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Do diet changes help ADHD children?
Dylan Jerrell was having a tough time in kindergarten. The energetic, outgoing Bigfoot fan was easily frustrated, and he responded to challenges with disruptive meltdowns. He wouldn't hit anyone, but he'd break down and cry or yell at his teachers....
Tags: Science, Food and Drug Administration, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions
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Federal agency accepts Nevada hospital's plan to curb patient-dumping
ReutersBy Ronnie Cohen May 24 (Reuters) - Federal authorities approved a Nevada hospital's proposal on Friday for correcting deficiencies that led to newly discharged psychiatric patients being bused out of state without adequate plans for continued care....Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Health, Pharmaceuticals
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Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Back pain, migraine and other types of chronic pain without a known physical cause - and therefore little prospect for relief - were associated with an increased risk of suicide in a new study of U.S. veterans. But the...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Migraine, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Behavioral Conditions
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Diabetes, Springfield, Physiology, Drugs and Medicines, Psychiatrists
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Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role
Ten years after terrorists hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's growing evidence that people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...Tags: Brain, Social Issues, DeKalb, Juvenile Delinquency, Human Body
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The New DSM – The Bible Of Psychiatry – Arrives Amid Debate
The Hartford CourantBinge eating and hoarding both get their own categories, while Asperger syndrome is no longer recognized as a diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — better known as the DSM-5 — which comes...Tags: Depression, Authors, Drugs and Medicines, Science and Technology, Asperger Syndrome
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Dr. Daniel Offer, 1929-2013
Psychiatrist Daniel Offer ignored conventional wisdom and prevailing theories in conducting research that provided new insights into adolescent development and how adults remember the past. "He always said, 'You've got to get the data,'" said his wife,...
Tags: Germany, Colleges and Universities, Psychiatrists, Medical Research, Israel
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Reports blister Chicago psychiatric hospital for youths
When Garfield Park Hospital opened in February, the child psychiatric center promised to treat Chicago's toughest kids, including young gang members and sexually aggressive adolescents. But Illinois officials stopped sending juvenile state wards to...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Universal Health Services Incorporated
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Psychiatrists, Bipolar Disorder, Science and Technology, Medical Research
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Hoarding, hand-washing and obsessive checking: Which of these is not like the others?
People with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder can often shake their family tree and find a relative who has also contended with obsessive thoughts, hoarding, repetitive hand-washing, behavior in which locks and stove burners are checked over...Tags: Psychotherapy, Biology, Brain, Twins, Science
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The DSM story
![<h2 style="infobox">The DSM story </h2><em style="b">DSM-I</em> <em style="b">Published in 1952</em> <em style="b"></em> Directed by William C. Menninger, a psychiatrist and brigadier general.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-02/52129760-10114654.jpg "<h2 style="infobox\">The DSM story </h2><em style=\"b\">DSM-I</em> <em style=\"b\">Published in 1952</em> <em style=\"b\"></em> Directed by William C. Menninger, a psychiatrist and brigadier general.")
The DSM story
DSM-I Published in 1952 Directed by William C. Menninger, a psychiatrist and brigadier general.
The focus was on treatment of soldiers. Listed 106 disorders.
DSM-II 1968 Listed 182 disorders.
Many conditions were seen as abnormal...Tags: Health Organizations, Health
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Revising the book on mental illness
After years of research, professional infighting and maneuvering from various interest groups, the nation's psychiatrists Tuesday unveiled proposed changes to the manual used to diagnose and treat mental disorders around the world.
The draft document,...Tags: Children, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions
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