Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from January 2007

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from January 2007

Separation anxiety.(Disease/Disorder overview)
January 1, 2007... Parting is not sweet sorrow for children -- and adults -- who can't tolerate being away from the people they love. Young children hate to be separated from their parents. These fears appear toward the end of the first year, when they begin...

Addiction and the problem of relapse.(Disease/Disorder overview)
January 1, 2007... Research on the brain is showing that addiction is a matter of memories, and recovery is a slow and hesitant process in which the influence of those memories is diminished. Studies have shown that the initial target of addictive drugs is a...

In Brief; The stigma of borderline personality.(Disease/Disorder overview)
January 1, 2007... It's well known that other people's expectations shape individual behavior. Many psychiatric patients feel rightly that friends, relatives, and colleagues who are aware of their status exude discomfort that exacerbates their problems. ...

In Brief; Alcohol before birth: New studies.
January 1, 2007... Two new studies suggest that drinking during pregnancy may be even riskier for the child than most people think. In one of these studies, Italian researchers found symptoms of fetal alcohol disorder in children whose mothers may have...

Commentary; Compulsive buying.
January 1, 2007... There's no doubt that many people take pleasure in acquiring possessions, and advertisers are getting better all the time at parting us from our cash. But according to a study, for as many as one in 20 people, shopping is something else: a...