Mental Health News From Medical News Today
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:06 +0100
National Study Shows Majority Of Self-Harming Adolescents Don't Receive A Mental Health Assessment During Emergency Room Visit
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...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Access To Psychotropic Medicines Affected By Health Systems Factors
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)...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
A Glass Of Milk A Day Could Benefit Your Brain
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...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
How A Parent's Education Can Affect The Mental Health Of Their Offspring
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...
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Survivors Of Hurricane Katrina Struggle With Mental Health Years Later, Study Says
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...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Mental Illness Affects 1 In 5 Americans
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%)...
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
Link Between PCE In Drinking Water And An Increased Risk Of Mental Illness
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...
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
1 In 5 Americans With Mental Illness, National Survey
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...
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Gossip Is Good For You!
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...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
Mental Illness Protects Some Inmates From Returning To Jail
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...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
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