http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Patients with more severe depression show at least as good clinical benefit from 'low-intensity' interventions, such as self help books and websites, as less severely ill patients, suggests a paper published on BMJ website today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-websites-benefit-severely-depressed-patients.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:30:05 EST news281108553 (Medical Xpress)—A North West clinical trial of people who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder for less than five years will be the first study of its kind to shed light on how new treatments could be more effective in the early stages of the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-treatment-early-stage-bipolar-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:38:46 EST news274700321 Children suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of traumatic events, including child abuse, may benefit from psychological therapies, according to a review published in The Cochrane Library. In the first systematic review of PTSD in young people, researchers found that children and teenagers diagnosed with PTSD showed signs of improvement up to three months following treatment and called for more studies to assess long-term benefits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-psychological-therapies-life-children-post-traumatic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:00:03 EST news274465654 An independent inquiry into the state of care for people with schizophrenia and psychosis in England is calling for a widespread overhaul of the system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-uk-people-schizophrenia-psychosis-falling.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:24:53 EST news272096686 Referring patients with mental health problems to talking therapies seems to cut their use of healthcare services and the amount of sick leave they take, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-referral-therapies-health-sick.html Health Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:07:47 EST news236887660