Psychological Therapies Improve Life for Children With Post-Traumatic Stress

Psychological therapies improve life for children with post-traumatic stress

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The researchers suggest that further studies address the effects of different psychological therapies, as well as any differences or additive effects of drug treatment compared to psychological therapies. "More trials comparing the various …
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Could Help People With Depression When Drugs

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In the first large-scale trial to test the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, alongside medication for depression, scientists said they found that the combination works where drug treatment alone fails. Nicola Wiles of Bristol …
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Hamilton woman sentenced to four years in prison for shooting death of tenant

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Kraft has long had a heroin addiction, prosecutors said. She has admitted to using heroin as recently as March 2012 and using as many as 10 bags of heroin a day at one point. She also said she used alcohol, marijuana and cocaine regularly.
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Second Circuit Rules that Pharma Rep's Promotion of Drug for Off-Label Use is

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The Second Circuit's December 3, 2012 decision in United States v. Caronia, No. 09-5006-CR, could cause a sea change in the growing number of prosecutions brought … The Court vacated the conviction of Alfred Caronia, a pharmaceutical representative …
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