... except for certain flu shots. But many parents of children with autism are believers, and the head of the National Institute of Mental Health supports testing it on children provided the tests are safe. "So many moms have said, 'It's saved ...

... each year an average of $230 billion is illegally wagered on sports in the United States. A study by the National Institute of Mental Health concluded 4.2 million Americans are addicted to gambling, 60 percent of whom have yearly incomes under ...

... Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania. Experiments were done primarily at the National Institute of Mental Health at Bethesda, Md., or facilities financed by the institute, such as medical schools at Yale University ...

Once viewed as a kooky alternative remedy promoted by holistic healers and women's magazines, light therapy for seasonal winter depression has become mainstream medicine.

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and their wives are convening the first White House conference on mental illness, an effort to dispel myths about people who suffer from depression, schizophrenia and other psychiatric problems.

RALEIGH -- Seniors who attend church or synagogue regularly might possess the secret of longevity.

More that 2,000 Faulkner County people, held captive by mental illness, have broken the chains of confinement, thanks to some amazing breakthroughs in medications and other therapies.

... are more than twice as likely to be the victims of domestic violence than married women. Data from the National Institute of Mental Health show that cohabiting women have rates of depression more than three times higher than married women ...

... there are still lots and lots of opportunities for change during the teen years," said Dr. Jay Giedd, a National Institute of Mental Health child psychiatrist who worked on the research. ------ On the Net: The White House: http://www ...

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