Psychiatric health

Prevalence in an eating disorder sample and anxiety disorder sample Published by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry contains high quality, peer-reviewed, original research ...  

ATLANTA -- Alabama will shut down most of its mental health hospitals by the spring of 2013 in a sweeping plan to cut costs and change how the state's psychiatric patients receive treatment, state officials announced Wednesday. The decision to close four ...  

This categorical approach is based on the notion that there is an “essence of schizophrenia” or an “essence of panic disorder ... reported use of the DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry.  

A study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry has concluded that distrust of the government is a treatable mental disorder. Known as "AGP" or "anti-government phobia," the study claims: "...that unfounded fear of government is a recognizable mental illness, closely related to paranoid schizophrenia. Anti-Government Phobia (AGP) differs from most mental illnesses, however, in that it is highly infectious and has an acute onset. Symptoms include...  

Several biological markers of psychiatric illness have been repeatedly supported by careful studies over several decades; for example, abnormal smooth pursuit eye movements in schizophrenia 6 and derangements of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ...  

Julie Holland, board certified psychiatrist specializing in psychopharmacology. Dr. Holland received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine where she performed research on auditory hallucinations, extensively interviewing nearly one hundred psychotic patients. As assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU school of Medicine, Julie spent her weekends running psych. emergency room at Bellevue Hospital for NINE years; her book...  

8-hour day shifts. The Consultation-Liaison Service is a component of the Department of Psychiatry's Psychosomatic Medicine Division. The service is responsible for doing consultation and treatment of patients admitted to the medical hospital that are also ...  

The figures were made public during a press briefing by the Minister ... the Ministry of Health is partnering with the Belgian Cooperation to train psychiatrists. Currently, there are only six psychiatrists in the country. The ministry targets to have ...  

* Dr Raza ur Rehman says all psychiatric disorders are not psychosis, an acute form of mental illness KARACHI: All psychiatric disorders are not psychosis, an acute form of mental illness said Dr Raza ur Rehman, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dow ...  

CARSON CITY (AP) — Lawmakers voted to preserve a program that would help keep mentally handicapped people at home with their families, but they held off on the most controversial items of a touchy, $617 million mental health budget during a weekend meeting.  

'Lives lost' as mental health funds suffer cutsIrish ExaminerBy Jennifer Hough Lives are being lost on a daily basis due to under-funding and under-staffing in the mental health services, the head of Kerry's Psychiatric Nurses Association has warned. Cormac Williams noted that when one consultant obstetrician ...UN Seeking Global “Mental Health” PlanThe New Americanall 5 news articles »  

International Mental Health Research Organization Announces 2012 IMHRO Rising ...MarketWatch (press release)IMHRO serves as an umbrella organization to provide support for mental health research. The 2012 IMHRO Rising Star Translational Research Award winners are Colleen McClung, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, ...and more »  

Daily MailClub drug ketamine 'could offer almost instant remedy for severe depression'Daily MailHowever, mental health researchers were alerted to reports that the drug could also make depression 'vanish' almost instantly. Current anti-depressants take at least a few weeks to kick-in, leaving a dangerous period when many patients feel suicidal.Could A Club Drug Offer 'Almost Immediate' Relief From Depression?NPR (blog)Video Test - Do Not...  

Ottawa police and area shelters are calling for more resources to help people with mental health issues before they end up in crisis.  

The two organisations providing mental health care across Norfolk and Suffolk have now officially joined as one.