mental health

Research investment failing mental health

harminka — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:58:03 -0500

More money and effort needs to be directed to understanding the causes and treatment of mental disorders to ensure improvements in the health of the community and the one in five people that experience mental illness in any one year.

Mental health intervention urged for heart patients

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:39:55 -0500

Heart patients are particularly vulnerable to depression and should be screened, and if necessary treated, to improve their recovery and overall health, according to a scientific advisory issued Monday by the American Heart Association and co-authored by a Yale School of Public Health researcher.

Impact of stress on police officers' physical and mental health

harminka — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:39:49 -0500

Policing is dangerous work, and the danger lurks not on the streets alone.

Link between solid employment and health

harminka — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:47:10 -0500

Despite low overall unemployment, Canada's manufacturing industry has cut 88,000 jobs this year, with nearly all the losses occurring in Ontario. Also, part-time employment has grown by 3.5 per cent in 12 months, much faster than the 0.9 per cent growth in full time work.

Coping When Suicide Strikes Your Family

admin_huliq — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:52:41 -0500

Suicide: the very word brings images of untimely death and grief - all the more painful for the children of parental suicide who are left to cope growing up without a mother or father and must face adult challenges without a guiding hand.

Dr. Phil To The Rescue Of Mindy McCready

admin_huliq — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:02:02 -0500

Mindy McCready is going back to rehab after trying to do herself in with her favorite swiggable and pharmaceutical — vodka and Ambien — and we hear Dr. Phil's inserting himself in the whole situation picture as the rescue mental health doctor.

Britney Spears Motivated By Her Children - Spears Attorney

charlesd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:50:14 -0500

Britney spears ended the custody battle with her ex-husband Kevin Federline. It seems she had given up the fight for her kids.

Lack of fragile X and related gene fractures sleep

harminka — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:34:13 -0500

Lack of both the fragile X syndrome gene and one that is related could account for sleep problems associated with the disorder, which is the common cause of inherited mental impairment, said a consortium of researchers led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Their findings appear in a report in the current issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Mental and physical exercise improves genetic mental impairment

harminka — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:03:44 -0500

Australian scientists have shown that mental and physical exercise can improve coordination and movement problems in Rett syndrome, a devastating genetic brain development disorder that primarily affects females.

Mental health impact was greatest among those injured during event

harminka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:01:02 -0500

For many residents of Lower Manhattan, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had lasting psychological consequences. New findings, released today by the Health Department's World Trade Center Health Registry, show that one in eight Lower Manhattan residents likely had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) two to three years after the attacks.

Next week's summer chorus camp for seniors improves quality of life

harminka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:17:30 -0500

Encore Creativity for Older Adults and St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM) will co-host Encore's first Summer Chorale Camp Tuesday, June 17, through Saturday, June 21, at SMCM. Encore executive director Jeanne Kelly helped lead a study about senior citizens, aged 65-103, that revealed a positive connection between regular artistic activity and improved physical and mental health.

Specific Genes and Family Traits Linked to Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Depression

harminka — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:44:42 -0500

New findings from research supported by NARSAD, the world’s leading charity dedicated to mental health research, and conducted by Harvard-affiliated scientists are providing important clues into how genes work to impair various aspects of attention, memory and perception -- the behaviors associated with many psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.