Why getting your menopause late benefits you

The researchers reached this conclusion after an evaluation and analysis of 14 research studies that represented almost 68,000 females. The research study was published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. (With IANS inputs)See all stories on this subject

Put Away Your Mobile phone; Your Kids' ' Health Might Depend On It

The research study, released in the journal Translational Psychiatry, took a look at two groups of rats: one group in regular, caged conditions and the other in more disorderly conditions. While maternal take care of both groups was comparable, the disorderly conditions had mothers …See all stories on this topic

Ultra-Brief Pulse Stimulation Better than Electroconvulsive Treatment for Anxiety

Ultra-brief pulse stimulation is almost as reliable as electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) for serious depression, and it as less adverse effects, according to findings released in the Journal of Scientific Psychiatry. Scientists from the University of New South …See all stories on this subject

Robert Spitzer, 83, psychiatrist who set strenuous standards for medical diagnosis, passes away

NEW YORK– Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, who gave psychiatry its very first set of rigorous requirements to describe mental disorders, offering a structure for medical diagnosis, research, and legal judgments, as well as a lingua franca for the unlimited social argument over …See all stories on this topic

Dallas Family Accepts Contribute Brains for Autism Research study

“The method we prefer to state it is that these individuals have super brains,” UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Psychiatry chair Dr. Carol Tamminga stated. “The brains are extremely important. And we ‘d like the chance to be able to take a look at these brains …See all stories on this topic