News tagged with psychiatric services


Life expectancy gap widens between those with mental illness and general population

The gap between life expectancy in patients with a mental illness and the general population has widened since 1985 and efforts to reduce this gap should focus on improving physical health, suggest researchers in a paper ...

Health created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rethinking treatment goals improves results for 'untreatable' anorexics

(Medical Xpress)—Patients with the most severe and dangerous form of chronic anorexia are more likely to make a significant improvement towards recovery and stay in therapy if traditional psychological treatments are re-focused ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Need for culturally sensitive treatment for deaf patients with psychiatric disorders

Members of the Deaf community who suffer from mental health problems need culturally sensitive treatment to avoid misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment, according to a report in the March Journal of Psychiatric Practice. ...

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

Moral injury among the issues facing combat veterans

With suicide rates among veterans on the rise, another problem facing veterans also is capturing the public's attention. Service members suffering from moral injury are feeling profound guilt and shame for things they may ...

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

US shooting revives debate over mental health care

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.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Impact of caring for adult child with disability studied

(Medical Xpress)—Caring for an adult child with developmental disabilities or mental illness increased by 38 percent the chances that an aging parent would develop disabilities of their own, according to findings of a new ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Less than half of youth with mental illness received adequate follow-up care, study finds

Youth with mental illness are among the most vulnerable, but new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found that less than half of Ontario youth aged 15 to 19 hospitalized with a psychiatric ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Community treatment of psych patients tied to less mortality

(HealthDay)—For patients with psychiatric disorders, community treatment orders correlate with a reduction in mortality, according to research published online Nov. 12 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadi ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Simple tool helps psychiatry residents ID risk of violence

(HealthDay)—A simple, structured risk assessment tool, the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 clinical subscale (HCR-20-C), could help psychiatric residents more accurately evaluate the risk for violence ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vets' readjustment issues may spur PTSD treatment

(HealthDay)—The stress of readjusting to civilian life is a major reason some U.S. soldiers seek treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study finds.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Simple tool may help inexperienced psychiatrists better predict violence risk in patients

Inexperienced psychiatrists are less likely than their veteran peers to accurately predict violence by their patients, but a simple assessment checklist might help bridge that accuracy gap, according to new research from ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Schizophrenia in movies: don't believe everything you see

(HealthDay) -- Movies often stereotype people with schizophrenia as being violent and unpredictable, says a researcher who claims Hollywood dispenses misinformation about symptoms, causes and treatment of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Public is less willing to pay to avoid mental illness than general medical illnes

People are less willing to pay to avoid mental illness than medical illness, even though they recognize that severe mental illnesses can dramatically lower quality of life, according to new research published in the April ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: Mental illness struck 1 in 5 US adults in 2010

One in five adults in the U.S. had a mental illness in 2010, with people ages 18 to 25 having the highest rates, according to a national survey.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study shows promise for teen suicide prevention

Roughly one million people die by suicide each year. In the U.S., where nearly 36,000 people take their own lives annually, more than 4,600 victims are between the ages of 10 and 24, making suicide the third leading cause ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0