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Depression not Brain disorder!!!
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Depression is a disorder of the Mind. You may think this is just semantics, but it is not. Our whole body is involved in how our mind functions. Doctors and researchers focus too much on brain function, and overlook so often the endocrine, immune, reproductive and other systems. Fortunatly this is slowly changing. I read a study last week that showed people with depression have abnormal immune systems. In the pipeline are CRF antaganist that effect HPA axis. In time greater understanding of neur ...
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Bipolar Disorder Daily News Blog: Fear Circuit Flares as Bipolar Youth Brain scans showed that the left amygdala, a fear hub, and related structures, activated more in youth with the disorder than in healthy youth when asked to rate the hostility of an emotionally neutral face, as opposed to a non-emotional feature, such as nose width. The more patients misinterpreted the faces as hostile, the more their amygdala flared. Such a face-processing deficit could help account for the poor social skills, aggression, and irritability that characterizes the disorder in children, suggest Drs. Ellen Leibenluft, Brendan ...
Youth Drinking - Risk Factors and Consequences Despite a minimum legal drinking age of 21, many young people in the United States consume alcohol. Some abuse alcohol by drinking frequently or by binge drinking--often defined as having five or more drinks* in a row. A minority of youth may meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for alcohol dependence (1,2). The progression of drinking from use to abuse to dependence is associated with biological and psychosocial factors. This Alcohol Alert examines some of these factors that put youth at risk for drinking ...
Thirteen- to fifteen-year-olds are at high risk to begin drinking (3). According to results of an annual survey of students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades, 26 percent of 8th graders, 40 percent of 10th graders, and 51 percent of 12th graders reported drinking alcohol within the past month (4). Binge drinking at least once during the 2 weeks before the survey was reported by 16 percent of 8th graders, 25 percent of 10th graders, and 30 percent of 12th graders.
Strategic Initiative on Early Life Events and First Episodes of The study of « Early Life Events and First Episodes of Brain Disorders » is one of the four large Strategic Initiatives described in INMHA Strategic Plan. With the present RFA , the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addictions and the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health hope to challenge researchers working across a host of disciplines representing the full spectrum of health research to undertake work that will contribute to a better understanding ot the aetiology of brain disorders and to the development of more appropriate diagnosis, individualized therapies, improved ...
The first months and years of life, including the intra-uterine period, have a profound influence on the development of the nervous system. Early life events may manifest themselves over the long term as communication disorders, neurological and mental illnesses, addiction and suicidal behavior, as well as through individual differences within the normal spectrum of functions such as response to stress and sensory functions. Early life events in combination with genetic predispositions (genetic and epigenetic factors) are also likely to contribute to the onset of disorders and illnesses such as autism, ...
Youth Drinking: Risk Factors and Consequences - Alcohol Alert No. 37 D espite a minimum legal drinking age of 21, many young people in the United States consume alcohol. Some abuse alcohol by drinking frequently or by binge drinking--often defined as having five or more drinks* in a row. A minority of youth may meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for alcohol dependence (1,2). The progression of drinking from use to abuse to dependence is associated with biological and psychosocial factors. This Alcohol Alert examines some of these factors that put youth at risk for drinking ...
Thirteen- to fifteen-year-olds are at high risk to begin drinking (3). According to results of an annual survey of students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades, 26 percent of 8th graders, 40 percent of 10th graders, and 51 percent of 12th graders reported drinking alcohol within the past month (4). Binge drinking at least once during the 2 weeks before the survey was reported by 16 percent of 8th graders, 25 percent of 10th graders, and 30 percent of 12th graders.
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High School, College Football Comes With Risk A second report on youth sports injuries was also released Thursday, this time by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That study, published in this week's issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , found that boys aged 10 to 14 were most likely to end up in the nation's emergency departments with a traumatic brain injury, and that activities such as bicycling, horseback riding, football, basketball and use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) were most often to blame.
But better coaching might help. For instance, Comstock noted that most injuries occurred during tackles, and that the most injured positions were running backs and linebackers. "So, at the high school level, especially with younger players, coaches can make sure the athletes are very well-coached in the technique of tackling and are physically able to perform a tackle before they are allowed to play."
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Alters Brain Activity In The Frontal Science Daily — Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure does not always lead to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS); sometimes it can lead to cognitive and behavioral deficits in the absence of craniofacial features needed to make an FAS diagnosis. A new study has found that children and adolescents prenatally exposed to alcohol have altered responses in frontal-striatal areas, brain regions that may inhibit behavior.
For this paper, researchers examined 22 children and adolescents (ages 8 to 18), part of a larger study at the Center for Behavioral Teratology, San Diego State University, which is overseen by study co-author and laboratory director Edward P. Riley. All participants -- 13 with and nine without histories of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure -- underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while performing a response inhibition (go/no-go) task, designed to test their ability to inhibit or curb a previously encouraged response.
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Should We Legalize Marijuana? I have met many intellectual-types who smoke pot, and they are often keen to justify their habit. The love to point out that no one has ever overdosed on pot and that they would rather be in a room full of high people than a room full of drunk people. Whether those claims are true or not, pot is hardly harmless. Two recent studies of note are pin-pointing pot’s roll in causing a great deal of harm to our brains, not only to our memory and thinking ability, but also to our very sanity. I hope these studies will shut up those ...
2 comments: 420 Guy said... From my identity I am sure yo uguess where I stand on the marijuana issue. I run the blog http://420-now.blogspot.com so obviously I am pro legalization and remain so despite your arguments. You see there are some flaws in your arguments: 1) the study showing an increase in risk of Psychosis does not show that marijuana causes Psychosis, just that more marijuana users end up with Psychosis, the study itself admits that it is possible that people with a predisposition to schizophrenia may just be more likely to use pot. You can't take a result and postulate a cause ...
30-Minute CPR Classes Just As Effective As Multihour Courses UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that a user-friendly, 30-minute, video-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation training session is just as effective as the traditional three- to four-hour course in teaching basic life-saving techniques to laypersons. [click link for full article] Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com Fighting HIV/AIDS: New Target For HIV/AIDS Drug s And Vaccine Researchers from Rome, Italy, describe a finding in the August 2007 print issue of The FASEB Journal that could lead to new drug s to fight the HIV/AIDS virus, as well as new vaccines to prevent infection. ...
Michael Wigler Misleads Mentioning Older Eggs and Autism -- He Autism today's term for various neurodevelopmental disorders.Some AUTISM DUE TO AN OLDER FATHER IN ONE GENERATION OR ANOTHER The Autism Spectrum Disorders, have been devised to confuse any serious discussion of why there is an epidemic. Risk factors for non-familial autism are an older father over 30, autoimmune disorders in family, mother had old dad (X-linkage) Childhood schizophrenia is now called autism. Vaccinations are an assault on neurocognitive development.
Why is Wigler talking about old eggs when it is clear that older men's sperm stem cells and sperm carry mutations, ie. copy number variations and definetly deletions? There is no evidence that older ovum cause autism. Yes, genetic mutations can be carried in an unaffected female who had an older father. Or by woman who have autistic brothers or relatives. Paternal age derived autism is caused by germ line mutations in the father's sperm and 1:1 male to female. Plenty of males with autism or Asperger's have had older fathers. Michael ...