Health Minister Michael McGimpsey emphasised the importance of looking after your mental health.

Volunteer Mental Health Professionals Will Respond to a Growing Public Health Crisis for Thousands of Veterans and Their Families.

The mental health effects of ethnic discrimination may shift over a lifetime as Asian-Americans continue to examine their ethnic ties.

Recently developed imaging techniques allow the mapping of the brain circuits and chemical systems believed responsible for a range of mood abnormalities including depression and bipolar disorder, and hold promise for improved treatments, scientists say.

Mental health is not considered as such an important issue as physical health, resulting in billions of dollars of lost earnings.

Adopted children are more likely to suffer from mental disorders than those not adopted.

With data suggesting that one in five Illinois residents is experiencing a mental health challenge at any one time, a new public education campaign was launched today to promote good mental health and to empower those living with a mental health issue to Say it out loud.

Bifocal lenses in children with Down's syndrome can be replaced with ordinary lenses within 2 years.

The Supreme Court opted not to hear the case of 19-year-old Christopher Pittman, who was 12 years old when he shot his grandparents and who's attorneys unsuccessfully argued that his behavior had been influenced by the high doses of the antidepressant Zoloft he had recently been prescribed.

Mental Health America is encouraging Americans to build their social support networks throughout May to protect and improve their mental health.

FDA is investigating a possible association between the use of Singulair (Montelukast) and behavior/mood changes, suicidality (suicidal thinking and behavior) and suicide.

A new report providing analyses of substance use and mental health patterns occurring in each state reveals that there are wide variations among the states in problems like illicit drug use and underage drinking.

Most dementia patients are taking antibiotics without significantly benefiting from them. Experts call on doctors to be more picky to prescriptions, because antibiotics are being overused by these patients.

Archives of Internal Medicine published a study discussing antibiotic use in dementia patients. The study examined 214 patients in nursing homes. They were been followed for 18 months. 66% of them received at least one antibiotic course during the study. 99 of these patients died during the study. 42% of them received antibiotics within he last two weeks of their life.

Why many low-income women suffering from postpartum depression do not seek help from formal mental health services.

Leaders discuss how disasters affect individuals and to present lessons learned from recovery operations in response to the 2004 tsunami.