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Kids with Migraines: Their Mental Health is Fine

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-10-05T06:45:49-04:00February 18th, 2011|Categories: Depression/Anxiety, Parenting, Research|Tags: ADHD, aggression, CD, children, children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, Depression, diagnosis, dysthymia, headaches, internalizing, internalizing behaviors, kids, mental health, migraines, mood disorders, nes, ODD, oppositional defiant disorder, pain, parenting, pathology, Research, somatic complains, study, withdrawal|

In a study by Bruijn, et al. (2010), it was found that compared to healthy children, children with migraines: * do not exhibit more withdrawn behavior * do not have more thought problems * do not have more social problems * do not exhibit more delinquent or aggressive behavior * are not more frequently diagnosed with [...]

Link between depression and inflammatory response found in mice: New treatments for mood disorders?

ScienceDaily (2010-12-20) -- Researchers may have found a clue to the blues that can come with the flu -- depression may be triggered by the same mechanisms that enable the immune system to respond to infection. In a new study, scientists activated the immune system in mice to produce "despair-like" behavior that has similarities to depression [...]