Some patients who experience recurrent depression may benefit from long-term maintenance treatment with anti-depressant medication, according to a new study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher.
A postmenopausal hormone therapy trial conducted in Estonia indicates that hormone therapy does not improve women’s quality of life. The group receiving hormones and the comparison group showed no differences in general quality of life. Only those women that experienced hot flashes and night-time sweating reported beneficial effects.
The Department of Health has warned consumers not to buy a medicinal product called Shenxiaotoutongsan as it contains three undeclared Western drug ingredients that may cause side effects.
Ulrike Schmidt, Professor in Eating Disorders, will be speaking at the DANA Centre in South Kensington on 14 November 2006 at Beyond Slim, a public event organised jointly by the Institute of Psychiatry and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain. The evening will be chaired by Professor Iain Campbell and will also feature contributions from the Eating Disorders Association and a personal account from someone living with an eating disorder.
Fundamental theories regarding consciousness, emotion and quality of life in sufferers of paralysis from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as ‘Lou Gerhig’s disease’) are being challenged based on new research on brain-computer interaction. ALS is a progressive disease that destroys neurons affecting movement. The study appears in the latest issue of Psychophysiology. The article reviews the usefulness of currently available brain-computer ?interfaces (BCI), which use brain activity to communicate through external devices, such as computers.
In a knowledge economy, people work increasingly with their heads instead of their hands. This makes mental health a crucial component of economic growth. However, the knowledge economy leads to high levels of stress and mental health problems. By damaging its “mental capital” the knowledge economy undermines the basis for its own success. These are some of the conclusions of the report “Mental Capital” by Rifka Weehuizen, researcher at UNU-MERIT in the Netherlands.
Infant abuse may be perpetuated between generations by changes in the brain induced by early experience, research shows. A research team found that when baby rhesus monkeys endured high rates of maternal rejection and mild abuse in their first month of life, their brains often produced less serotonin, a chemical that transmits impulses in the brain. Low levels of serotonin are associated with anxiety and depression and impulsive aggression in both humans and monkeys.
Fundamental theories regarding consciousness, emotion and quality of life in sufferers of paralysis from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, also known as “Lou Gerhig’s disease”) are being challenged based on new research on brain-computer interaction. ALS is a progressive disease that destroys neurons affecting movement. The study appears in the latest issue of Psychophysiology. The article reviews the usefulness of currently available brain-computer-interfaces (BCI), which use brain activity to communicate through external devices, such as computers.
Ulrike Schmidt, Professor in Eating Disorders, will be speaking at the DANA Centre in South Kensington on 14 November 2006 at Beyond Slim, a public event organised jointly by the Institute of Psychiatry and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain. The evening will be chaired by Professor Iain Campbell and will also feature contributions from the Eating Disorders Association and a personal account from someone living with an eating disorder.
The essence of optimal health is a healthy mind in a health body. Yoga, which has been practiced for more than 5,000 years, is a way to achieve both.