Tanya Davison, Swinburne University of Technology and Sunil Bhar, Swinburne University of Technology
A new review looks at whether psychological therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, are an effective way to treat older people in aged care with symptoms of depression.
Insomnia and mental disorders are inter-related in a way we’ve yet to fully understand. But treating one can often help the other.
For many people, trying to lose excess fat is very difficult without help. Effective treatment is available when obesity affects health.
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Despite the prevalent view that people with large bodies should simply eat less and move more, it’s nearly impossible to fight our genetic heritage or other factors that are not within our control.
A battle against time itself: Australia warm up ahead of the 2009 Ashes test series.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy research contains little data from minority groups. This makes it difficult to know whether this therapy is effective for everyone.
Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia provided remission of insomnia in 80 to 90 per cent of adolescents in a research trial, and improved their overall concussion recovery.
Simple strategies such as setting a regular wake-up time, and tracking sleep patterns, can help women beat insomnia during pregnancy.
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Insomnia impacts more than 20 per cent of women during pregnancy. And it is treatable.
Currently only half of people with depression access potentially adequate treatment, according to one research study. Digital devices could help.
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Using smartphones and wearable devices to identify mental health symptoms and deliver psychotherapy will allow more people to access quality care, according to one psychiatrist.
Technology could be a promising alternative to traditional therapy.
Antidepressants bring in almost $17 billion a year for the pharmaceutical industry, and yet science shows their benefit to be small. Natural therapies such as diet, exercise, light therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy are just as effective.
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