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Brain imaging shows that an individual has different brain activity when they play a game against themselves, as compared to when they compete against others.

The research on brain activity during competitive social interactions is described in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The demand to improve productivity has created a workplace environment of intense competition and increased stress for many. Paradoxically, these conditions often stymie organizational efforts to become more efficient and effective.

New research suggests the way we view our “free time” may impact how happy we are.

Canadian researchers discovered people who put a price on their time are more likely to feel impatient when they’re not using it to earn money. Moreover, this perception appears to hurt individuals’ ability to derive happiness during leisure activities.

Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online issue of Pediatrics. Today, one out of five American children is obese. Young children who are overweight are five times more likely than their peers of normal weight to be obese by adolescence...

With no lab tests to guide the clinician, psychiatric diagnostics is challenging and controversial. Antisocial personality disorder is defined as “a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood,” according to the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association. Read article on SciVerse ScienceDirect http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.05.019,

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-9% of youth and is frequently treated with stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine products. A recent safety communication from the US Food and Drug Administration advised that all patients undergoing ADHD treatment be monitored for changes in heart rate or blood pressure. Full the full article on SciVerse ScienceDirect: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2011.11.008

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-9% of youth and is frequently treated with stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine products. A recent safety communication from the US Food and Drug Administration advised that all patients undergoing ADHD treatment be monitored for changes in heart rate or blood pressure. Read whole article on SciVerse ScienceDirect http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2011.11.008

New revised criteria could mean that a considerable number of patients currently diagnosed with mild or very mild Alzheimer's, might in fact be reclassified as having MCI (mild cognitive impairment), John C. Morris, M.D., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, wrote in Archives of Neurology...

(MedPage Today) -- In a snapshot study of children and adolescents with HIV, about a third met criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder, researchers reported.

(MedPage Today) -- Middle-age men who smoke may be setting themselves up for rapid cognitive decline, researchers found.