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PsychBriefs: March 16-22, 2008 - March 22, 2008

Attractive women want it all While the qualities men look for in potential mates vary little with their own attractiveness, women calibrate their wants based on their own desirability. The more attractive a woman is, the higher her standards for...
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9/11 Continues to Impact America's Mental Health - February 11, 2008

Fear of terrorism following the September 11th attacks continues to impact the mental health of American citizens on a micro-level, shows a new study focusing not on New Yorkers, but rather, Midwesterners. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
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PsychBriefs: December 30, 2007-January 5, 2008 - January 4, 2008

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Stress Hormones Drop Fast in Happy Marriages A study of 60 couples living in Los Angeles shows that levels of stress...
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Researching a New Avenue in Treatment of Alcoholism - October 30, 2007

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has granted $1.9 million in funding to Gerard J. Connors, Ph.D., professor of Psychology at the University of Buffalo, as well as director of the University's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA),...
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PsychBriefs: October 6-12, 2007 - October 12, 2007

Medication May Treat Alcoholism Topiramate, an anticonvulsant used to control seizures, has been shown to perform better than a placebo in treating alcoholism. Researchers tested 371 alcohol-dependent men and women in a randomized 14-week trial and found that 8.44 percent...
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Can Alcohol Inhibit Aggression? - July 18, 2007

The belligerence associated with barrooms and their brawls is just one possible effect of alcohol consumption, shows a new study by University of Kentucky psychologists. Hypothesizing an "attention-allocation model" that proposes drinking affects the areas of the brain controlling attention...
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One Third Of Child Drinkers Get Booze From Parents - May 31, 2007

Seventeen percent of children have tried alcohol before they finished grade school, shows a study published in this month's Preventative Medicine. By the end of junior high, that number jumps to 41 percent, the longitudinal survey of 3,709 racially diverse...
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PsychBriefs: April 28-May 4, 2007 - May 4, 2007

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. This week: April 28-May 4, 2007. Mentally Ill Die 25 Years Earlier People treated for serious mental illness in public systems...
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Alcohol Can Shrink Your Brain - May 3, 2007

Heavy alcohol use over a lifetime leads to decreases in brain volume, shows research to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting. Comparing MRIs from 1,839 people age 34 to 88, researchers discovered that people who...
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Antidepressants May Help Men Drink Less - March 7, 2007

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research have published research showing that antidepressants may help men consume less alcohol. Surveying 14,063 male and female Canadians on their use of alcohol and antidepressants, they found that whether male or female, depressed individuals...
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The Demographics of Binge-Drinking - January 19, 2007

Education and gender affects how likely a person is to binge drink at various times throughout their life, a study of 11,500 Brits born in the same week of 1958 reveals. For males, less education was tied to a tendency...
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Drug Blocks Alcohol Cravings - December 14, 2006

Researchers at a leading brain research center in Australia have discovered a drug blocking the chemical in the brain linked to alcohol cravings. In studies involving rats, scientists found they could block receptors of Orexin, the hormone associated with alcohol-...
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26 Genes Linked to Alcoholism, Other Addictions - October 31, 2006

A genome analysis funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has identified 188 genetic variants, most of which occur within 26 genes, as being associated with alcoholism. Of those thought...
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Early Alcohol Abuse Leads to More Severe Dependency - October 30, 2006

A study funded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism published in Pediatrics shows that individuals who become alcohol-dependent at younger ages experience stronger symptoms of dependency. Researchers interviewed more than 4500 people who had been alcohol dependent at...
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Despite Therapists' Misgivings, AA and Other Mutual-Help Groups Are Shown Effective - August 1, 2006

Among mental health professionals, there is some skepticism about the value of AA and other groups to many types of patients. Therapists express concern that atheist or highly religious people may have difficulty with the religious aspects of AA and...
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