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More symptoms of depression and lower cognitive status are independently associated with a more rapid decline in the ability to handle tasks of everyday living, according to a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers in this month's Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-depression-alzheimer-patients-declining-ability.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:49:07 EST news282905326 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 A new commentary in the Annals of Internal Medicine from researchers with The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and University of California, Davis, calls for more physician engagement in the current gun policy dialogue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-gun-violence-experts-physician-involvement.html Health Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:10:01 EST news279822250 (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 Most people are faced with embarrassment or humiliation at some point in their lives. Maybe they get nervous before a big presentation to the bosses at work. Maybe they get a bit anxious thinking about approaching an attractive stranger at a party. But where is the line between normal shyness and social anxiety disorder? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nervous-social-anxiety-disorder-simply.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:40:55 EST news272551225 A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple "check-in" call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with mental health diagnoses to begin treatment for their conditions, in a study led by a physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-therapy-technique-iraq-afghanistan-veterans.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:15:17 EST news262538110 Research on sex and trauma faces an ethical dilemma: how can we find out more about the effects of such psychologically sensitive topics without hurting the people who participate in the study? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sex-trauma-college-students-previously.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 31 May 2012 14:45:38 EST news257694262 U.S. Army researcher Maj. Gary H. Wynn, M.D., shared new analysis on why some Soldiers suffering from combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) never seek care or drop out of treatment early during a presentation today at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting. His presentation, "Epidemiology of Combat-Related PTSD in U.S. Service Members: Lessons Learned," also described the approaches the Army is using to address this issue and improve overall patient outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-army-soldiers-ptsd-strategies-treatment.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 May 2012 10:15:54 EST news255604548 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 Does the growing number of psychiatric disorder diagnoses have an effect on people with mental illnesses? According to a new study, as definitions of mental illnesses become broader, people who show signs of depression and other common mental illnesses are less likely to evoke a supportive response from friends and family members as are people with other severe mental disorders. This new study was released in a recent issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-psychiatrists-desensitizing.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:06:10 EST news253206362 Nearly 2 million adults in California, about 8 percent of the population, need mental health treatment, but the majority receive no services or inadequate services, despite a state law mandating that health insurance providers include mental health treatment in their coverage options, a new report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-million-californians-mental-health-treatment.html Health Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:27:18 EST news241882031 Mental health screening has been demonstrated to successfully connect African-American middle school students from a predominantly low-income area with school-based mental health services, according to results of a new study led by the TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University. The study was published in a recent online early edition of the Community Mental Health Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-screening-african-american-students-school-based-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:22:50 EST news227280159