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Men's Health News Women and men tend to have different types of stress-related psychological disorders. Women have greater rates of depression and some types of anxiety disorders than men, while men have greater rates of alcohol-use [...]
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Women and men tend to have different types of stress-related psychological disorders. Women have greater rates of depression and some types of anxiety disorders than men, while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders than women. A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to...
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer clients are more than twice as likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder if they have had previous mood and anxiety disorders, new fact-finding suggests. More: - Brought to my attention by
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
May 8 — Serious mental illness costs Americans at least $193 billion a year in lost earnings alone, a new report shows. The study broadly defines mood and anxiety disorders that greatly limit a person's ability to function for at least 30 days a year, including instances of any condition linked to suicidal behaviors or [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Past mood/anxiety disorders put cancer patients at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, a U.S. study says. Study co-author Barbara Andersen of Ohio State University says the findings show the majority of breast cancer patients are not at risk for PTSD.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Breast cancer patients who have a prior history of mood and anxiety disorders are at a much higher risk of experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder following their diagnosis, new research suggests.A study of 74 breast cancer patients at the Ohio State University Medical Center found that 16 percent of them (12 women) suffered from PTSD 18 months after diagnosis.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
A new study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) presents results on the first onset of substance use disorders (i.e., alcohol and drug abuse and dependence) and major mood and anxiety disorders, based on Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC).This landmark survey is the first conducted in the U.S.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
An analysis of NESARC's Wave 2 identifies predictors of first episodes of DSM-IV substance, mood and anxiety disorders. One-year incidence was highest for alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Incidence was significantly greater among men for most substance use disorders, greater among women...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Research and Markets: New Edition of Anxiety, Phobias & Panic Disorders Clinical Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Common Anxiety Disorders and Panic Disorder ) has announced the addition of Anxiety, Phobias & Panic Disorders - 2008 Edition to their offering. 83 page clinical guidelines for the evaluation and management...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Nearly one in five, or about 300,000, soldiers who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan has post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression -- illnesses that could cost the U.S. as much as $6.2 billion over two years in care, lost productivity and lost lives through suicide, according to a RAND report released on Thursday, the Washington Post reports (Scott Tyson, Washington Post, 4/18).
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Right now, about half of all people who take medicine for an anxiety disorder don't get much help from it. And doctors have no definitive way to predict who will, and who won't, benefit from each anti anxiety prescription they write.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan -- 300,000 in all -- report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slight more than half have sought treatment, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Pfizer's Lyrica reduced pain of fibromyalgia in patients regardless of whether they experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression at the beginning of the study, according to a pooled analysis presented today at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
BrainCells Inc. (BCI), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing its platform technology to identify and develop compounds that promote the growth of new neurons for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases, announced that it has initiated a Phase 2a clinical trial with its lead product candidate, BCI-540, for the treatment of depression with anxiety.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
University of Florida researchers have identified a gene variation in heart disease patients who appear especially vulnerable to the physical effects of mental stress - to the point where blood flow to the heart is greatly reduced. "Searching for the presence of this gene may be one way to better identify patients who are at an increased risk for the phenomenon," said David S.
