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Medicine Channels: Mental Health Keywords: Meditation, Anxiety, Depression, Reduce Stress	At-Risk College Students Reduce HBP, Anxiety, Depression through Transcendental Meditation The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009. View	Embargo expired: 11/18/2009 12:30 AM EST Released: 11/11/2009 12:30 AM EST American University
Medicine Channels: Mental Health, Surgery Keywords: telephone-delivered care , Depression, Treatment, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery	Telephone-Delivered Care for Treating Depression After CABG Surgery Appears to Improve Outcomes Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood than patients who received usual care, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early online because of its presentation at an American Heart Association scientific conference. View	Embargo expired: 11/16/2009 6:00 PM EST Released: 11/12/2009 3:00 PM EST American Medical Association (AMA)
Life Channels: Children's Health, Mental Health Keywords: Marijuana, Adolescents, Teens, Parents, Parenting	Studies Link Parental Monitoring & Low Teen Marijuana Use Many studies have focused on parents as being the best avenue for preventing adolescent marijuana use. According to a new meta-analysis, there is in a fact a strong, reliable link between parental monitoring and decreased marijuana usage in adolescents. View	Released: 11/16/2009 1:45 PM EST Association for Psychological Science
Medicine Channels: Mental Health, Pain Keywords: Depression, Chronic Pain, Opioids	Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression. View	Embargo expired: 11/16/2009 12:00 AM EST Released: 11/13/2009 8:30 AM EST Health Behavior News Service
Medicine Channels: Heart Disease, Mental Health Keywords: Schizophrenia, severe mental disorders, Psychotic, Mental Illness, Heart Disease	Heart Disease a ‘Silent Killer’ in Patients With Severe Mental Illness A large new study confirms that people with severe mental disorders are 25 percent to 40 percent more prone to die from heart disease than people without mental illness are. View	Released: 11/13/2009 8:30 AM EST Health Behavior News Service
Science Channels: Genetics, Mental Health, Neuro Keywords: Mood Disorders, BMC Neuroscience, Depression, Schizophrenia, PKCI/HINT1 gene	‘Despair’ Gene May Link to Mood Disorders After testing behavior of mice lacking the gene, pharmacy researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore say it may play an important role in mood regulation. View	Embargo expired: 11/12/2009 7:00 PM EST Released: 11/12/2009 12:40 PM EST University of Maryland Baltimore
Medicine Channels: Mental Health Keywords: Depression, Stroke, Women	Women More Likely Than Men to Suffer Depression After Stroke Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. View	Released: 11/10/2009 3:50 PM EST Health Behavior News Service
Medicine Channels: Mental Health, Guns and Violence, Iraq/Afghanistan War Keywords: Fort Hood, Counseling, Military Veterans, psychological well being, Suicide Prevention	Experts Available to Discuss Psychological Needs in the Military With the tragic events at Fort Hood in Texas, the nation’s attention is firmly focused on the physical and psychological well being of America’s armed forces. Since 2005, UMDNJ has operated a New Jersey Veterans’ Helpline, where those in the military - as well as their families - can reach a trained counselor, who also is a military veteran, 24 hours a day. View	Released: 11/9/2009 8:30 PM EST Expert Available University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
Medicine Channels: Mental Health Keywords: Canadian Institutes Of Health Research, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Remembrance Day	Haunted by War, Researchers Speak About PTSD for Remembrance Day They’ve seen horrors, experienced threats and survived traumatic events. Military personnel often come back home with memories they’d rather forget. It’s not understood why some soldiers develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others don’t. However, many veterans simply don’t ask for help. View	Released: 11/5/2009 3:00 PM EST Expert Available Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Medicine Channels: Mental Health	Recovery Act Supports Research on Recovery from Methamphetamine Addiction Dr. Keith Flower - a research physician at the Addiction Pharmacology & Research Laboratory in San Francisco, CA - has been awarded a grant to investigate a new medication treatment for methamphetamine addiction. This grant has been awarded to California Pacific Medical Center’s Research Institute through President Obama’s AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009. View	Released: 11/5/2009 1:40 PM EST California Pacific Medical Center

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