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Getting help for depression and anxiety has significant long-term benefits
According to the Mood Disorder Society of Canada, about 1.3 million Canadians suffer from depression.   view more (2008-10-02)

The ECNP consensus statement on bipolar depression
Bipolar disorder is one of the most complex and challenging mental disorder in the spectrum. Bipolar disorder is typically associated with considerable acute and longterm treatment needs and may be associated in the course of illness with times of tremendous social burden for both the individual... view more (2008-07-09)

US teens adopted as infants appear to have moderately increased odds of mental health problems
Although most adopted American teens are psychologically healthy, adoptees appear to be at greater risk for emotional and behavioral problems than non-adoptees.   view more (2008-05-06)

Elderly women have better mental ability than men, despite less formal education
Elderly women have a better mental function than men despite their lower level of formal education, conclude Dutch researchers in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. These findings challenge the view that a limited formal education is associated with lower mental ability and... view more (2001-06-14)

Cohabiting better for men's mental health; marriage better for women's
Serial relationships are good for men's mental health, but bad for women's, suggest the results of national survey in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And cohabiting is better for men's mental health, but marriage is better for women's, the data show. The researchers base their... view more (2003-12-18)

Link Suggested Between Regions on Two Chromosomes and Bipolar Disorder
An international team of 53 researchers has offered the most convincing evidence so far linking bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, to two chromosomal regions in the human genome.   view more (2005-09-16)

Lower childhood IQ associated with higher risk of adult mental disorders
Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship between low childhood IQ and psychiatric disorders later in life.   view more (2008-12-01)

Mental health needs of soldiers increase several months after returning from Iraq war
Compared to initial screening upon returning from the Iraq war, U.S. soldiers report increased mental health concerns and needs several months after their return for problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.   view more (2007-11-14)

Overstretched armed forces leading to mental health problems
Prolonged periods of deployment among Britain's armed forces is associated with mental health problems, finds a study published on bmj.com today.   view more (2007-08-03)

New gene discovered for new form of intellectual disability
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has discovered a new form of intellectual disability involving mental retardation (MR) along with the eye defect retinitis pigmentosa (RP).   view more (2008-04-24)

Recognising mental illness in young people could prevent suicides
Recognising mental illness in young people and dealing with it appropriately could help prevent suicides, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in Denmark identified 496 cases of suicide during 1981-97 in young people aged 10-21 years. They matched each case to a random sample of 50... view more (2002-07-10)

New dementia screening tool detects early cognitive problems missed by commonly used test
A screening tool for dementia developed by Saint Louis University geriatricians appears to work better in identifying mild cognitive problems in the elderly than the commonly used Mini Mental Status Examination, according to a new study.   view more (2006-11-01)

PSYCHIATRY AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES - IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (p 2090)
A viewpoint article in this week's issue of THE LANCET comments that technological and pharmacological advances in psychiatry are widening the gap in mental-health services between developed and less-developed countries. Norman Sartorius from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Robin Emsley... view more (2000-12-13)

Seasonal Affective Disorder May Be Linked to Genetic Mutation, Study Suggests
With the days shortening toward winter, many people will begin to experience the winter blahs. For some, the effect can be devastating.   view more (2008-11-04)

Post-abortion syndrome
Anti-abortion groups now characterise abortion as trauma, damaging two people: the foetus and the woman undergoing the procedure. The claim that abortion damages women psychologically and gives rise to a form of post-traumatic stress disorder is routinely made by anti-abortion groups and has become... view more (1999-06-23)

Discrimination against gay men, lesbians and bi-sexual men and women could lead to mental health problems
A team of researchers have discovered that high levels of discrimination could lead to an increase in mental health problems among gay men, lesbians and bi-sexual men and women.   view more (2004-11-29)

Blood tests may be possible for mental health conditions
Blood tests for panic disorder and other mental health conditions are potentially around the corner, based on results from a University of Iowa study.   view more (2007-03-06)

Specialist Mental Health Services Required For Refugees Exposed To Extreme Trauma
A population study of Vietnamese refugees now living in Australia published on THE LANCET's website-www.thelancet.com-highlights the need for specialist mental-health services for the small proportion of refugees at high risk of mental illness related to previous exposure to severe trauma. Little... view more (2002-09-13)

Fear circuit flares as bipolar youth misread faces
Youth with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when they focus on emotional aspects of neutral faces, researchers at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered.   view more (2006-05-30)

Wintertime, and the thinking is easy
Although people tend to be more depressed in winter, there is some evidence that their thinking skills may actually improve during the cold, dark months - according to new research by Tim Brennen, reported today, Tuesday 21 December, at The British Psychological Society's London Conference, held at... view more (1999-12-16)

Helping young people come to terms with mental illness
Creating websites and placing posters in schools are just some of the ways self-help support groups (SHSGs) could reach young people with a mental illness, according to a study just completed at the University of Western Sydney.   view more (2005-08-31)

How genetic malfunction causes a form of retardation
Researchers have discovered that the genetic malfunction that causes a form of mental retardation called Noonan Syndrome (NS) produces an imbalance in the genesis of two types of cells in the developing embryonic brain.   view more (2007-04-19)

First-ever Study into the Psychological Prevention of Schizophrenia
Three in every 100 people will experience psychotic episodes, making psychosis more common that diabetes. Research is now underway into new ways of detecting and treating psychosis, in particular schizophrenia, in its early stages. This is the first-ever attempt to see if schizophrenia can be... view more (2000-06-08)

Cleanliness is next to godliness
THE notion that a strict, possibly even God-fearing, upbringing may contribute to obsessive-compulsive disorder has been boosted by a survey which discovered that devout Catholics were more likely to show symptoms than less religious people.          Patients... view more (2002-05-29)

Brain holds clues to bipolar disorder
Looking into the brain is yielding vital clues to understanding, diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder, according to findings being presented today at the Seventh International Conference on Bipolar Disorder.   view more (2007-06-08)
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