When it comes to playing video games, it seems moderation is important to a child's mental health. A new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics finds excessive gaming may lead to depression, anxiety, and poor grades in school.
A new study links video game addiction to mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and poor grades.
Binge eating should be included as an official psychiatric disorder in new mental health guidelines, but obesity should not, a group of medical experts is recommending.
I recently had a terrible experience in the hospital. After surgery, while I was still mostly under and groggy, someone came and pulled the tube out of my mouth rather roughly then inserted another tube without ever speaking one word. This trauma has left me with a rather large problem: I do not eat solid food anymore. I know that this is all in my head, but I cannot overcome this. I am on antidepressant med and have seen a throat specialist. Can anyone help?
For Mary Calhoun Brown, the term "Asperger's" is crucial to conveying to schools that although her 15-year-old son has had social difficulties, he has a near-genius IQ and great speaking ability.
People with Asperger's syndrome would be included in the same diagnostic group as people with autism and pervasive developmental disorders, according to new guidelines under consideration by the American Psychiatric Association.
Thirteen flag-draped coffins left Fort Hood on Friday as authorities searched for a motive in the massacre that left more than 50 casualties at the largest U.S. military base.
Battling OCD
updated: Fri Aug 14 2009 11:45:00
As CNN.com's Elizabeth Landau reports, as many as four million Americans suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder.
Driving over a pothole may not be a big deal for most people, but for Jeff Bell, it was a source of endless frustration.
The American Psychological Association concluded Wednesday that there is little evidence that efforts to change a person's sexual orientation from gay or lesbian to heterosexual are effective.
Carol Ann Carnese never considered herself an anxious person. Except when it came to wet wood.
Heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression, the American Heart Association recommended Monday
Studies show that at least 1 in 5 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer post-traumatic stress or other mental health problems -- but they're too afraid to ask for help
Advocates of better mental health care for troops say a new Pentagon policy aimed at reducing the stigma of getting psychiatric counseling could be a small but important step
U.S. military personnel fear that seeking help for mental health problems could harm their careers, according to a survey released Wednesday.
More than 30 percent of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives, and few have received treatment
In the months after David Golebiewski's 19-year-old daughter was killed in a car crash, grief consumed his life. He couldn't go to the restaurant where his daughter had worked, and he spent five hours a day in Internet chat rooms with other parents who lost children.
Dear Annie: I was let go from a sales job last December because of a series of memory lapses and a failure to follow up with essential paperwork. Before that, I had been a leading salesperson there...
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Only in America (cont'd) Dr. Nathaniel M. Floyd . . . has studied 230 juvenile bullies and their victims during his three years as a psychologist with the Board of Cooperative Educational Services ...
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