Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from April 2006

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from April 2006

Parent training.
April 1, 2006... Helping parents help troubled children Sad experience has shown that the problems created by misbehaving children and delinquent adolescents cannot be solved by treating the children alone. They often reject or resist psychotherapy and...

Deep brain stimulation.
April 1, 2006... The use of electromagnetic devices to treat psychiatric disorders, long confined to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), has expanded in recent years because of advances in brain imaging, computer control, and microelectronics. Transcranial...

The therapeutic relationship: What patients want.
April 1, 2006... Two studies in a journal exploring the theory and practice of psychotherapy show that therapists and their patients or clients don't always agree on what makes for a good working relationship. In the first study, 40 psychotherapy patients...

In Brief; Psychodynamic therapy passes a test.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... A meta-analysis of 17 trials conducted over a period of 35 years suggests that short-term psychodynamic therapy is an effective treatment for a variety of psychiatric disorders. Dynamic therapists concentrate on emotional conflicts and...

In Brief; Fatal injuries in children: Comparing households.
April 1, 2006... Children who live in households with unrelated persons are nearly 50 times more likely than children living with biological parents to die of an injury inflicted in the home. That's the finding of a survey including all children under age 5 who...

In Brief; Controlling control groups.
April 1, 2006... Controlled trials are the standard for proving the efficacy of drugs. Volunteers are randomly assigned to take a drug or a placebo, and the outcome is recorded. During the trial, no one is supposed to know who is taking the drug and who is...

In Brief; Brain pathways to fear.
April 1, 2006... A brain imaging study of people with the disorder known as Williams syndrome contributes to the understanding of human emotional processes by targeting a distinct circuit that governs anxiety associated with social situations. Williams...

Questions & Answers: How important is early care for schizophrenia?
April 1, 2006... Q. How important is early care for schizophrenia? A. Research is beginning to show that it's very important. The condition of people with schizophrenia declines most in the first few years after the diagnosis, and they respond less well to...