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Phys.org: Psychology & Psychiatry News
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Phys.Org provides the latest news on psychology, psychological disorders, psychological condition, psychological diseases and psychological science.
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Clinic tries to wean addicts off Internet fix
Choi Hyun-Min loses all track of time when he sits down to play computer games, but the sessions usually last at least 10 hours.
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Can sexting be an illness? Experts are split
(AP) -- Married men sometimes behave badly. They covet. They flirt. They philander. And when they get caught, they occasionally adopt the insanity defense, telling spouses that an inner demon made them lose control.
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Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decades-old controversy
Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?"
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Key diagnostic deadline draws near for psychiatrists and 'new' DSM conditions
"Where are we going to put the narcissists?" It was a question asked urgently by one of the hundreds of psychiatrists gathered here last week for their professional society's annual meeting. With doctors in the thick of a years-long effort to rewrite the essential textbook for diagnosing mental illnesses, questions like these came up time and again in meeting rooms, over drinks sipped from coconut shells, and in other venues during the five-day conference.
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Kept in chains: Mental illness rampant in Somalia
(AP) -- Hassan Qasim lies shackled to a wall in a hallway with 25 other patients at a clinic for the mentally ill. He whispers under his breath and spits at his neighbors. Torn and dirty clothes hang off his skinny frame.
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