News tagged with mental illness
Related topics: mental health , depression , brain , schizophrenia , mental health problems
Troubled teens could benefit from online access to health records
Online health records could be surprisingly useful for at-risk teenagers who cycle through the juvenile justice system. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center ...
Pediatrics
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Cyberbullying only rarely the sole factor identified in teen suicides
Cyberbullying – the use of the Internet, phones or other technologies to repeatedly harass or mistreat peers – is often linked with teen suicide in media reports. However, new research presented on Saturday, Oct. 20, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 20, 2012 |
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Collective violence and poverty on the Mexican-US border affects child mental health
Collective violence attributed to organized crime and poverty are adversely affecting the mental health of children living near the Texas-Mexico border, according to a poster presented Oct. 19 at the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
Health
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Men bearing brunt of worsening mental health in England since start of 2008 recession
Men have borne the brunt of worsening mental health across the population of England since the start of the economic downturn in 2008, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Health
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Large-scale study confirms link between creativity and mental illness
(Medical Xpress)—People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Getting help for bipolar disorder — from chaos to control
Teena Adler can feel the onset of her manic episodes: that swift, dramatic toggle from normalcy to paranoia. Sights, smells and sounds are amplified by a thousand. Her thoughts race, and Adler sometimes goes days without ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 12, 2012 |
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High toll of mental illness and addictions must be addressed
Mental illnesses and addictions take more of a toll on the health of Ontarians than cancer or infectious diseases, according to a new report by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Public Health Ontario – ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Possible link between infants' regulatory behaviors and maternal mental health
Functional somatic symptoms (FSS) are physical complaints, such as headaches, pain, fatigue, and dizziness, that cannot be explained medically. These symptoms affect 10-30% of children and adolescents and account for 2-4% ...
Pediatrics
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Researchers find myelin development differences between chimps and humans
(Medical Xpress)—A mixed background group of US researchers has found in studying chimpanzee brains, that development of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers the connections between nerve cells, occurs ...
Neuroscience
Sep 25, 2012 |
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No scientific basis to idea that homosexuality causes psychological harm, researchers emphsize
(Medical Xpress)—Academic staff in the Research School of Psychology at The Australian National University have strongly rejected the view reported in the media today that homosexuality carries with it ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Involuntary mental health admissions: Building a better road to recovery
A new University of Queensland study is examining how involuntary mental health admissions are experienced from the perspectives of mental health consumers, families and health care professionals within a recovery framework. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Schizophrenia: does 'gene talk' help remove self-blame?
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from King's College London Institute of Psychiatry have analysed, for the first time, how relatives of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia talk about genes to explain the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2012 |
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Researchers interview pro-anorexic bloggers for groundbreaking new study
A groundbreaking new research study from Indiana University suggests there may be benefits to the controversial activities of "pro-ana" bloggers, the online community for people with eating disorders.
Health
Aug 20, 2012 |
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A fresh look at mental illness: Researcher points toward a new way to classify disorders
Ask Assistant Professor of Psychology Joshua Buckholtz to explain his research into mental disorders, and he’ll likely start with a question that’s got more to do with basic medicine: When is the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Michigan courts use HIV disclosure laws to punish poor, marginalized individuals
(Medical Xpress) -- Michigan's felony HIV disclosure law is a tool to control and punish marginalized and poor individuals in criminal court cases, according to new University of Michigan findings.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 30, 2012 |
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