Psychology
Socially Awkward Mice Are Apt Models for Autism Research
DALLAS — Clues into how autism spectrum disorders work may emerge from mice with a mutation that makes them socially awkward but enhances cognitive abilities. [more]
Breast Implants Tied to Suicide and Other Mortality Rates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Women with breast implants were three times more likely to commit suicide or to die from drug or alcohol-related causes than other women, researchers found. [more]
Gene Variant Predicts Treatment Success in Depression
BETHESDA, Md. — The success of treatment with the antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) depends partly on a common genetic variation, researchers here said. [more]
Practice Forgetting and Memories Fade
BOULDER, Colo. — With practice, people can learn to suppress emotional memories, researchers here found. [more]
Depression Is Often Overlooked in Early Parkinson’s
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Depression is common among patients with early Parkinson’s disease, but it may be overlooked and because of overlapping symptom, investigators found. [more]
Suicide Risk Double Among White Male Veterans
PORTLAND, Ore. — As a group, white men who served in the U.S. armed forces are twice as likely to die by their own hands as non-veterans, researchers here found. [more]
Schizophrenia Treatment Reaches Toward Recovery
SAN DIEGO — While no cure is yet in sight for schizophrenia, recovery is a feasible goal, researchers said here. [more]
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