Mental Health Update

Mental Health Update

All the latest research on mental health taken from a range of different high-quality sources, written in clear English and with a reference back to the original journal article or website. Based on the Mental Health Update blog http... [more]

All the latest research on mental health taken from a range of different high-quality sources, written in clear English and with a reference back to the original journal article or website. Based on the Mental Health Update blog http://mentalhealthupdate.blogspot.com

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Written by Antin on
Adolescence is a crucial stage for physical and mental human development. An adolescent brain has increased desire of knowledge and exploration. At the same time it is highly vulnerable to high-risk behaviors, mental illness, and addiction. Adolescent drug and alcohol abuse, results in side affects that can impact them for entire life. Adolescence and Alcohol Abuse Easy access to alcohol is one of the most potential reasons that drive an adolescent towards alcohol abuse. As adolescents are not fully grown physically and mentally, alcohol abuse will have a long lasting and severe effect on them. Alcohol is a depressant that slows the function of ... Read Full Story
Written by amsharm on
I have previously blogged about the unfortunate effect of atypical antipsychotics on body weight and on the possible strategies that may be effective in dealing with this important complication of psychiatric treatment. As the number of children and adolescents diagnosed with and treated for psychiatric disorders continues to increase, the use of these medications in this population is of growing concern. The extent to which atypical antipsychotic medications promote weight gain and increase cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents was recently addressed by Christoph Correll and colleagues from the Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, in a paper published in JAMA . The researchers ... Read Full Story
Written by Croydonjohn on
Researchers from the VA Ann Arbor Health System in Michigan have been looking into the links between mental-health problems and heart disease. They studied 150,000 veterans who completed a survey in 1999 and were followed for eight years. By the end of the study 8% of the participants had died of heart disease with people with psychosis being more than twice as likely to die. People with depression and bipolar disorder were also more likely to die of heart disease but this increased risk disappeared once unhealthy lifestyles had been taken into account. However, even after allowing for things such as smoking and weight ... Read Full Story
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Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London have been looking into abnormalities in the white matter of people's brains and how this can lead to the development of schizophrenia. Professor Philip McGuire and Dr Sophia Frangou used a technique called diffusion tensor imaging to examine the white matter of adolescents and adults with schizophrenia. They found that the adolescents had severe deficits of white matter in the posterior (back) region of the brain; specifically the parietal region. In the older patients the white-matter abnormalities had "migrated" to the front of the brain where they had a dramatic impact on the frontal lobes. ... Read Full Story
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Last year the UK government reclassified cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, partly out of concerns that cannabis, especially the more potent varieties, may increase the risk of schizophrenia in young people. But the evidence for… Read Full Story
A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led by Professor Phillip McGuire and Dr Sophia Frangou, has been published in this month's edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry.  
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OpEdNewsVIDEO -- Robert King & Terry Kupers: The Psychological Impact of ImprisonmentOpEdNewsDr. Kupers is a psychiatrist with a background in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, forensics and social and community psychiatry. His forensic psychiatry ...and more »  
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Because Medicaid is the nation's primary payer for mental health services, changes in Medicaid policies-even those policies that are not specifically related to mental health services-can have significant effects on public mental health systems, according to research reported in the November issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.  
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People with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are more likely to die of heart disease than mentally healthy individuals, a study in US veterans indicates. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Topics: Heart Diseases, Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia  
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A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led by Professor Phillip McGuire and Dr. Sophia Frangou, has been published in this month's edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry.  
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Is binge eating a psychiatric disorder?Los Angeles TimesAnd some suspect that the diagnosis is a sneaky way to sweep an entire nation of overeaters under psychiatry's umbrella -- and possibly into the marketplace ...and more »  
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A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led by Professor Phillip McGuire and Dr Sophia Frangou, has been published in this month's edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry. The white matter of the brain consists of nerve fibres that connect parts of the brain and...  
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Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London have been looking into abnormalities in the white matter of people's brains and how this can lead to the development of schizophrenia. Professor Philip McGuire and Dr Sophia Frangou used a technique called diffusion tensor imaging to examine the white matter of adolescents and adults with schizophrenia. They found that the adolescents had severe deficits of white matter in the...  
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A study of more than 800 servicemen and women by researchers at King's College London has found high levels of mental illness and not just post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from which one in 20 were found to be suffering. One in five was found to be misusing alcohol while one in seven suffered from depression or anxiety. Reservists were more likely to experience problems than full-time servicemen, perhaps because they had problems...  
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The issues militating against mental health care has always been availability and access. Most mental health care institutions and units are located in urban areas, whereas, most of the people who have mental disorders are located in rural areas.  
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