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<title><![CDATA[Alabama workers to pay for extra pounds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat. 
The state has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit — or they’ll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. 
Alabama will be the first state to charge overweight state workers who don’t work on slimming down, while a handful of other states reward employees who adopt healthy behaviors. 
Alabama already charges workers who smok...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-25 00:02:51</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Half of college students consider suicide]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[More than half of American college students have considered suicide at some points in their lives, a new survey reveals. 
The survey, results of which were presented Sunday at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston, adds to the growing body of evidence that the prevalence of suicidal thoughts is far more widespread among America’s college students than it is among the population in general. By contrast, only 15.3 percent of Americans overall have had such thou...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-19 12:25:41</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shock therapy makes a quiet comeback ]]></title>
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When Bill Russell tells people that his severe depression was relieved by shock therapy, the most common response he gets is: &quot;They&#039;re still doing that?&quot; 
Most people might be quicker to associate electroshock therapy with torture rather than healing. But since the 1980s, the practice has been quietly making a comeback. The number of patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy, as it&#039;s formally called, has tripled to 100,000 a year, according to the National Mental Health Association. 
Duri...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-08 11:22:28</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In era of pills, fewer shrinks doing talk therapy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cartoons about the psychiatrist’s couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum.
A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. psychiatrists.
The expanded use of pills and insurance policies that favor short office visits are among the reasons, said lead author Dr. Ramin Mojtabai of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
“The ’couch,’ or, more generally, long-term psychoanalytic psy...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-06 09:52:39</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Missing DNA chunks tied to schizophrenia]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two huge international studies show that people who lack certain chunks of DNA run a dramatically higher risk of getting schizophrenia, a finding that could help open new doors to understanding and diagnosing the disease.
These deletions are rare, each found in less than 1 percent of schizophrenia patients. But each one boosts the risk of disease by as much as 15-fold, by one estimate.
Scientists said studying such abnormalities may help them find new medications by shedding light on what causes...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-02 00:52:13</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[22,000 veterans have called suicide hot line]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.
According to a recent RAND Corp. study, roughly one in five soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan displays symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, putting them at a higher risk for suicide. Researchers at Portland State University found that male veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide than men who are not veterans.
This month,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-02 00:49:56</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[22,000 veterans have called suicide hot line]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/mental_health_20080730_929.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.
According to a recent RAND Corp. study, roughly one in five soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan displays symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, putting them at a higher risk for suicide. Researchers at Portland State University found that male veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide than men who are not veterans.
This month,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-30 01:10:55</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Body language: What McCain, Obama reveal   ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama spoke in front of 200,000 Germans in Berlin on Thursday at the start of a European tour, while John McCain talked to small business leaders at a fourth-generation German restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. But regardless of the audience, people undoubtedly paid as much attention to the nonverbal performance as they did to what each presidential candidate said. 
Body movement analysts say that McCain represents stability in how he stands firmly and holds onto the sides of a podium. By cont...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-30 01:08:07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: More older kids diagnosed with ADHD]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/mental_health_20080724_720.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday. 
Some experts called the finding surprising, noting that most childhood diagnoses traditionally occur by age 11.
The study didn&#039;t investigate why the increase in one age group was so much higher than the other. It found the percentage of older children diagnosed with ADHD has been rising by 4 percent eac...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-24 13:25:38</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sometimes more mess means less stress]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/mental_health_20080720_461.html]]></link>
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Learning to tolerate the natural chaos of life can free your time, spark surprising discoveries and help you feel happier than ever. 

 
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<pubDate>2008-07-20 00:36:33</pubDate>
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