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PTSD Has Unreliable Diagnostic Criteria
Published July 9, 2009, 10:05 am, Psychiatric Times
Currently the Veterans Administration (VA) is the world’s largest recipient of per patient funding for PTSD. The VA treats 200,000 veterans with this diagnosis annually at a cost of $4 billion.
Family History Predicts Risk of Mental Disorders
Published July 8, 2009, 4:39 am, Psych Central
New research suggests adding a mental health volume to our ‘medical history.’ Traditionally, routine visits to the doctor include documentation of our family’s history for medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease but rarely questions pertaining to mental issues. New findings by researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy [...]
Research shows family history checks can predict mental disorders
Published July 7, 2009, 12:02 pm, TVNZ
International research on young New Zealanders may re-write a key guide for mental health clinicians
NZ research looks into screening mental health patients
Published July 7, 2009, 11:35 am, Otago Daily Times
International research on young New Zealanders may re-write a key guide for mental health clinicians. read more
Family History May Predict The Severity Of Mental Disease
Published July 7, 2009, 9:16 am, Medical News Today
We've all been asked at routine visits to the doctor to record our family's history with medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease. But when it comes to mental disorders, usually mum's the word. New findings by researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) make a strong case for changing that status quo.
Quick quiz can help reveal mental illness
Published July 6, 2009, 9:36 pm, NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News
Quizzing young people for less than 30 minutes about family history of depression, anxiety, or substance abuse, can result in predictions of how likely they are to develop the disorders, say researchers.
Family history predicts severity of mental disease
Published July 6, 2009, 2:42 pm, Scoop.co.nz
New findings by an international group including University of Otago researchers make a strong case for changing current practice. They report that a short questionand- answer session about a person’s relatives and their symptoms of depression, anxiety, ...
Predicting The Severity Of Mental Disease
Published July 6, 2009, 2:13 pm, redOrbit
We've all been asked at routine visits to the doctor to record our family's history with medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease.
To predict the severity of mental disease, consider the family
Published July 6, 2009, 1:50 pm, PhysOrg
We've all been asked at routine visits to the doctor to record our family's history with medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease. But when it comes to mental disorders, usually mum's the word.
What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? What Is PTSD? What Causes PTSD?
Published July 3, 2009, 3:12 am, Medical News Today
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is triggered by a traumatic event - it is a kind of anxiety. The sufferer of PTSD may have experienced or seen an event that caused extreme fear, shock and/or a feeling of helplessness. Most of us experience a brief period of difficulty adjusting and coping with traumatic events. However, we gradually get better with time and healthy coping methods.
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