Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from May 2008

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from May 2008

Positive psychology in practice.
May 1, 2008... Various approaches aim to shift attention away from pathology. Positive psychology is sometimes dismissed as so much happy talk. But practitioners say that their techniques provide a much-needed balance to psychiatry's traditional focus on...

Music therapy may help depression.(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... A review by the international Cochrane Collaboration concluded that music therapy may help some people with depression to alleviate symptoms and remain healthy. In four of the five studies the reviewers included in their analysis, people who...

Chromosome "hot spot" linked to autism.
May 1, 2008... Autism Consortium researchers reported in 2008 that the deletion or duplication of an area on chromosome 16 may account for about 1% of all cases of autism. Although the impact of the finding might seem small, the report generated considerable...

Mood and anxiety disorders more likely in people with arthritis.(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Many people develop some type of arthritis as they grow older, and as a result suffer from pain and limited mobility. Now researchers who have analyzed the results of 18 World Mental Health surveys in 17 countries conclude that people who...

Song lyrics, stress, and substance abuse in adolescents.
May 1, 2008... In February 2008, the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine published an analysis of song lyrics popular with adolescents that raises interesting questions about the roots of later substance abuse. Researchers at the University of...