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• Lack of sleep tampers with your emotions

  08-12-2015 19:36
  The neurological changes sleep deprivation can impose on our ability to regulate emotions have been revealed by new research. The work also shows that we have the ability to allocate brain resources for cognitive processing.
  
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• Biomarkers outperform symptoms in parsing psychosis subgroups

  08-12-2015 19:21
  Three biomarker-based categories, called biotypes, outperformed traditional diagnoses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychosis, in sorting psychosis cases into distinct subgroups on the basis of brain biology. The biotypes were more biologically homogeneous than categories based on observable symptoms. Just as fever or infection can have many different causes, multiple psychosis-causing disease processes -- operating via different biological pathways -- can lead to similar symp
  
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• New schizophrenia treatments may be effective for subgroup of patients

  08-12-2015 17:00
  
  Mounting evidence indicates that disturbances in the brain's glutamate pathway contribute to symptoms of schizophrenia.
  
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• UTSW-led study establishes biomarkers to help diagnose, treat psychosis

  08-12-2015 16:00
  
  In a groundbreaking study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center, a comprehensive set of empirical biomarkers has been established to aid in diagnosis and treatment of psychosis.
  
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• If you make impulsive choices you should blame your parents -- it's genetic

  08-12-2015 16:00
  
  'Delay discounting' is the tendency, given the choice, to take a smaller reward that is available immediately, instead of a larger reward that will be delivered in the future.
  
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• Eating disorder prevention program reduces brain reward region response to supermodels

  08-12-2015 16:00
  
  Change your attitude. Change your behavior. Change your brain. Discussing the costs of pursuing the unrealistic thin beauty ideal reduces valuation of this idea.
  
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• Antidepressant with novel action appears safe and effective in phase 1b clinical trial

  08-12-2015 16:00
  
  A small clinical trial of a novel antidepressant that stimulates neurogenesis - the production of new brain cells - shows that the compound appears to be safe and may be effective against depression.
  
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• Study establishes biomarkers to help diagnose, treat psychosis

  08-12-2015 14:22
  A comprehensive set of empirical biomarkers has been established to aid in diagnosis and treatment of psychosis, a groundbreaking study has demonstrated.
  
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• Time to stamp out charisma before it outshines us all | Joel Golby

  08-12-2015 14:13
  
  Charisma must be stopped, if any quick-witted person with nice teeth has it. No new kid on the block should be able to Farage us all with a devastating bon motFinally, researchers have figured out the deep truth of what charisma is, and it’s basically “just being quick”. Yeah, George Clooney: I’m on to you, buddy. According to a University of Queensland study, the ability to think and act quickly is a key column around which the most intangible of personality traits is bu
  
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• Antidepressant with novel action appears safe, effective in clinical trial

  08-12-2015 14:13
  A small clinical trial of a novel antidepressant that stimulates neurogenesis -- the production of new brain cells -- shows that the compound appears to be safe and may be effective against depression.
  
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• How our brains overrule our senses

  08-12-2015 14:00
  
  Scientists have long known that when sounds are faint or objects are seen through fog in the distance, repetition of these weak or ambiguous sensory 'inputs' can result in different perceptions...
  
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• Breaking bread with colleagues boosts productivity

  08-12-2015 14:00
  
  Plenty of companies invest big money to provide their employees with upscale workplace eateries or at least catered meals. But are those companies getting a good return on their investment?
  
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• Men's interest in babies linked with hormonal responses to sexual stimuli

  08-12-2015 12:00
  
  Young men's interest in babies is associated with their physiological reactivity to sexually explicit material, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the...
  
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• Home-delivered meals reduce feelings of loneliness among seniors

  08-12-2015 12:00
  
  Home-delivering meals to seniors may do more than ensure their nutritional health - it may also help their emotional health after a trial shows it reduces feelings of loneliness.
  
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• New guideline addresses long-term needs of breast cancer survivors

  08-12-2015 09:00
  
  A new breast cancer survivorship care guideline created by the American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncology provides guidance to primary care and other clinicians in caring...
  
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• How cultural messages can lead to eating disorders

  08-12-2015 04:59 via npr.org
  
  Existing research shows treatment doesn't take into account cultural factors that come into play in minority communities.
  
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• NIH takes another shot at studying environment, child health

  08-12-2015 04:57 via foxnews.com
  
  The National Institutes of Health is launching a new project to help unravel how early-in-life environmental exposures may affect autism, obesity and certain other childhood disorders.
  
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• HIV to depression: New medical guidelines for kids

  08-12-2015 04:56 via today.com
  
  Pediatricians release updated guidelines for children's medical screening.
  
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• Can light therapy treat non-seasonal depression too?

  08-12-2015 04:54 via cnn.com
  
  Experts say light therapy could be a new treatment option for depression, either on its own or with medication.
  
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