Mental Health Articles:
News on Mental Health and research articles. Information on Mental Health and Mental Disorders.
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Oct 1st, 2009
Children who eat candy and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to a Cardiff University (UK) study and reported in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.
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Sep 28th, 2009
Rush University Medical Center has opened a new inpatient unit dedicated exclusively to the treatment of adults suffering from mood disorders. It is believed to be the only one of its kind in the Chicago area.
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Sep 17th, 2009
Nearly 8.3 million adults (age 18 and older) in the U.S. (3.7 percent) had serious thoughts of committing suicide in the past year according to the first national scientific survey of its size on this public health problem.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Governor John Hoeven has proclaimed September as Suicide Prevention Month in North Dakota.
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Sep 15th, 2009
This fall, University of Michigan students will have easier access to resources that can help them manage mental health conditions that could impair educational and social functioning.
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Sep 11th, 2009
State officials are encouraging people to take action to help prevent suicides when a loved one, friend, neighbor or co-worker shows suicidal symptoms or talks about taking their own life.
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Sep 9th, 2009
Suicide prevention education and awareness can save lives and help prevent many suicides.
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Sep 4th, 2009
Minnesota health officials urge Minnesotans to learn more about preventing suicide during national Suicide Prevention Week, September 6-12.
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Aug 27th, 2009
The Iowa Department of Public Health has released the 2009 annual comprehensive Gambling Treatment Outcomes study of problem gamblers who receive publicly funded treatment services.
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Aug 24th, 2009
Beginning in 2010, health insurance coverage of mental health care and treatment of substance use disorders will improve for many working Americans. That’s when a new law goes into effect that will impact most employers who have more than 50 workers. The new law does not extend to private health insurance holders.
