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Social support improves mental health after a traumatic health care intervention
Support from hospital staff and family is an important factor in preventing post-traumatic stress disorder after a major intensive-care intervention.   view more (2006-10-16)

Adolescent arrest history influences risk of acquiring HIV
Adolescents with a history of arrest are at greater risk for HIV infection than adolescents with no arrest history, according to a new study published in the November issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.   view more (2006-11-15)

Positive mental attitude does not affect cancer survival
There is little evidence to support the belief that a person’s mental attitude affects his or her chances of surviving cancer, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-11-06)

Parents of twins report more mental health symptoms than parents of singletons
Mothers and fathers of twins conceived either spontaneously or with assisted reproductive technology (ART) suffer more mental health symptoms after delivery and one year later than do parents of singleton babies.   view more (2008-07-08)

Good Parenting Protects Against Chronic Illness says Professor of Public Health
Research reveals that good parenting not only helps to reduce criminality, conduct disorder and delinquency in children but could promote good health and prevent chronic disease in adulthood, says University of Warwick Professor of Public Health Sarah Stewart-Brown.   view more (2004-11-09)

Female sex offenders often have mental problems
Women who commit sexual offences are just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals. This according to the largest study ever conducted of women convicted of sexual offences in Sweden.   view more (2008-05-15)

Study finds brain differences in adolescents with mental illness
Puberty may have an impact on areas of the brain that contribute to bipolar disorder or schizophrenia in youth, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP).   view more (2007-12-10)

Insomniacs pay higher health-care costs than noninsomniacs
A research abstract that will be presented Monday at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) finds that the health care costs of patients with insomnia are higher than for those without insomnia.   view more (2007-06-11)

Cannabis more damaging to health than previously thought claim doctors
Cannabis smoking could be responsible for up to 30,000 deaths in the UK, estimate doctors from Imperial College London and St Mary's Hospital. Their editorial published in today's British Medical Journal, argues that cannabis could be a major contributor to deaths in the UK. The researchers... view more (2003-04-30)

Expressing feelings after trauma not necessary, research shows
Talking it out has long been considered essential to recovering from a trauma. But new research shows that expressing one's thoughts and feelings after a traumatic event is not necessary for long-term emotional and physical health, a finding that could change the way institutions devote money and... view more (2008-06-03)

Mental Health Of Asylum Seekes Deteriorates With Longer Detention (p 1721)
US authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how prolonged detention has a substantial negative impact on the mental health of asylum seekers. There are an estimated 5000 detained asylum seekers in the USA; they are often held in detention (forced to wear jail... view more (2003-11-19)

Workplace repetitive strain injury likely to be significantly overestimated
The prevalence of workplace repetitive strain injury (RSI) in Europe is likely to have been exaggerated, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.   view more (2007-12-04)

Levels of serious mental illness in Katrina survivors doubled compared to earlier survey
According to the most comprehensive survey yet completed of mental health among Hurricane Katrina survivors from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the proportion of people with a serious mental illness doubled in the months after the hurricane compared to a survey carried out several years... view more (2006-08-30)

New tool to assess suicide risk among psychiatric patients
Predicting suicide in psychiatric patients is notoriously difficult but could be made more accurate following pioneering research by the University of Southampton. After examining hundreds of inquest files the study team have identified 11 personal and clinical factors that substantially increase... view more (2001-06-29)

Alzheimer's disease progresses more rapidly in highly educated people
High levels of education may help ward off Alzheimer's disease, but they also speed up its progression once developed, reveals research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.   view more (2006-02-16)

Many patients who resume driving after head injury may not be fit to drive
Many patients who return to driving after traumatic brain injury report problems which can significantly affect their ability to drive, finds a study in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. During a two and a half year period, 563 adults with traumatic brain injury were referred to one... view more (2001-05-30)

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)

Crucial progress in understanding Fragile X mental retardation protein
Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine have identified a new regulatory target for the Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), laying the groundwork for possible new treatments for Fragile X syndrome(FXS), the leading... view more (2007-06-07)

No place like home: Katrina's lasting impact
New Orleans residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina were over five times more likely to experience serious psychological distress a year after the disaster than those who did not.   view more (2008-04-21)

More than one-third of disaster victims may suffer from stress disorder
In the year after a hurricane, tornado, terrorist attack or other natural or man-made disaster, 30 to 40 percent of adults who were directly affected may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.   view more (2006-06-09)

Smoking and sleep top the list of lifestyle factors impacting oral health
There are many lifestyle factors that can impact a person's health, such as nutrition, amount of sleep, mental stress, tobacco use, and exercise.   view more (2007-05-17)

Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else.   view more (2007-05-08)

Exercise and mental stimulation bothboost mouse memory late in life
Physical exercise is known to be good for the aging brain, but what about mental stimulation" Does enrichment that helps older people work well for the young and middle aged, or do they need something else" A report in the August issue of Behavioral Neuroscience tells how, in an animal... view more (2007-08-06)

Study focuses on wandering minds
Do your thoughts stray from your work or studies? Do you catch yourself making to-do lists when your attention should be elsewhere? Welcome to the club.   view more (2007-03-22)

Memory lane: Older persons with more schooling spend fewer years with cognitive loss
Those with at least a high school education spend more of their older years without cognitive loss - including the effects of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and dementia -- but die sooner after the loss becomes apparent, reveals a new study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Aging and... view more (2008-05-13)
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