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Greater health risks among single parents and their children
Single parenthood entails greater risks for serious ill health (requiring hospital care) and early mortality, among mothers, fathers, and children. This is shown in a dissertation by Gunilla Ringb'¤ck Weitoft, to be publicly defended at Ume'å University in Sweden on March 21. The dissertation's register-based studies trace illness and... view more... (2003-03-17)
Mental stress effects on heart more common than previously known
Even when heart disease patients can pass stress tests done on a treadmill or with chemical stressors after treatment, their hearts may still suffer silent ischemia during mental stress. view more (2006-03-07)
Screening for childhood depressive symptoms could start in second grade
New research indicates that screening children for symptoms of depression, the most common mental health disorder in the United States, can begin a lot earlier than previously thought, as early as the second grade. view more (2009-07-22)
Height affects how people perceive their quality of life
Your height in adult life significantly affects your quality of life, with short people reporting worse physical and mental health than people of normal height. view more (2007-10-18)
Rating medical journals by importance to clinicians
As doctors' time is precious it is imperative that they don't waste hours reading articles of little clinical importance. A study published today in BMC Medicine, rates 170 medical titles according to the number of clinically useful articles that they publish. view more (2004-09-02)
Has a new era of reinstitutionalization in mental health care begun?
A retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics, involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983, and the number of psychiatric beds in England 1996-2006. view more (2008-10-10)
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)
Prescribing heroin can help treatment resistant addicts
Supervised prescription of a combination of methadone plus heroin is feasible, safe, and effective in reducing the many physical, mental, and social problems of heroin addicts, according to Dutch researchers in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-08-06)
The high percentages of depression have been greatly exaggerated
According to widely reported community-based research, almost half the U.S. population suffers from depression. view more (2006-03-06)
Filling the gap: The importance of Medicaid continuity for former inmates
It is time for states to suspend, rather than terminate, the Medicaid benefits of inmates while they are incarcerated, say correctional health care experts from The Miriam Hospital in a commentary published online by the Journal of General Internal Medicine. view more (2009-05-19)
Youth are receiving shorter inpatient stays for mental health treatment
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers have found that the inpatient length of stay for youth with mental illness fell more than sixty percent between 1990 and 2000, despite concurrent increases in illness severity and self-harm, and declining transfers to intermediate and inpatient care within the same population. view more (2007-01-05)
Can being a patient help make a better doctor?
What happens when doctors are told they have chronic conditions? In this week’s BMJ three journalists meet three doctors with similar conditions to discuss the personal and professional implications of being both one of “us” and one of “them.” Mike Shooter, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has suffered... view more... (2003-06-12)
Prenatal Zinc Supplementation Could Impair Childhood Mental Development
Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET caution that the provision of zinc supplementation to pregnant women in developing countries could impair the early mental development of their children. Zinc deficiency is common in developing countries due to a diet that is low in animal protein and high in fibre. Supplements given to... view more... (2002-07-24)
Compulsive gamblers always down on their luck
Gambling addicts don't learn from their mistakes, according to a study published today in the open access journal Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health. The problem could be explained by a kind of mental rigidity that leads to harmful compulsive behaviour in sufferers. view more (2008-03-27)
Mental disorders cost society billions in unearned income
Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study was published in the May 2008 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. view more (2008-05-07)
Depressive symptoms in adolescents associated with parental domestic violence
Adolescents who witness domestic violence between their parents are significantly more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression. view more (2006-03-02)
Strong link between obesity and depression
Doctors should pay more attention to the link between common mental illness and obesity in patients because the two health problems are closely linked, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide. view more (2009-10-07)
Pesticides exposure linked to suicidal thoughts
A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. view more (2009-10-22)
High risk of head injury after diagnosis of psychiatric illness
Patients with evidence of recent psychiatric illness have a high risk of sustaining head injury over the next 12 months, finds a study in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. view more (2002-04-19)
Twins have lower risk of suicide than general population
Twins have a lower risk of suicide compared with the general population, concludes a study in this week’s BMJ. view more (2003-08-12)
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