| Straw launches mental health courts | Justice Secretary Jack Straw has launched courts in east London and
East Sussex specifically for offenders with mental health problems | 02/07/2009 |
| Overweight kids experience more loneliness, anxiety, MU study finds | COLUMBIA, Mo. - As childhood obesity rates continue to increase,
experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of
being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends | 02/07/2009 |
| New study dispels theory of empty nest syndrome | Parents whose children stay at home are more likely to suffer
depression than those whose offspring move out, researchers said today | 01/07/2009 |
| Easyjet backs dementia research funding calls | EasyJet pledged to raise £1 million for the Alzheimer's Society as part of its partnership with the charity | 01/07/2009 |
| Study strongly supports many genetic contributions to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder | An international research consortium has discovered that many common
genetic variants contribute to a person's risk of schizophrenia and
explain at least a third of the risk of inheriting the disease,
providing the first molecular evidence that... | 01/07/2009 |
| Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share genetic roots | A trio of genome-wide studies – collectively the largest to date – has
pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may
account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia.
One of the studies traced... | 01/07/2009 |
| neExercise for your mental health with the help of a w guide and podcast |
Learn more about exercise and mental health with one of the BBC’s street doctors
| 30/06/2009 |
| Dementia research funding must triple say charities | The Government must triple its annual investment in dementia research
to £96 million within five years, two leading charities said today | 30/06/2009 |
| Plans for mental health centre | Plymouth could get a £4m residential care unit for teenagers with mental health problems if plans are approved | 29/06/2009 |
| Call for dedicated healthcare services for teenagers | Family doctors have called for improvements in teenage healthcare services, it was reported today | 25/06/2009 |
| Emotional condition requiring complex treatment | There is no "magic wand solution" for children with an attachment disorder, experts said today | 25/06/2009 |
| Irritability should be considered when diagnosing bipolar disorder in children | EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – A new study from Bradley Hospital and The Warren
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, as well as two other
institutions, adds to mounting evidence that clinicians consider
irritability as a symptom when diagnosing... | 24/06/2009 |
| Under-fives with mental health problems being 'neglected' | Young children with possible mental health problems are being "neglected", a Holyrood report found today | 23/06/2009 |
| Care management reduces depression and suicidal thoughts in older primary care patients | NEW YORK (June 23, 2009) -- Depression in older adults too often goes
unrecognized and untreated, resulting in untold misery, worsening of
medical illness, and early death | 23/06/2009 |
| Marking anorexia with a brain protein | Eating disorders are frequently seen as psychological or societal
diseases, but do they have an underlying biological cause? A new study
shows that the levels of a brain protein differ between healthy and
anorexic women | 23/06/2009 |
| Anxiety's hidden cost | The effect of anxiety on academic performance is not always obvious but
new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
suggests that there may be hidden costs.
| 23/06/2009 |
| Alterations in brain's white matter key to schizophrenia, UCLA study shows | Schizophrenia, a chronic and debilitating disorder marked in part by
auditory hallucinations and paranoia, can strike in late adolescence or
early adulthood at a time when people are ready to stand on their own
two feet as fully independent... | 22/06/2009 |
| Study finds cancer is the second most frequent cause of death in individuals with schizophrenia | People with schizophrenia are four times as likely to die from all
causes and are 50 percent more likely to die from cancer compared to
people in the general population. That is the conclusion of a new study
published in the August 1, 2009 issue... | 22/06/2009 |
| Mental health units ban forces ‘smoking den’ culture underground, says report | A survey has uncovered widespread problems with the implementation
of the smoking ban in psychiatric units in England. The Mental Health
Foundation has published the results today in its report, <%$Linker: Asset ... | 22/06/2009 |
| Hospital admissions for suicide bids and self-harming increase | Emergency hospital admissions for suicide attempts and self-harming are on the increase, it was revealed today | 22/06/2009 |
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