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Stress-related gene may help explain who suffers from post-traumatic
MSN UK News - Groundbreaking research suggests genes help explain why some people can recover from a traumatic event while others suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. Though preliminary, the study provides insight into a condition expected to strike increasing

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Sun-Journal - Candidates must stress foreign policy When I wrote about presidential dream tickets nearly a year ago, with U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona leading Republicans and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois as the No. 2 for Democrats, criticism rained from

Stress-related gene may help explain who suffers from post-traumatic
MSN UK News - Groundbreaking research suggests genes help explain why some people can recover from a traumatic event while others suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. Though preliminary, the study provides insight into a condition expected to strike increasing

Yankees Pay Homage to Va. Tech Victims
Los Angeles Times - BLACKSBURG, Va. — The New York Yankees made a pilgrimage Tuesday to the Virginia Tech memorial dedicated to the campus shooting victims. Along with about 200 onlookers, the Yankees viewed 32 stone memorials to the victims of the shooting rampage on

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dBusinessNews.com - Stress Free Decorating Saturday, March 15th, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the Holly Springs Cultural Art Center “Stress Free Decorating” is a workshop that focuses on demystifying the home decorating process. Blankenship will provide a new and fun

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Gamasutra - Though Bonner said non-disclosure and non-disparagement legal agreements limit what he is able to say, he did stress that he was not fired by the ESRB, as suggested by ESRB president Patricia Vance in her response to the EGM article. “I left of my

Fed Cuts Main Rate to 2.25%, Says Outlook `Weakened’ (Update3)
Bloomberg - The moves helped relieve some stress in credit markets. Yield differences on a Bloomberg index for Fannie Mae’s current- coupon, 30-year fixed rate mortgage bonds and 10-year U.S. government notes narrowed about 22 basis points to 176 basis points

SEC Failure to Grasp Plight of Bear Exposes Cracks in Vigilance
Bloomberg - The SEC, as part of its supervision of Bear Stearns, the fifth-largest U.S. securities firm, and its rivals, tries to ensure that the industry has adequate funds to meet expected obligations for at least one year during periods of “stress

Massage: ‘Just the touch (patients) need’
St. Cloud Times - Breast cancer survivor Peggy Weber’s treatment left her with pain and emotional stress. Sanner, a certified massage therapist, works on her often.

Stanchart applies for Malaysia Islamic bank
Reuters UK - We haven’t seen any stress in our Islamic portfolio. Hard to make a judgement about the future,” he said. Standard Chartered had $1.4 billion (699 million pounds) of Islamic banking assets in Malaysia at the end of 2007, more than double the year ago

Law Center Extends Application Deadline
Hoya - The purpose of this option, Cornblatt said, is to allow these applicants to bypass a source of stress during their senior year while helping to retain some of Georgetown’s strongest students.

More in: More Colleges
Detroit News - NCAA men’s report - 03/18/2008 NCAA women’s report - 03/18/2008 Watson is stress free - 03/18/2008 Cause for a pause: Books come before bucks - 03/18/2008 Greensboro regional - 03/18/2008 New Orleans regional - 03/18/2008 Oklahoma City regional - 03

Stress takes toll among troops
Edmonton Sun - Jitender Sareen was the lead author of a 2007 study that found 31% of Canadian soldiers have symptoms of a mental disorder - ranging from depression to post-traumatic stress and substance abuse. (The website for the Canadian Mental Health Association

Cocaine May Cause Heart Attack Symptoms
Los Angeles Times - The number of cocaine-related users visiting ERs rose 47 percent from 1995 to 2002, increasing from 135,711 to 199,198, according to the government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (That’s a tiny percentage of the more

The Demise of Hyphy
San Francisco Weekly - Based upon his comments here and all the information about this guy on the net, it seems that he may be suffering from some serious mental health issues.

Health Workers Equipped to Deal With Self-Harmers
Scoop - Funded by Waikato Primary Health the Secondary School Targeted Staff Support Programme was developed by a consultant clinical psychologist specialising in mental health and implemented in three Waikato high schools during Terms 3 and 4, 2007.

Judge ‘in it for long haul’ on prison reform
San Francisco Gate - He is also one member of a three-judge federal panel considering whether prison overcrowding, with 169,000 inmates in a system designed for half that many, is preventing improvements in health care and mental health treatment.

5Th Edition of Psychology by Author Dr. Robin Kowalski
PR Inside - www.researchandmarkets.com - Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86065 ) has announced the addition of “Psychology, 5th Edition” to their offering. Rather than present psychological science as a series of facts for memorization

Time for a text etiquette
Philadelphia Inquirer - Markey, a psychology professor at Villanova University, echoed Palmer’s line of thinking. “It’s not addicting in the same way as something like alcohol is addicting, but it’s certainly a preferred method of communication for some people,” he said.

In their own words
Burlington Free Press - He majored in biology and psychology at Williams, where he played soccer for the Ephmen. Photography has always been a kind of side interest for Castle, whose formal study of the medium came during a semester abroad in Florence.

Show respect for the practices and beliefs of others
Salt Lake Tribune - KOLTKO-RIVERA is an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association. His book, The Psychology of Worldviews, is due out this year; another book, on Mormonism and Freemasonry, is due out next year.

A Vote for Nonpartisan Parties
Boston Globe - Have a little sympathy! (Thanks to reader Amanda O’Donnell for this perspective. Feel misunderstood? Write missconduct@globe.com .) Miss Conduct is Robin Abrahams, a Cambridge-based writer with a PhD in psychology.