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A common misconception about mental illnesses is that they are somehow different from other diseases. Mental illnesses affect one of the most important organs in the human body: the brain. Just like heart disease affects the heart and diabetes the pancreas, mental illness is not only a disease, but a treatable one.
The effects of suicide linger for those who grieve and try to understand Marie Dudek went into a panic the first time her daughter mentioned suicide.
Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship between low childhood IQ and psychiatric disorders later in life.
Young and old, rich and poor: none have been unaffected by the deadly strikes on the Indian city of Mumbai.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health have concluded that children born with lower IQs possess higher risk of psychiatric disorders, according to a decades-long study of 1000 people in New Zealand. Children with lower IQ levels were more vulnerable to having chronic psychiatric disorders after the age of 32, researchers said.
A political crisis continues in Thailand and tens of thousands of international travelers stranded in the main airports of Bangkok, which have been seized by protesters.
While mechanism is unclear, findings may help improve treatment for psychiatric problems.
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Pregnant women taking the Sanofi-Aventis epilepsy pill Epilim may raise their child's risk of developing autism, British researchers said on Monday. Their study published in the journal Neurology showed children whose mothers took Epilim during pregnancy were seven times more likely to develop the condition compared with babies whose mothers did not take an epilepsy ...
MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children with lower IQ have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, depression, generalized anxiety disorder and other psychiatric problems as adults, a new study that spanned more than three decades shows.
Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship between low childhood IQ and psychiatric disorders later in life. In a new, long-term study covering more than three decades, researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that children with lower IQs showed an increased risk of ...
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