Research finds multiple factors independently predict suicide-related...
New research out of St. Michael's Hospital has found that multiple factors independently predict what makes youth more likely to make repeat suicide-related behaviour.
View ArticleResearch: Specific gene action during exposure to adolescent trauma is...
Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure...
View ArticleFDA authorizes SK Biopharmaceuticals' IND application for SKL15508 to treat CIAS
The Korea-based international pharmaceutical company, SK Biopharmaceuticals, announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Investigational New Drug application for SKL15508...
View ArticleExamining social factors is vital to understand the rise in diagnoses of...
Examining social factors is vital to better explaining and understanding the dramatic rise in the number of Americans diagnosed with mental disorders in recent years, according to an analysis by a team...
View ArticleUK’s health performance: an interview with Prof. Murray, University of...
Rates of premature mortality in the UK have been falling steadily, but the pace of decline is not as fast as in many other high-income countries, such as Australia. In that sense, the UK lags behind.
View ArticleStudy examines key factors that influence development of mental disorder in...
Being a woman, unemployed and living in a situation of social adversity are the three strongest trigger influences in subjects with a genetic predisposition to mental disorder.
View ArticleLGBT Health journal presents in-depth perspective on gender diagnoses
LGBT Health, a new peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, launching in fall 2013, presents a timely and in-depth perspective on several key controversies surrounding gender...
View ArticleHarmless genetic variations may team up to increase risk of schizophrenia,...
Using a novel method of analyzing genetic variations in families, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that individually harmless genetic variations affecting related biochemical processes may team...
View ArticleStudy: Despite struggles with poverty, more children getting health insurance
Families in the United States are making gains in education and health, two key factors in their overall well-being, a report released on Monday showed, adding to data that suggests the U.S. economy is...
View ArticleViewpoints: Late hospital bills perplex consumers; Personal health data can...
Flavio de Pecol hit the trifecta after taking his daughter to the emergency room for a horse-riding injury: hours of waiting, a 16-mile ambulance ride to a different facility and bills for more than...
View ArticleChildren born after mothers hormonal fertility treatment have increased risk...
Whether a child is conceived naturally or in a Petri dish in an incubator has no bearing at all on the child's mental health. However, researchers have identified a small but increased risk of...
View ArticleGang members and violent men are more likely to suffer from mental disorder
Young men who are gang members suffer unprecedented levels of psychiatric illness, placing a heavy burden on mental health services, according to new research led by Queen Mary, University of London.
View ArticleStudy finds link between mental illness and premature death in people with...
People with epilepsy are 11 times more likely to die prematurely than the general population, and the risk appears to be much higher for individuals with common co-existing psychiatric illnesses*,...
View ArticleNew clinical protocols, guidelines for mental health care after trauma and loss
The World Health Organization is releasing new clinical protocols and guidelines to health care workers for treating the mental health consequences of trauma and loss.
View ArticleNew collaboration to play key role in improving lives of patients with...
PATIENTS with long-term conditions such as mental health disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and stroke are set to benefit from a major multi-million pound partnership between...
View ArticleMental and substance use disorders responsible for more death and illness...
Mental and substance use disorders were the leading cause of non-fatal illness worldwide in 2010, according to a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study, published in The Lancet.
View ArticleImproved pediatric bipolar screen unveiled
Researchers have developed a screening instrument for detecting bipolar disorder in children and adolescents from the general population.
View ArticleShort insight scale validated for schizophrenia in clinical practice
Researchers have validated a short version of the Scale to Assess Unawareness in Mental Disorder, with the aim of encouraging assessment of insight in patients with schizophrenia in clinical practice.
View ArticleFDA approves Brintellix drug to treat depressive disorder in adults
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Brintellix (vortioxetine) to treat adults with major depressive disorder.
View ArticleBinge eating disorder is different from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Food addiction is not yet recognised as a mental disorder but certain obese individuals clearly display addictive-like behaviour towards food.
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