News tagged with mental health problems

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Anabolic steroids may affect future mental health

There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 20, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New program successful in reducing service and substance use among frequent health care users

A program co-led by St. Michael's Hospital could be the next widely used model to treat patients who are frequent users of the health care system and have severe addictions, often complicated by homelessness and mental health ...

Health created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research finds opportunity in health care system to reach out to youth contemplating suicide

More than 80 per cent of youth who die by suicide had some form of contact with the health care system in the year before their death, according to a new study from St. Michael's Hospital.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Putting the humanity back into healthcare

An innovative study led by The University of Nottingham is to investigate whether arts and humanities can help improve the mental health and well-being of patients and carers alike.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How family conflict affects children

(Medical Xpress)—New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Foster care a sound choice for some maltreated children

Newspaper articles, TV shows and books are filled with horror stories of children placed in foster care. A new study bucks that trend by showing out-of-home placements can improve the emotional health of some youths who have ...

Pediatrics created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Childhood disability rate jumps 16 percent over past decade

More children today have a disability than a decade ago, and the greatest increase is among kids in higher-income families, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual ...

Pediatrics created May 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Controlling alcohol habits as students find 'release' may avoid later addiction

(Medical Xpress)—Current college culture allows for an environment where risks of addiction and alcohol dependency increase while mental health decreases.

Addiction created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Strikingly similar' brains of man and fly may aid mental health research

A new study by scientists at King's College London and the University of Arizona (UA) published in Science reveals the deep similarities in how the brain regulates behaviour in arthropods (such as flies ...

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Severely injured vets may need ongoing emotional care

(HealthDay)—U.S. veterans who suffered major limb injuries in combat showed little improvement with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the two ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Depression, anxiety and war in Pakistan's tribal belt

After nine friends and relatives were killed in a US drone strike four years ago, Mohammed Fahim took tranquillisers to blot out the nightmares.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies co-factors critical to PTSD development

Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Time to Change evaluation shows drop in mental health discrimination

(Medical Xpress)—A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has shown there has been an 11.5% reduction in average levels of discrimination. Led by King's College London's Institute of Psychi ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early poor mental health link to early puberty

(Medical Xpress)—Children who have an earlier onset of puberty have poorer mental health from as early as preschool age, a new study by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In the UK, a DIY approach to mental health help

After crocheting a colorful blanket, Joan Ferguson snuggled up under it one night and proudly thought: "This is one groovy blanket. I'm brilliant."

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0