Quitting Smoking With Lasers: Too Good to Be True?AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 28, 2013Cigarette smoking is responsible for approximately one in every five deaths in the U.S., taking the lives of over 440,000 people per year, according to the CDC. That’s why any intervention that aims to reduce the huge morbidity and mortality associated with smoking is such a potential boon for public health. If it can do…
Brain Imaging Shows Who Will Benefit From Psychosis TreatmentNews and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 28, 2013Until recently, there wasn’t a reliable way to predict which of the patients suffering from first-episode psychosis (FEP) would respond well to treatment, and which would not. However, a new study conducted by researchers at the King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry shows that brain-imaging technology may be used to identify patients who will likely…