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Thinking About Sexual Fantasies Lessens Pain

Fat Hormone Linked to Brain's "Pleasure Center"

Anxiety disorders, chronic fatigue linked in teens

Warner-Lambert, Interneuron in pact on anxiety drug

"Millennium depression" a real risk for some people

Alcohol Abuse Is An Expensive Problem for Society

Managed care causing more stress for U.S. doctors

Sex Therapist Warns Against Ultimate Millennium Meltdown

''Mad Cow Disease'' Linked to Human Brain Disorder

Spinal Cord Research Achieves Milestone

Unhealthy Mind, Unhealthy Body: The Power of Negative Thoughts

Clinton Signs Disability Insurance Bill

Study Finds Boys Not Interested in Talking About Feelings

Math area of brain usually larger in men

Brain Scan Found Effective in Diagnosing Attention Disorder

Implanted nerve-stimulating device relieves depression

Communicative Doctors More Likely to Diagnose Depression

Mental Illness Is Often Misdiagnosed in Blacks

Genetic Protection Against Alcoholism Is Not Absolute

Insurers Often Look Askance at Mental Care

State Mental Health Chief Urges Parity in Treatment

Mental Health of Students Gets New Push at Harvard

Few Seek to Treat Mental Disorders, New U.S. Study Says

St. John's Wort extract effective for depression

Managed mental healthcare plans use arbitrary benefit limits

Low rank, high stress linked to soldiers' back pain

Social Dependence Linked to Depression in Women

Depression may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease

Grief Is Felt More Strongly During The Holidays

Millennium Could Spur Massive Outbreak of `Winter Blues' 

Brains of Those in High-Skilled Work Have More Synapses

Researchers Find Early Trigger of Brain Cell Death in Alzheimer's Disease

Caregiver's mental health tied to child asthma flare-ups

Children with Attention Deficit May Also Have Memory Problems

Zoloft approved for post-traumatic stress disorder

Teens who drink and use drugs more likely to have sex

Depression Is Linked to Heart Disease in Diabetes

How One Enlightened Chinese Province Fights Drug Addiction

Antidepressant Is Effective in Treating Binge-Eating Disorder

Cell phone-like microwave exposure reduces memory in rats

How to Build Kids' Emotional Intelligence

Chemical marker may help to diagnose schizophrenia

Internet will significantly change healthcare delivery

Smoking linked to depression in some teens

Family caregiving entails a heavy financial toll