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10.8.06 |
We send good wishes and warm welcome to a new charity established by the founder members of First Steps to Freedom. It is called Anxiety Alliance and will have innovative services such as email and SMS (text) assistance to people suffering from anxiety disorders, including OCD. Well done Sheila, Lesley and Keith |
03.08.06 |
Genetic findings shed light on OCD. Protein regulating glutamate flow may explain why anxiety disorder runs in families |
07.06.06 |
First Whole-genome Scan for links to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder reveals evidence for genetic suscetibility |
15.04.06 |
Cold sweat research may help obsession sufferers.Scientists in the US have captured what happens in the brain during the "cold sweat" moment-when you realise too late that you've made a terrible blunder |
03.04.06 |
David Beckham talks about his personal experiences of OCD |
03.03.06 |
A specific gene variant may explain why eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCDs) sometimes appear together, Canadian researchers report |
22.02.06 |
NICE issues guidance on computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for treating mental health problems
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16.1.06 |
A study into the effects of diet on mental health is published. According to the Mental Health Foundation, modern production of food has altered the balance of key nutrients we need for good mental health |
5.1.06 |
Scientists have discovered a protein that seems to play a crucial role in developing depression, a finding that may lead to new treatments for the often debilitating illness — and fundamental understanding of why it strikes.
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Jan 2006 |
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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29.12.05 |
Nearly one in 10 American teenagers, or 2.2 million, experienced major depression last year, according to government statistics released Thursday that also showed that depressed youths were more likely to smoke, drink alcohol or abuse drugs |
19.12.05 |
Mental health hospitals in England are to be transformed for the benefit of patients, relatives and front-line staff in a new phase of the King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment scheme. The Health Minister Rosie Winterton MP today (15 December 2005) announced that mental health and learning disability service providers from each of the 23 strategic health authorities outside London will take part in a £1,275,000 programme to enable nurse-led teams to transform areas used by patients. |
7.12.05 |
Researchers report that telephone-based care for people with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder significantly improves both their symptoms of anxiety and depression and their mental health-related quality of life. The Pitt researchers also found the intervention results in fewer missed workdays and lower levels of emergency room usage
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Jun 2004 |
The neurobiology of hoarders appears to differ from that of persons with other types of obsessive-compulsive disorder and may also explain their poor response to treatment. |
Oct 2003 |
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found a mutation in the human serotonin transporter gene, hSERT, in unrelated families with obsessive compulsive disorder. |
May 2002 |
A survey has discovered that devout Catholics were more likely to show symptoms than less religious people. |
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