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Major Mental Disorders Cut Life Span by Ten to Fifteen Years

... to change course," says Joseph Parks, director of psychiatric services for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He's lead author of the report from eight states — Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Utah and Arizona. About 60% of the 10.3 million people with serious mental illn...

Suit Filed Against Horrors of Psychiatric Ward in New York Hospital

...he New York state government has lashed out at the psychiatric ward at the Brooklyn Kings County Hospital// as a ...re irresponsible and unfounded. He conceded the psychiatric ward as "one of the busiest in the nation" and "often experiences overcrowding, " but said the corpo...

Spouse may "drive You to Drink" but also can Protect You from Alcohol

... other's risk of alcohol dependence but also other psychiatric disorders, such as depression and how those factor...ivorce and single parenthood and exposure to other psychiatric problems. We need to make people aware of all of their risks, so they can take steps to protect them...

Migraines may Be a Symptom of Other Problems for Iraq Soldiers

...ations had revealed a higher prevalence of certain psychiatric conditions, such as depression and anxiety, among ...uld be a similar relationship between migraine and psychiatric conditions in soldiers. The precise reasons for such an association are not fully understood, but ma...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...ve disorder as well as for other indications, both psychiatric and non-psychiatric, it had said then. Although ...mphasize that depression and certain other serious psychiatric disorders are themselves the most important causes of suicide. "Antidepressant medications benefit...

Link Between Migraine Attacks in Teens and Suicidal Tendencies

...dal tendencies. They could also be suffering other psychiatric ailments like panic disorder or depression. Teen...with chronic daily headache should be screened for psychiatric disorders so they can get the treatment and help they need.” During a survey of 7,900 Taiwanese mi...

Chronically Ill Prisoners Face Great Healthcare Problems

...tside prison. While he was on remand he’d seen a psychiatric nurse and psychiatrist and being in prison had enabled him to access diagnosis and treatment for the first time. Many other prisoners welcomed the opportunity to access mental health services. There were also examples of people suffering from obes...

Dispirited Teens Work Up Team Spirit to End Their Lives

...n about 80 different pills, which ended me up in a psychiatric unit in Melbourne last year. I have had plastic surgery on my wrist from cutting a tendon when I slit my wrist. I have been diagnosed with depression as well as post-traumatic stress disorder; I was raped by a so-called "friend" when I was 16. But I ...

US Psychiatrist Suspended from Practicing Medicine for Involvement in Doping Scam

... on five years' probation and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation for allegedly providing the drug modafinil to an athlete at the request of BALCO founder Victor Conte. Conte has already served four months in federal prison for dealing steroids. After being sentenced to four months' jail and four mont...

Understanding of Schizophrenia Could Lead to New Treatment Options

...been shown that alterations in these genes lead to psychiatric disorders. Working in a mouse model, researchers led by Gabriel Corfas, PhD, Kristine Roy, PhD, and Joshua Murtie, PhD, in the Children's Hospital Boston Neurobiology Program now demonstrate, for the first time, that alterations in NRG1-erbB signalin...

The Mental Health Bill Will Not Help Vulnerable Patients, Say Doctors

...ry vulnerable patients. It is well documented that psychiatric patients often suffer from a range of medical problems so it is vital that the clinician responsible for their overall care is also able to deal effectively with a range of health issues.” Source: BMA RM...

Laws on Mentally Ill Endangers Public Life

... social stigma that is hard to do away. If correct psychiatric care is administered as soon as the illness is ded...ginia law in order to forcefully commit someone to psychiatric treatment must seek permission from the court. The St Alana report helped Cho from being committed b...

Electronic Tagging - for the Elderly Now!

...dementia results in stress to carers, referrals to psychiatric services and hospital admissions, problems in the hospital environment, and an unknown number of deaths. The prevalence of wandering is over 40%. Actually electronic tagging of patients with dementia and wandering was introduced in a hospital in th...

UK Mental Health Reforms Will Do More Harm Than Good, Critics Warn

... prevent relapses. Under the proposed laws some psychiatric patients discharged from hospital will be subject to community treatment orders (CTOs) which make care and treatment compulsory. Those undergoing supervised community treatment will have to comply with a specified regime which, campaigners say, wil...

Virginia Tech. Shooter -Human Rights or Innocent Lives

...gerous and ordered him treated briefly at a nearby psychiatric hospital. Yet, Cho remained enrolled at Virginia...ege counselors attribute increased improvements in psychiatric drugs making it possible for persons with mental illnesses, to make it to college in the first place...

Ever-Controversial Mental Health Act To Be Decided Upon

...the 1960s with symptom suppressing drugs and other psychiatric treatment. Yet this policy of leniency began to be questioned after the early nineties due to incidents of murders carried out by mentally unsound persons, as they roamed around society, at free will. There were calls to the amendment of the 1983 ...

Families Need Help to Deal With Aftermath of Suicide Attempts

...ficulties because of depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric illness or substance abuse. Some patients also hav...commends individual therapy as well as appropriate psychiatric medication for children who attempt suicide, as most are quite depressed and feel hopeless. Their pa...

Child Abuse - When God’s Gifts Land in Devils’ Clutchs

... physically abused that he needed medical help and psychiatric counseling. All of 10 years, and a small frame, Priya worked like a well - oiled machine. She worked as a house-maid in an affluent home from dawn to dusk virtually with no rest and measly pay. At the time when she should have been in school, she ...

Eating Disorders Highly Prevalent Among Gay and Bisexual Men

... evidence of formal diagnoses based on established psychiatric criteria. "It is not clear why gay men have high rates of eating disorders," says Dr. Meyer. "One theory is that the values and norms in the gay men's community promote a body-centered focus and high expectations about physical appearance, so that,...

Gene Mutations Behind Fidgety Kids: German Scientists

...to date, Hebebrand said. ADHD is the most common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents, with boys affected three or four times as often as girls. Source-Generef.com...

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