Candlelight Vigil on Anniversary of Murdered Youth |
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Title:Candlelight Vigil on Anniversary of Murdered Youth
Release Date: 3/17/10 5:27 PM
Author: City of Phoenix, Arizona
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Phoenix Public Library Hosts WrestleMania Reading Events March 25 and 27 |
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Title:Phoenix Public Library Hosts WrestleMania Reading Events March 25 and 27
Release Date: 3/17/10 12:07 PM
Author: City of Phoenix, Arizona
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Phoenix Public Library Hosts WrestleMania Reading Events March 25 and 27 |
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Title:Phoenix Public Library Hosts WrestleMania Reading Events March 25 and 27
Release Date: 3/17/10 12:07 PM
Author: City of Phoenix, Arizona
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Could Eye Exercises Help Learning Problems? |
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Proponents of behavioral optometry say understanding and correcting the way the eyes move together and process information may help correct learning and spelling problems, hyperactivity, reading problems, and other conditions.
Identifying the Signs of Sensory Processing Disorder |
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Kids who have trouble with everyday activities, like getting dressed, eating, and writing, may have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), experts say.
Long-term Depression Treatment Leads to Sustained Recovery for Most Teens |
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Long-term treatment of adolescents with major depression is associated with continuous and persistent improvement of depression symptoms in most cases, according to the most recent analysis of follow-up data from the NIMH-funded Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). The report, along with a commentary compiling the take-home messages of the study, was published in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Parent Training Complements Medication for Treating Behavioral Problems in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders |
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Treatment that includes medication plus a structured training program for parents reduces serious behavioral problems in children with autism and related conditions, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study, which was part of the NIMH Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network, was published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Silenced Gene for Social Behavior Found in Autism |
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For the first time, inherited disruption of gene expression in a brain system for social behavior has been implicated in autism. NIMH grantee Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., at the University of Miami and Simon Gregory, Ph.D., at Duke University, and a multinational team of researchers found evidence for such epigenetic effects on the gene for the oxytocin receptor — part of a brain system that mediates social behaviors disturbed in autism. The findings suggest a potential genetic biomarker for the disorder.
Major Databases Link Up to Advance Autism Research |
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Researchers studying autism spectrum disorders (ASD) will soon have access to a vast range of data and research tools through the NIH National Database for Autism Research (NDAR).
Non-Invasive Technique Blocks a Conditioned Fear in Humans |
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Scientists have for the first time selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation. Participants remained free of the fear memory for at least a year. The research builds on emerging evidence from animal studies that reactivating an emotional memory opens a 6-hour window of opportunity in which a training procedure can alter it.
