Treating Childhood Anxiety Prevents Adult Disorders
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NEW YORK  - Panic disorders, phobias and  other childhood anxiety conditions should be treated during  childhood so that they won't be carried over into adulthood,  according to advice in the latest Harvard Mental Health Letter.
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NEW YORK  - In a study of patients seen at primary care clinics, nearly 20 percent had at least one anxiety disorder and 41 percent of these patients were receiving no treatment.
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Research in psychiatrically ill  children and adolescents suggests that those with depression,  anxiety and other so-called "internalizing" disorders are more  likely to have allergies.
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MONDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Children who are abused or neglected grow up to be adults with a significantly greater risk of heart disease, a new study says.
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NEW YORK  - Teenagers who've survived childhood cancers may be more likely than their siblings to be depressed or anxious, have attention problems or show antisocial behaviors, researchers report.
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While attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is widely perceived as a children's disorder, many adults struggle with it, too. It costs adult sufferers billions of dollars each year in lost wages and in the inability to hold steady jobs, making it one of the nation's more costly health problems.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When women develop diabetes during pregnancy and don&#39;t get treatment, their kids face an increased risk of childhood obesity, but new research suggests that treatment can essentially eliminate that risk.
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Combining drugs with talk therapy works best in treating depressed adolescents, the first large study of its kind has found.
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In an experiment in mice, researchers have found that treatment with an antidepressant early in life increases the appearance of depression and anxiety-like symptoms in adulthood.
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A childhood involving abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction increases the risk of heart disease in adulthood, according to a report in the online issue
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NEW YORK  - The best initial treatment for  children and teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is  cognitive-behavior therapy -- either alone or in combination  with an antidepressant like Zoloft -- the results of a clinical  trial show.
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Adults with mental disorders have higher odds of being diagnosed with brain tumors and lung cancer and develop these cancers at younger ages than individuals without mental illness, according to a study published in the current issue of Psychosomatic
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CHICAGO/LONDON  - Variations in a gene helped shield adults who had endured child abuse from becoming depressed as adults, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that helps explain how nature and nurture give rise to mental illness.
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Children who are exposed to domestic violence in the home may have less behavior problems if the couple takes time to help them express and manage their emotions, new study findings show.
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to a new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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NEW YORK  - The findings from a clinical trial indicate that psychoanalytic therapy can be particularly effective for people suffering from panic disorder. Relaxation training is also helpful but it has a lower success rate.
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Cancer doesn't doom youngsters to a miserable childhood, new research suggests, finding that after treatment, many are just as happy and well-adjusted as those who never had the illness &#151; sometimes even more.