Up to One in Five Children Has a Mental Disorder, CDC Says Featured, News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthMay 17, 2013About 20 percent of the children in the United States suffers from a mental health disorder, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the first report to describe the number of youths aged 3–17 years who have specific mental disorders, including ADHD, disruptive behavioral disorders such…
Gene Therapy for Cocaine Addiction and Cocaine Overdose Drug AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthMay 17, 2013Gene therapy is the general term that doctors and scientists use to describe any medical technique that relies on purposeful manipulation of units of DNA inside individual cells, called genes, in order to treat, cure or prevent an illness. Depending on individual circumstances, use of this type of therapy can involve deactivating or switching out…
