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The Mental Health Social Worker
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The Mental Health Social Worker provides news related to mental health and social work reasearch, activism, education, and more.
- Added on: May 10th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Chris Hartwell
- Listed in: Science Society
- Tags: news Psychology society mental health research social work
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NIH Encourages Depressed Moms to Seek Treatment for Themselves
Numerous studies have suggested that depression runs in families. Children of depressed parents are 2–3 times as likely to develop depression as compared to children who do not have a family history of the disorder.1 Other studies have shown that r...
20-Year Study Shows Lack of Fear in Children Precedes Adult Crime
ARLINGTON, Va. (Nov. 16, 2009) – Persons convicted of serious crimes by age 23 did not have the normal heightened response to cues associated with loud, unpleasant noise when they were tested at 3 years of age, according to a new study published in...
Mental Health America Partners With Prescription Audio to Donate $5M in PTSD Treatment Products to Veterans, Active Duty, Families, Providers
Sound Therapy Program Currently Prescribed for Treatment of PTSD, Stress, Compassion Fatigue in VA and U.S. Army Hospitals Contacts: Steve Vetzner, (703) 797-2588 or svetzner@mentalhealthamerica.net Jared Klose, (302) 434-8707 or jklose@stargroup1.c...
Recovery Act Grant Aims to Teach Kids with Autism How to Better Express Themselves
Computer-based Training in Creating and Responding to Facial Expressions May Improve Social Interactions Most children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) seem to have trouble engaging in everyday social interactions. They may seem to have no reacti...
First Direct Evidence: Instability is the Normal State of the Brain’s Cortex
Might Aberrant Neuronal “Avalanches” Signal Mental Illness? Even when we’re not doing much of anything, our brain’s cortex, or outer mantle, is bustling with activity. In fact, scientists for the first time have detected “avalan...
HEALTHY OLDER BRAINS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN YOUNGER BRAINS, NEW IMAGING STUDY SHOWS
WASHINGTON—The belief that healthy older brains are substantially smaller than younger brains may stem from studies that did not screen out people whose undetected, slowly developing brain disease was killing off cells in key areas, accord...
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