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Suicide risk falls substantially after talk therapy

From the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health media release: Repeat suicide attempts and deaths by suicide were roughly 25 percent lower among a group of Danish people who underwent voluntary short-term psychosocial… 

Sleep disorders found to be highly prevalent in firefighters

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From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital media release: Sleep disorders are independent risk factors for heart attacks and motor vehicle crashes, which are the two leading causes of death for firefighters in the United States.… 

Researchers find why depression and aging linked to increased disease risk

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From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology media release: Psychological stress and stress-related psychiatric disorders are associated with increased risk for aging-related diseases, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this relation are unknown. Understanding these mechanisms may… 

Office stress? Workers may wait before acting out

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From the San Francisco State University media release: Employers know that dramatic changes in the workplace, such as the start of the “busy season” or a new, more demanding boss, can cause employees to act… 

Panic attacks associated with fear of bright daylight

From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology media release: Fear of bright daylight is associated with panic disorder, according to new presented at the ECNP congress in Berlin. Panic disorder is where a person has recurring… 

Long term shift work linked to impaired brain power

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From the BMJ-British Medical Journal media release: Shift work, like chronic jet lag, is known to disrupt the body’s internal clock (circadian rhythms), and it has been linked to a range of health problems, such… 

YouTube as peer support for severe mental illness

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From the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice media release: People with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder use a popular social media website like YouTube to provide…