Boosting Their Creativity Helps Kids Face Life’s Challenges, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Just like adults, kids face daily stressors.Luckily, a new study suggests that teaching them creative thinking can help them manage it all.Researchers found that when school-age children learned some “narra…
Learn MoreIn-Hospital Adverse Events Similar for Haloperidol, Atypical Antipsychotics
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For older patients without psychiatric disorders prescribed oral antipsychotic drugs after major surgery, the risks for in-hospital adverse events are comparable for haloperidol and atypical antipsychotics,…
Learn MoreWomen Talking: Online Therapy Connects Postpartum Depression Patients With Survivors
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Lee-Anne Mosselman-Clarke knows firsthand what it’s like to battle with postpartum mental health crises. She experienced difficulties after the births of her two children. “I have an 11 and 9 year old and I…
Learn MoreFitter Folks Need Fewer Psychiatric Meds, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Being fit doesn’t just help your body — it also helps your mind, a new study reports.People in better physical condition appear to have less need for drugs to treat mood disorders, Norwegian researchers ha…
Learn MoreChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Seen in Young, Deceased Athletes
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Among contact sport athletes younger than 30 years old at the time of death, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was present in 41.4 percent of brains, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in JAMA…
Learn MoreCannabis May Be Tied to Increased Risk for Psychiatric Outcomes
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cannabis should be avoided in adolescence and early adulthood and by people at risk for mental disorders, according to a review published online Aug. 30 in The BMJ.Marco Salmi, M.D., Ph.D., from University of…
Learn MoreSmoking Increases Risk for Mental Illness
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Smoking increases the risk for developing mental disorders, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.Lloyd Balbuena, from University of Saskatchewan in Canada, and colle…
Learn MorePíldoras falsificadas elevan el número de sobredosis mortales
MARTES, 4 de Septiembre, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un número creciente de muertes por sobredosis en los Estados Unidos se debe píldoras falsificadas, informaron funcionarios de salud.Las muertes por sobredosis relacionadas con píldoras falsificadas fue…
Learn MoreMejor sueño, menos comportamiento rebelde por estrés en niños
MARTES, 4 de septiembre de 2023 (Noticias de HealthDay) — Si tu hijo muestra comportamientos rebeldes y buscas soluciones, la respuesta podría ser que duerma mejor, de acuerdo con investigadores del Instituto de Desarrollo Juvenil de la Universidad…
Learn More¿Podría la ‘terapia de flotación’ ayudar a aliviar la anorexia?
MARTES, 4 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La terapia de flotación, donde un paciente está suspendido en una piscina de agua cálida y salada en una habitación insonorizada, podría ayudar a aliviar algunos aspectos de la anorexia nerviosa, seg…
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