general population; some 80 to 90 percent of AD suicides are by men, mostly white. A new look at suicide and alcohol has found that both attempted and completed suicides occur at greater rates in rural communities with gre
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Report: 35 million-plus worldwide have dementia
September 21, 2009 WASHINGTON - More than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says the most in-depth attempt yet to assess the brain-destroying illness - and it's an ominous forecast as the population grays.
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September 9, 2009
Doctors Fear Asking Mentally Ill To Quit Smoking
People with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are the heaviest smokers in the country, but their doctors are afraid to ask them to quit. They assume if their patients try to quit, their mental disorders will get worse. That is a myth, according to a tobacco addiction specialist. This population's tobacco use needs to be treated, he says.
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July 7, 2009
The Challenge of Geriatric Pain
Persistent pain is not an inevitable part of aging, but it is, unfortunately, fairly common among those aged 65 years and older. Between 25% and 50% of the general geriatric population and 45% to 80% of those in nursing homes have this problem.1
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