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Select a Story below- 23 August 2010 Microbes and Mental Illness
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23 August 2010
Microbes and Mental Illness
Hints that some mental illness may be linked to infectious agents and/or autoimmune processes date back to at least the early 20th Century. Probably the most compelling case for such involvement is children who develop obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tic disorders “overnight,” following a strep infection. Despite continuing debate over its parameters, evidence is mounting in support of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) — or at least a syndrome modeled on it.
- 10 August 2010 Antidepressants Not Beneficial in Autism
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10 August 2010
Antidepressants Not Beneficial in Autism
A new statistical study does not recommend SSRIs as treatment for children, or adults, with autism at this time. However, it concludes that decisions about the use of SSRIs for co-occurring obsessive-compulsive disorder, aggression, anxiety or depression in individuals with autism be made on a case by case basis.
- 06 August 2010 Stuff: Oliver-Sacks-like account of pathological hoarders
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06 August 2010
Stuff: Oliver-Sacks-like account of pathological hoarders
Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee’s Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things is a series of case-histories of people who suffer from a compulsion that causes them to fill up their living spaces with all manner of junk. The cases are very wide ranging, from people who literally hoard garbage and live in places that are carpeted with vermin and roaches to millionaires who fill a series of posh hotel suites with mountains of fine art and jewels that accumulate layers of dust.