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Appeals court rejects autism vaccine link
August 27, 2010 WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that vaccines are not to blame for autism.
Accentuating the positive
August 25, 2010 Peace. Contentment. Happiness.
Anxiety still rampant in Katrina kids, study says
August 23, 2010 NEW ORLEANS - A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found.
Youngest in class get ADHD label
August 17, 2010 Nearly 1 million children may have been misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, not because they have real behavior problems, but because they're the youngest kids in their kindergarten class, researchers say.
Hundreds of PTSD soldiers likely misdiagnosed
August 15, 2010 WASHINGTON - At the height of the Iraq war, the Army routinely fired hundreds of soldiers for having a personality disorder when they were more likely suffering from the traumatic stresses of war, discharge data suggests.
Sorting when early memory loss signals big threat
August 10, 2010 WASHINGTON - Doctors cannot tell if Leif Utoft Bollesen's mild memory loss will remain an annoyance or worsen, but experimental checks of the man's aging brain may offer clues.
Parents of children with autism: We struggle alone
August 08, 2010 Aug. 08--Her day might begin at 2 or 3 in the morning, when her 9-year-old autistic daughter, Ashlyn, wakes up next to her. And from that moment on, Jackie Polvado's life is a full-out sprint.
Heart-brain link may signal dementia risk
August 03, 2010 Cardiac index -- the measure of how well the heart is pumping blood to the brain and the rest of the body -- may be an indicator of a person's risk for developing dementia in the future.
Some say dogs stressed by war, too
August 03, 2010 PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions.
Mental health woes grow while spending declines
July 29, 2010 Waltham, MA-As the current global economic crisis drives up the demand for mental health care services, cash-strapped agencies are slashing mental health budgets, according to a new Brandeis University study out this month in the International Journal of Mental Health. However, while most nations are cutting spending, a handful of...
Programs help educate families about PTSD
July 26, 2010 July 26--Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series looking at how PTSD affects families.
Mental health camps helping kids affected by oil spill
July 23, 2010 July 23--Hotel owners are hurting.
Human costs of pain pill addiction growing
July 15, 2010 A national report revealed Thursday that more people than ever need treatment for addiction to pain pills. Admissions for therapy more than quadrupled in the last decade across the U.S., a trend mirrored in Florida.
Study shows teens benefit from later school day
July 05, 2010 CHICAGO - Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found.
Farmers tap mental health hot lines for aid
June 29, 2010 June 29--They call about domestic violence, alcohol abuse and financial stress. Some call after trying to commit suicide. When the economy is bad or nature delivers floods, they call more.
Mental health court aims to help
June 28, 2010 June 28--Strung out on methamphetamine, Kevin Wellington weighed 98 pounds one year ago. He'd been to jail four times and wasn't taking medication for his bipolar disorder and depression. Wellington acted out by breaking things and crashing his car.
Experts look to music as way to uncover past buried by dementia
June 21, 2010 McClatchy Newspapers
Babies born even a week early may have higher risk for learning problems
June 18, 2010 Jun. 18--Babies born just a week or two before their full-term due date run a higher risk of developing learning disabilities, Scottish researchers report.
Ways to cope with grief
June 13, 2010 Jun. 13--While family-associated events such as Christmas and birthdays are typical triggers for new waves of sadness about the death of a loved one, mental-health experts point out that parental-specific holidays can often be even more difficult.
The recession's psychological toll
June 01, 2010 Jun. 1--At the height of the recession last year, Deanna Ross was busy training the newly unemployed and others how to form support groups to cope with mental illness in these stressful times.
