Category Archives: Mental Health
Psychiatry’s diagnostic manual needs an overhaul: Johns Hopkins experts
Newswise — The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current “field guide” form, according to an essay by two Johns Hopkins psychiatrists … Continue reading
Psychological impact of accidental injuries could be determined via hormones
A study that was performed in Zurich and was published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics explored the role of a steroid hormone in disclosing the long term psychological consequence of an accidental injury. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its … Continue reading
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Antipsychotic-drug weight-gain gene discovered
Antipsychotic medications are increasingly prescribed in the US, but they can cause serious side effects including rapid weight gain, especially in children. In the first study of its kind, researchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital and the Feinstein Institute for Medical … Continue reading
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Psych patients wait 11-plus hours in ER; older, uninsured and intoxicated wait even longer
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Patients having psychiatric emergencies wait 11.5 hours in the emergency department, and those who are older, uninsured or intoxicated wait even longer, according to a study published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine … Continue reading
Caregiver challenges for those who treat children with mental disorders
Challenges of caring for children with mental disorders: Experiences and views of caregivers attending the outpatient clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam – Tanzania Joel Seme Ambikile and Anne Outwater For all author emails, please log on. Child … Continue reading
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Mental health interest group set to ‘occupy’ American Psychiatric Association meeting
PHILADELPHIA, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Saturday, May 5, 2012, as thousands of psychiatrists congregate for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting, individuals with psychiatric labels and others will converge in a global campaign to oppose the APA’s … Continue reading
Kids’ behavior problems may be mental disorders: head of NIMH
When children behave badly, it’s easy to blame their parents. Sometimes, however, such behavior may be due to a mental disorder. Mental illnesses are the No. 1 cause of medical disability in youths ages 15 and older in the United … Continue reading
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Download mental health statistics report released by SAMHSA
Newswise — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today released Mental Health, United States, 2010, the latest in a series of publications issued biannually by SAMHSA since 1980. This new report includes mental health statistics at the … Continue reading
Adults with mental illness are more likely to be treated in emergency rooms, be hospitalized, and have certain chronic illnesses
Newswise — A new report shows that adults (aged 18 and older) who had a mental illness in the past year have higher rates of certain physical illnesses than those not experiencing mental illness. According to a report by the … Continue reading
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Mental illness diagnosis ubiquity may be desensitizing the public
Does the growing number of psychiatric disorder diagnoses have an effect on people with mental illnesses? According to a new study, as definitions of mental illnesses become broader, people who show signs of depression and other common mental illnesses are … Continue reading
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Mental illness treatment not worth the money, according to the public, in a recent study
Newswise — STONY BROOK, N.Y., April 5, 2012 – An analysis of a nationally representative sample of 710 adult respondents reveals that the public is less willing to pay to avoid mental illnesses compared to paying for treatment of medical … Continue reading
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Borna disease and mental illness: no link, says first study on the topic
Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range … Continue reading
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Family history of psychiatric disorders shapes intellectual interests: survey
A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might actually be genetically predetermined. Survey results published by Princeton University researchers in the journal PLoS ONE suggest that a family history … Continue reading
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Schizophrenia research takes on a nasal quality
Philadelphia, PA, January 25, 2012 – A significant obstacle to progress in understanding psychiatric disorders is the difficulty in obtaining living brain tissue for study so that disease processes can be studied directly. Recent advances in basic cellular neuroscience now … Continue reading
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5 personality disorders may be deleted from the new edition of the DSM-5. What does that mean for practicioners and patients?
A newly published paper from Rhode Island Hospital reports on the impact to patients if five personality disorders are removed from the upcoming revision to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition (DSM-5). Based on their study, the researchers believe … Continue reading
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