Tag: disorders

ScienceDaily (Dec. 18, 2009) Autism and related development disorders are becoming more common, with a prevalence rate approaching 1 percent among American 8-year-olds, according to new data from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The study is a partnership between UAB, the CDC and 10 other U.S. research sites. It shows that one in 110 American 8-year-olds is classified as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 57 percent increase in ASD cases compared to four years earlier.

A form of cognitive behaviour therapy could benefit most people with eating disorders, a study suggests.

More people with eating disorders could benefit from 'talking therapies' which aim to release them from obsessive feelings, say UK researchers.

They said a specially-created form of "cognitive behavioural therapy" might work in four out of five cases.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost half of college-age Americans have suffered from some type of mental health problem in the past year, but few seek treatment, a survey finds.