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(HealthDay)—One in five Americans knows a victim of gun violence and four in 10 are worried about becoming the victim of gun violence, according to a new poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-americans-victim-gun-violence-poll.html Health Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:31:21 EST news281367053 Mental health facilities that provide outpatient specialty services for youth are a critical element of the mental health care infrastructure, especially for youth who are uninsured or publically insured. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-gaps-mental-health-infrastructure-youth.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:10:04 EST news279911025 Young adults, in a period of transition, are often reluctant to seek treatment for mental health problems because of the stigma, inadequate insurance coverage and difficulty finding a mental health care provider. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-interacting-avatars-depressive-symptoms-young.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:29:23 EST news279797311 (AP)—Connecticut lawmakers are reviewing mental health care following the Newtown school shooting, even though they and the public have little insight into what might have been ailing the 20-year-old gunman. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-school-conn-debates-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:01:04 EST news278697658 (AP)—The head of the House panel that oversees veterans' issues says patients who have trouble getting timely mental health care from Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics should have another option: access to the thousands of health care providers who care for military personnel and their families. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-lawmaker-va-mental-gap.html Health Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:27:13 EST news278656019 (AP)—Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, either because of the recession's toll on revenue or a new zeal to shrink government. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-states-rethink-mental-health.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:12:50 EST news278176363 Horrific images from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest notwithstanding, modern electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains one of the safest and most effective antidepressant treatments, particularly for patients who do not tolerate antidepressant medications or depression symptoms that have failed to respond to antidepressant medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-declining-access-electroconvulsive-therapy-clinical.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:08:07 EST news277038479 (HealthDay)—Following the Newtown, Conn., shooting on Dec. 14 by Adam Lanza, the question of social withdrawal and isolation needs to be addressed, according to a perspective piece published online Dec. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-social-isolation-young.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:01 EST news276516861 The deadly US shooting rampage last week has revived debate about access to mental health care—a tough issue as state funds dry up and laws make it difficult to treat people against their will. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-revives-debate-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:58:08 EST news275198074 Unemployment poses a significant burden on the public no matter what the cause. But for those who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness, chronic unemployment is often coupled with significant health care costs. A Rhode Island Hospital study compared unemployment rates among those with various psychiatric disorders, and found that borderline personality disorder is associated with as much unemployment as bipolar disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-borderline-personality-bipolar-disorders-similar.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:51:02 EST news274445289 In the first study to compare mental health-related emergency department (ED) visits between children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD), researchers found that ED visits are nine times more likely to be for psychiatric reasons if a child has an ASD diagnosis. Published in the journal Pediatric Emergency Care (Epub ahead of print), the study found externalizing symptoms, such as severe behaviors tied to aggression, were the leading cause of ED visits among children with ASD. Importantly, the likelihood of a psychiatric ED visit was higher if a child carried private health insurance rather than medical assistance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-children-autism-emergency-room-psychiatric.html Autism spectrum disorders Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:31:20 EST news273774523 Pregnant women with mental health disorders are facing too many barriers to help them quit smoking during pregnancy despite their willingness to accept support, finds a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cessation-pregnant-women-mental-disorders.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:20:02 EST news272650314 As Internet access becomes increasingly widespread, so do related psychopathologies such as Internet addiction and delusions related to the technology and to virtual relationships. Computer communications such as Facebook and chat groups are an important part of this story, says Dr. Uri Nitzan of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Shalvata Mental Health Care Center in a new paper published in the Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-facebook-factor-psychotic-symptoms.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:38:27 EST news272630298 (AP)—China's legislature on Friday passed a long-awaited mental health law that aims to prevent people from being involuntarily held and unnecessarily treated in psychiatric facilities—abuses that have been used against government critics and triggered public outrage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-china-law-curb-abuse-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:16:55 EST news270440201 The first network of its kind endorsing an integrative approach to the treatment of mental health has been launched as part of World Mental Health Week http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-world-network-mental-health-treatments.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:25:46 EST news269087138 Canada announced Wednesday it was disbursing Can$19.4 million in aid for 14 poorer countries to treat mental health disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-canada-tackles-mental-health-woes.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:52:27 EST news269063537 Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, a University of Missouri public health expert has identified factors that will help parents, medical professionals and educators recognize teens at risk for self injury and suicide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-esearcher-factors-parents-professionals-teens.html Health Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:31:39 EST news268583477 (Medical Xpress) -- Patients who have three or more chronic medical conditions are half as likely to receive depression treatment in primary care practices that use electronic medical records as they are in practices that use paper-based records, a new University of Florida study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-depression-overlooked-physicians-electronic-medical.html Health Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:12:29 EST news264359532 (Medical Xpress) -- The internet and new media could play a vital role in the delivery of mental health care, according to a series of research papers published in the Journal of Mental Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:55:14 EST news262601705 A cancer diagnosis for adolescents and young adults can be especially challenging, and new research shows the social, psychological and informational support these patients need might be going unmet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-unmet-adolescents-young-adult-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:02:43 EST news261748954 People who experience a physical health problem, from diabetes and back pain to cancer or heart disease, are three times more likely to seek mental health care than patients who report having no physical ailment, according to a new study by Oregon State University researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-physical-health-problems-substantially-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:55:14 EST news261748504 First Nations children and those from families receiving government subsidies had more return visits to emergency departments for mental health crises than other socioeconomic groups, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-nations-low-income-children-emergency-departments.html Health Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:51 EST news258632269 Studies have found that police demonstrated considerable resilience to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to other disaster workers after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC). This has been attributed to effective screening and extensive training in the police force. New research suggests that, despite this greater resilience to PTSD, 15.4% of police endorse symptoms of subsyndromal PTSD that do not reach the level for a formal diagnosis of PTSD, but which are nonetheless associated with elevated rates of other psychiatric disorders and functional difficulties. The study is published online in advance of publication in the July issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-burden-full-subsyndromal-ptsd-police.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:46:26 EST news258115462 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 "Treatment of mental disorders within the health care system needs to be accompanied by a community-based approach that focuses on psychosocial problems," say the authors of a case study from Afghanistan published in this week's PLoS Medicine as part of the newly launched series on global mental health practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-health-approaches-mental-afghanistan.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 29 May 2012 17:00:03 EST news257522271 (HealthDay) -- Doctors have long known that some kids suffering severe emotional turmoil find relief in physical pain -- cutting or burning or sticking themselves with pins to achieve a form of release. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-mental-health-urged-kids-self-harm.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 25 May 2012 12:09:40 EST news257166474 75% of mental illnesses emerge by age 25. Mood and anxiety disorders are among the most common conditions, yet there is little support for youth in this age group. A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute shows that may no longer be the case. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-youth-mood-anxiety-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:47:35 EST news253363601 A Review in this week's Lancet says that mental health problems are about twice as prevalent in deaf people compared with the general population, and also reports disparities in access to and quality of mental health care for deaf people. The Review is by Dr Johannes Fellinger, Health Centre for the Deaf at the Hospital of St John of God, Linz, Austria, and Medical University, Vienna, Austria, and colleagues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-mental-health-problems-prevalent-deaf.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:30:01 EST news251052707 New evidence on the link between suicide and the economy shows that the monthly suicide rate in New York City from 1990 to 2006 was 29% higher at the economic low point in 1992 than at the peak of economic growth in 2000. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-nyc-suicide-percent-higher-economy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:23:26 EST news251050983 Less than one in four college students with symptoms of serious depression receives adequate treatment. Current health care services on campus might not be sufficient for delivering good quality mental health care, according to a new study in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-depressed-college-students-adequate.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:40:01 EST news248690680