MedLINE: DEPRESSION – Specific- Clinical Notes: Big 'Soda' Tax Needed to Change Habits Sunday, May 20, 2012Taxes on unhealthy foods need to be set at 20% or more to improve major health outcomes such as obesity, researchers said. Also this week: a recent spike in fatal falls may be illusory.
- DSM-5: What's In, What's Out Thursday, May 10, 2012PHILADELPHIA -- Reports here provided what may be the last public update on DSM-5, the next edition of American psychiatry's diagnostic guide, before it is formally released in May 2013.
- Study Links Late Depression, Risk of Dementia Tuesday, May 8, 2012Depression that strikes for the first time in later life may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported, but depression in the middle years that recurs later may be one of the causes of vascular dementia.
- DSM-5 Panel Tiptoes on Grief, Depression Monday, May 7, 2012PHILADELPHIA -- Psychiatrists writing new diagnostic criteria for major depression hope an explanatory note will mollify critics of a proposal to let patients grieving a dead loved one receive a formal diagnosis.
- Most DSM-5 Revisions Pass Field Trials Monday, May 7, 2012PHILADELPHIA -- Field trials of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable.
- Clinical Notes: Big 'Soda' Tax Needed to Change Habits Sunday, May 20, 2012
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THE BODY PRINCIPLE POLL
When I do research for my articles, here on The Body Principle, I have to decide from the plethora of information out there, what I feel stands out as important information for my readers to write about. There are issues … Continue reading
SOCIAL VIBE: To Write Love on Her Arms
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BUT YOU DON’T LOOK SICK!?
A friend of mine sent me this story. As you go about your daily lives you can never tell by just looking at a person that they may be sick or in pain. Fibromyalgia, Depression, Lupus, etc… are some of … Continue reading
