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5 hrs ago | Hi Pakistan

Psychologists say Dr Aafia fit for trial

Prosecutors in the case against Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained scientist accused of being an Al Qaeda operative, on Sunday cited reports by psychologists who say that Aafia Siddique is fit for trial.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychology, Science

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Medical News Today

What Is Psychotherapy? What Are The Benefits Of Psychotherapy?

Editor's Choice Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Mental Health ; Depression ; Anxiety / Stress Article Date: 04 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT Psychotherapy consists of a series of techniques for treating mental health, emotional and some psychiatric disorders.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychology, Science, Depression, Health, Northwestern University

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Medical News Today

Why Some People Stayed Behind When Hurricane Katrina Struck

Main Category: Aid / Disasters Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 04 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, claiming the lives of more than 1,800 victims and causing well over $100 billion in damage along the Gulf Coast.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychology, Science, Natural Disasters, Hurricane, Stanford University, Health

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Mississauga

Trillium trains family doctors for the future

Meet the Docs. Trillium Health Centre and Summerville Family Medicine Teaching Unit launched an initiative yesterday that will provide thousands of Mississauga residents with access to a family doctor.

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Related Topix: Family Practice, Medicine, Canada, Nursing

MediLexicon

Pregnancy Complications May Increase Autism Risk

Complications during pregnancy may increase the risk of having a child with autism, according to American researchers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Thu Jul 02, 2009

MediLexicon

No 'Empty Nest Syndrome' For Parents In Rural Thailand

So-called 'empty nest syndrome' does not affect parents living in rural areas as much as previously thought, according to a new study carried out in Thailand.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

The State

Sanford's mental state questioned

Gov. Mark Sanford is acting like a love-struck teenager. Or, maybe he has a deeper personality disorder, some experts speculate.

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Related Topix: Mark Sanford, US Governors, Medicine, Psychology, Science, Columbia, SC, Columbia Metro

Wed Jul 01, 2009

About.com

What's the Difference Between a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist?

One Reader Asks: "I read a lot of articles on psychology websites and I often see the terms 'psychologist' and 'psychiatrist,' but I'm not really clear on what those titles mean.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychology, Science

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Huffington Post

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: Can You Trust Your Psychiatrist?

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly will pay the largest penalty ever, over $1.4 billion, to the US Justice Department for marketing a medication, ZyprexaA , without proof of its effectiveness with certain conditions and plenty of reason to be concerned about its side-effects. Other recent media reports have revealed how a number of pharmaceutical ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Marketing, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

Newswise

Ninth Edition of Best-selling Psychiatry Reference, Comprehensive...

Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced today the release of the ninth edition of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sun Jun 28, 2009

PharmaGossip

Atypical antipsychotics - The Healthy Skepticism Files

The so called "Zyprexa documents" are examples of internal pharmaceutical company documents that have been subpoenaed to court cases in the USA and other countries.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Zyprexa, Zydis, Olanzapine (generic), Medication, Marketing

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Expert: No reason for exams performed by Ayres

An expert in child and adolescent psychiatry testified Friday that there was no medical reason for the genital exams Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine, San Francisco Metro, UC San Francisco, San Mateo County, CA

MSNBC

Teens who move a lot have twice suicide risk

Teens and plastic surgery June 25: NBC's chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, looks at the growing trend of teens getting plastic surgery.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Galt, CA, Family, Kids

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Online therapy: helping treat depression in rural areas

People in rural communities struggling with depression may not have easy access to the full range of mental health services, but help could be as close as the click of a mouse.

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Related Topix: Depression, Medicine

Wed Jun 24, 2009

CJR Daily

Reprimanded Psychiatrist? Bad Advice?

Last May, a Peabody was awarded to the film Depression: Out of the Shadows , a documentary which aired in 2008 on PBS, was produced by Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH Boston, and was written and directed by Minneapolis-based filmmaker Larkin McPhee.

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Related Topix: Health, Depression, Medicine, Emory University

Tue Jun 23, 2009

MedicineNet

Schizophrenia Linked to Early Death

June 22, 2009 -- The mortality rate among schizophrenics is four times higher than in the general population, with suicide being the No.

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Related Topix: Schizophrenia, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Lung Cancer, France, World News

StarNewsOnline.com

Where Can the Doctor Whoa s Guided All the Others Go for Help?

Psychiatry is a relatively safe profession, but it has a hazard that is not apparent at first glance: if you are in it long enough, there may be no one to talk to about your own problems.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Star Phoenix

Learning to cope with mental illness

Kay Parley with one of her photo albums from her working days at Weyburn hospital.

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Related Topix: Canada, Medicine

Medical News Today

What Is Psychology? What Are The Branches Of Psychology?

Editor's Choice Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Mental Health Article Date: 22 Jun 2009 - 7:00 PDT Psychology is the science of the mind and behavior.

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Related Topix: Psychology, Medicine, Health

Yorkshire Post

Professor on the frontline in fight to explain our casualties of war

IT'S always fascinating, asking doctors about why, with so many disciplines to choose from, they selected their particular field and whether each discipline creates its own stereotype.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Health

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