Breaking news on mental health
National Study Shows Majority Of Self-Harming Adolescents Don't Receive A Mental Health Assessment During Emergency Room Visit published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
A national study of Medicaid data shows most young people who present to emergency departments with deliberate self-harm are discharged to the community, without receiving an emergency mental health assessment. Even more, a roughly comparable proportion of these patients receive no outpatient mental health care in the following month...
Access To Psychotropic Medicines Affected By Health Systems Factors published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
In a cross-sectional analysis of WHO-AIMS data published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ryan McBain of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA and colleagues investigated the associations between health system components and access to psychotropic drugs in 63 low- and middle- income countries (LAMICs)...
A Glass Of Milk A Day Could Benefit Your Brain published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal...
How A Parent's Education Can Affect The Mental Health Of Their Offspring published
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
New research sheds light on cycle of low socioeconomic status and depression Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent's level of education? A new study led by Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, a medical sociologist from McGill University, suggests this is the case...
Survivors Of Hurricane Katrina Struggle With Mental Health Years Later, Study Says published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Survivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. The study's lead author, Christina Paxson of Princeton University, said that the results were a departure from other surveys both in the design and the results...
Mental Illness Affects 1 In 5 Americans published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
In the past year, 45.9 million Americans above the age of 18 years, or 20% of 18 year-olds, experienced mental illness, according to a new national report. Mental illness amongst those aged between 18 and 25 years (29.9%) was more than double as high, compared with people aged 50 years or older (14.3%)...
Link Between PCE In Drinking Water And An Increased Risk Of Mental Illness published
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it...
1 In 5 Americans With Mental Illness, National Survey published
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Some 45.9 million, or around 1 in 5 American adults (age 18 and over) experienced a mental illness in the past year, according to the US government's latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released this month...
Gossip Is Good For You! published
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
Fed up with listening to your spouse or co-workers gossiping away? Leave be, says a new research from University of California Berkeley. Gossip helps to prevent bad behavior, prevent exploitation and reduces stress levels...
Mental Illness Protects Some Inmates From Returning To Jail published
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
People with mental illness have gotten a bad rap in past research studies, being labeled the group of people with the highest return rates to prison...
Mental Health - Experts Urge For Special UN Session published
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
A team of international health experts has made a call for the United Nations to hold a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to focus worldwide attention on neurological and mental disorders as well as substance use disorders as a central development issue, which need commitment to improve access to care, promote human rights, and reinforce evidence on eff...
A Special UN Session On Mental Health Called For By International Health Experts published
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A group of international health experts has called for a special session of the United Nations (referred to as UNGASS - United Nations General Assembly Special Session) to focus global attention on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders as a core development issue requiring commitments to improve access to care, promote human rights, and strengthen the evidence on ef...
WTC Attack Responders - PTSD Linked To Respiratory Disease published
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
Results of an investigation analyzing the association between the two signature health problems - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and respiratory illness - among recovery workers who responded first at the World Trade Center (WTC), have been revealed after more than a decade following the terrorist attacks on the WTC. The study was led by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., the Edmund D...
Researchers Reveal That New Forms Of Torture Leave 'Invisible Scars' published
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London. The study suggests that these emerging forms of torture, which include various types of rape, bestiality and witnessing violent acts, are experienced by people seeking asylum in the UK...
Need For Action On Health In The Aftermath Of War Highlighted By New Report published
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
Countries recovering from war are at risk of being left to their own devices in tackling non communicable diseases, leaving an "open door" for exploitation by alcohol, tobacco and food companies, health experts warn...
More Than Other Drugs, Injected Meth Is Associated With An Increased Risk Of Attempted Suicide published
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
The dire physical and mental health effects of injecting methamphetamine are well known, but there's been little research about suicidal behavior and injecting meth...
UNC Study Could Lead To A Treatment For Angelman Syndrome published
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Results of a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may help pave the way to a treatment for a neurogenetic disorder often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy or autism. Known as Angelman syndrome, or AS, its most characteristic feature is the absence or near absence of speech throughout the person's life...
School Absenteeism, Mental Health Problems Linked published
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
School absenteeism is a significant problem, and students who are frequently absent from school more often have symptoms of psychiatric disorders...
SAMHSA Announces A Working Definition Of "Recovery" From Mental Disorders And Substance Use Disorders published
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)...
SAMHSA Announces A Working Definition Of "Recovery" From Mental Disorders And Substance Use Disorders published
Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST
A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)...
Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay Men published
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:00:00 PST
Men in same-sex marriages enjoy better health, have fewer doctor visits and lower health care costs compared to other gay or bisexual men, researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Public Health...
The Mental Health Of Widowers Improves With New Relationship published
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Men who have lost their partner to cancer and who are still single four to five years after their loss run a far greater risk of developing mental illness than those who have managed to find a new partner, reveals a unique study of 691 Swedish widowers carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy. More than 22,000 people die of cancer in Sweden each year...
Horticulture Improves Heart Rate, Stress Levels Of Mentally Challenged Adults published
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST
Participation in horticultural activities can improve confidence and social skills, cultivate a positive attitude, and rejuvenate the mind and body...
Abortion Not Linked To Mental Health Risk published
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:00:00 PST
Having an induced abortion in itself does not raise a female's chances of developing mental health problems, says a report, claimed to be the largest and most comprehensive ever, published by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AOMRC), UK. The authors added that whether the pregnant woman decides to have an abortion or proceed with her pregnancy has no impact on health subsequent mental health...
Parents' Financial Strain And Accompanying Depression Hinder Parent-Child Bond; Children Less Likely To Volunteer, Help Others published
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
A majority of Americans rate their current financial situation as poor or fair, and nearly half of Americans say they have encountered financial problems in the past year, according to the Pew Research Center. A University of Missouri researcher studied how parents' financial problems and resulting mental distress affect their relationships with their children...
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