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While those of us who love animals see all cruelty toward them as disturbing, a growing body of research shows that there is very good reason for...

Suppose you are a mental health professional and you meet with a new client who describes the following symptoms: "I don't sleep well and I don't...

Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from ...

Verbal abuse is a form of emotional abuse and is an insidious way to gain power over the victim. This type of abuse can be harder to detect because...

Obsessively checking e-mail. Playing online games for 12 hours or more at a time. Placing more value on chat-room friends than real friends...

LONDON (Reuters) - An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for "disorders" such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal.Leading mental health expert

Anticonvulsants . Valproate (divalproex sodium, or Depakote; valproic acid, or Depakene) is one of the few drugs available that has been proven...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crackberry is no joke.American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions, according to a new study.Researchers at the University of Maryland wh

Psychiatrists propose changes in how doctors diagnose and name mental disordersDon't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "beha

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are depressed during pregnancy can take hope that antidepressants and/or "talk therapy" may be safe and appropriate treatment options, according to new professional guidelines made public this week."Depression in preg

Topic: American Psychiatric Association

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Verbal Abuse and Its Effects

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U.S. students suffering from Internet addiction: study

Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose

Talk, drug therapy may ease depression in pregnancy

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