http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Can events like Red Fridays, Tickets for Troops and the yellow ribbon campaign reduce the chances of Canadian soldiers experiencing combat-related stress disorders? The authors of a new study from the University of Alberta think so. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-soldiers-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:33:50 EST news284362423 (Medical Xpress)—High rates of self-harm and mental distress among asylum seekers in long-term detention has renewed calls for the review of Australia's offshore processing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-free-vulnerable-offshore-detention.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:56:48 EST news274344993 (AP)—San Francisco is preparing to become the first U.S. city to provide and cover the cost of sex reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender residents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-city-transgender-surgeries.html Other Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:34:49 EST news271654478 (HealthDay) -- Prescription drug abuse among American college students is linked to depression and suicidal thoughts, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-mental-health-woes-college-kids.html Addiction Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:12:43 EST news259348358 A new model of care for screening and treating women around the time of childbirth for mental health disorders shows promise according to researchers from South Africa reporting in this week's PLoS Medicine as part of the newly launched series in global mental health practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-approach-screen-pregnant-women-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 29 May 2012 17:00:04 EST news257522327 More than 15 percent of Norwegian teenagers ages 15 to 16 reported “mental distress,” or symptoms of depression and anxiety, with significantly more girls reporting distress than boys, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Girls with mental distress were also more likely than their male counterparts to be prescribed psychotropic drugs—those that alter chemical levels in the brain, affecting behavior and mood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-girls-mental-distress-psychiatric-drugs.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:20:03 EST news245494979 Aging and health issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender baby boomers have been largely ignored by services, policies and research. These seniors face higher rates of disability, physical and mental distress and a lack of access to services, according to the first study on aging and health in these communities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-lgbt-seniors-harder-age-national.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:24:43 EST news240668675 For black American adults, perceived racism may cause mental health symptoms similar to trauma and could lead to some physical health disparities between blacks and other populations in the United States, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-racism-impact-black-americans-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:42:26 EST news240662538 People with frequent mental distress are markedly more likely that than those with frequent physical distress to lack health insurance, according to research appearing the October issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Uninsured adults have less access to recommended care, receive poorer quality care, and experience worse health outcomes than insured adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-people-experiencing-mental-distress-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:50:38 EST news236947777 The prevalence of self-reported mental health disabilities increased in the U.S. among non-elderly adults during the last decade, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At the same time, the study found the prevalence of disability attributed to other chronic conditions decreased, while the prevalence of significant mental distress remained unchanged. The findings will appear in the November edition of the American Journal of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-mental-health-disability.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:57:17 EST news236012178 (AP) -- The practices of a prestigious medical research institute that studies schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are on trial in Maine, where the organization collected at least 99 brains from organ donors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-brain-collection-trial-maine.html Other Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:20:43 EST news235916404 A University of Missouri researcher has found that stress related to pregnancy uniquely affects the health of expectant fathers, which in turn, influences the health of expectant mothers and their infants. Health services should incorporate counseling and assessments for men and women to reduce stressors and promote positive pregnancy outcomes, says ManSoo Yu, assistant professor in MU's Public Health Program. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-fathers-prenatal.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 12 May 2011 12:43:11 EST news224422967