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Psychology / Psychiatry News From Medical News Today
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Famous 1848 Case Of A Man Who Survived A Terrible Brain Injury Has Modern Parallel
Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered an explosion that drove the rod through his left cheek and out of the top of his head. As reported at the time, the rod was later found, "smeared with blood and brains...
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The Influence Of Genes On Psychological Well-Being
Genes play a greater role in forming character traits - such as self-control, decision making or sociability - than was previously thought, new research suggests. A study of more than 800 sets of twins found that genetics were more influential in shaping key traits than a person's home environment and surroundings...
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Experts Recommend Overhaul Of Psychiatry's Diagnostic Manual
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current "field guide" form, according to an essay by two Johns Hopkins psychiatrists published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "A generation ago it served useful purposes, but now it needs clear alterations," says Paul R...
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In-Patient Suicides Reduced In Psychiatric Units
Suicides by psychiatric in-patients have fallen to a new low, research just published has found...
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Shared Risk Factors For Child Behavior Problems Revealed For U.S., Great Britain
New research from North Carolina State University shows that the United States and Great Britain share common risk factors that increase the likelihood of behavioral problems in children - and that Britain's broader social welfare programs don't appear to mitigate those risks...
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