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>Brain Region for Overcoming Fear, Anxiety Found
Special cells in the brain allow animals to overcome fear and anxiety by recalling memories of similar situations when they were unafraid, according to new research.

>Giving Up Alcohol Can Lead to Depression
 Moderate drinkers who give up alcohol are likely to suffer from mild depression, new research has found.

> Why Alerting Youth to Schizophrenia Signs is Critical
Although schizophrenia affects one percent of the population, three percent will experience psychosis at some point in their lives.

> Many Top Medications Have Psychiatric Side-Effects
Suicide, compulsive gambling, sleep driving.  Those are some of the side-effects of today's major prescription medications.  And the FDA warns patients to read drug labels; especially the side-effects section.

>Anorexia, 'bigorexia' May Have Same Genetic Roots
For men, the obsession with being too small and undeveloped, known as muscle dysmorphic disorder, may share the same genetic underpinnings as anorexia nervosa.

>Stars' Addictions Detailed in Tell-all Book
 The drug-addicted pasts of musicians such as Sir Elton John, Courtney Love and Whitney Houston, are set be revealed in a new celebrity tell-all book.

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