Mental Health Articles:
News on Mental Health and research articles. Information on Mental Health and Mental Disorders.
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Jul 17th, 2009
NIMH has announced that an interdisciplinary team of four research institutions will carry out the largest study of suicide and mental health among military personnel ever undertaken, with $50 million in funding from the U.S. Army.
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Jul 16th, 2009
A new report will better position government and its partners to help Nova Scotians at risk of attempting suicide.
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Jul 8th, 2009
A recent study of chronic hair pullers, at University of Minnesota Medical School, revealed that 56% of the patients who were given the supplement N- Acetylcysteine had significant reduction in their hair-pulling symptoms after nine weeks of use as compared to 16% in a placebo group.
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Jul 6th, 2009
Seven million adults yearly experience Delirium during hospitalization. There is no way to prevent or provide treatment for this mental disturbance.
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Jul 2nd, 2009
A trio of genome-wide studies — collectively the largest to date — have pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia.
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Jul 1st, 2009
While people tend to avoid information that contradicts what they already think or believe, certain factors can cause them to seek out, or at least consider, other points of view.
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Jun 19th, 2009
The physical and mental health needs of juvenile offenders should be treated as a priority if offenders held in detention have any real hope of rehabilitation, according to new research from the University of Adelaide, Australia. Therefore, juvenile offenders need more mental health counseling and services.
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Jun 13th, 2009
New initiatives to enhance suicide prevention activities in the north are now being implemented.
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Jun 13th, 2009
The public is broadly sympathetic towards people with mental health problems in UK.
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Jun 2nd, 2009
Spending hours taking a high-pressure aptitude test may make people feel mentally fatigued, but that fatigue doesn't necessarily lead to lower test scores.
