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Grade School Counselors Could Boost Student Performance, Study Finds

President Barack Obama walks with Anthony Black from Washington, DC., as he meets with the five children who were featured in the documentary "Waiting for Superman" in the Oval Office on Oct. 11, 2010. Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Providing the opportunity for grade school-aged students to meet with counselors is an experiment that could rapidly boost student performance, quell disruptive behavior and resuscitate schools.

Antidepressants During Pregnancy Could Delay Developmental Milestones

A new study suggests that exposure to anti-depressants in utero could adversely affect an infant's developmental milestones. But a leading Canadian expert warns that any potential risk of taking antidepressants during pregnancy needs to be balanced ...

Beach Boy Brian Wilson revisits fatherhood

Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame is finding fatherhood the second time around to be a bit different than the first. For starters, he is clean and sober now. Wilson has made no secret of his past struggles with drub abuse and mental illness and his ...

Traumatic birth may put moms at risk for PTSD

Childbirth is no walk in the park, that's for sure. But for a majority of women, the experience is a positive one. We made need a little time to let the memory of painful contractions fade or for stitches to heal, but the rewards definitely outweigh ...

AP has written Britney's obituary

Since her breakdown at the beginning of January, whenever I turn on the news in morning, I prepare myself news that Britney Spears has met a tragic end during the night. Turns out I'm not alone in fearing the worst for the troubled star. According ...

Video game addiction a psychiatric disorder?

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is responsible for publishing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a handbook that is widely used by mental health professionals around the world to diagnose mental illness. The APA is ...

Children should know their likability, study finds

I don't know about the rest of you, but I pretty much hated the ages between 9 and 12. In fact, if you'd offer me a large amount of money to go back and relive those years, I'd have to turn you down. Why? Mean kids and bullies pretty much made my ...

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