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Five tips to identify individuals who may be vulnerable during holidays

While it is true that suicide rates are actually lower at the holidays compared to other times of the year, the holidays can be a very lonely time for those with nowhere to go and no one to turn to.

20 Dec 2013

Study: Standard treatment approaches yield modest to large improvement in TMD patients

empromandibular pain disorders (TMDs) are characterized by a dysfunction of the TMD joint and cause orofacial pain, masticatory dysfunction or both.

20 Dec 2013

Most dementia people living at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs

Most people with dementia who live at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs, any number of which could jeopardize their ability to remain home for as long as they desire, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

20 Dec 2013

Head injuries increase risk for psychiatric disorders

A Danish study of a large cohort of individuals who presented at hospital with head injuries has found that they were at increased risk for later developing schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and organic mental disorders.

19 Dec 2013

Neurocognitive abnormalities ‘fundamental’ to schizophrenia

Rare copy-number variants that confer a high risk for schizophrenia or autism are associated with impaired cognition in carriers without psychiatric disorders, researchers report in Nature.

19 Dec 2013

Diet may not fully explain cardiometabolic problems in bipolar disorder

The diet of patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia seems to be no worse than that of mentally healthy people, a study suggests.

19 Dec 2013

Inactive patients following cardiac surgery have higher risk of depression

New research indicates that inactive patients following cardiac surgery have a substantially higher risk of depression and that the number of patients suffering from depression after cardiac surgery is as high as 40%. Investigators recommend that cardiac patients should be assessed for depression and level of physical activity and remain as active as they safely can after surgery to minimize post-operative depression. The results are published in the December issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

19 Dec 2013

Study: 40% of foreign-educated nurses working in U.S. hospitals report unequal treatment

Forty percent of foreign-educated nurses working in U.S. hospitals and other health care facilities say their wages, benefits or shift assignments are inferior compared to their American colleagues, according to a study published today by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

19 Dec 2013

New study aims to identify breast cancer patients most susceptible to post-treatment fatigue

Although the prevalence and impact of cancer-related fatigue has been well established, very little is known about its predictors, mechanisms for development, and persistence post-treatment. A new research study at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, in partnership with UCLA, is aimed at identifying breast cancer patients most susceptible to post-treatment fatigue by measuring biological, behavioral and social risk factors.

19 Dec 2013

People with intermittent explosive disorder elevate levels of markers of systemic inflammation in blood

People with intermittent explosive disorder — a psychiatric illness characterized by impulsivity, hostility and recurrent aggressive outbursts — have elevated levels of two markers of systemic inflammation in their blood, according to a study involving nearly 200 subjects.

19 Dec 2013

Omeros' OMS721 receives FDA orphan drug designation for prevention of TMAs

Omeros Corporation today announced that OMS721, the company's lead human monoclonal antibody targeting mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2 (MASP-2), the key regulator of the lectin pathway of the immune system, has received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for prevention of complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathies.

18 Dec 2013

State highlights: D.C. Charter School's Medicaid billing investigated; Va. budget: Hospital cuts, Medicaid boost

Federal investigators are looking into whether former leaders of the District's Options Public Charter School committed Medicaid fraud by, among other things, exaggerating the needs of its disabled students and paying students with gift cards to ride school buses, according to several people familiar with the criminal investigation (Brown and Marimow, 12/16).

18 Dec 2013

Doctor offers practical tips to minimize stress during holidays

For many, the holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year. Unfortunately, unwanted stress and depression can derail holiday cheer when trying to juggle all of the parties, family gatherings, shopping, baking, cooking and more.

18 Dec 2013

Studies suggest that stress-related disorders may be associated with hippocampal volume loss

Depression has been associated with reduced volume of the hippocampus in magnetic resonance imaging studies in humans. A new study just published in Biological Psychiatry now clarifies the cellular basis of these volumetric changes, which have been unclear until now.

18 Dec 2013

DCC gene involved in adolescent brain development may play a role in mental health vulnerability

As many parents of mentally ill adults will confirm anecdotally, the first symptoms of "something not quite right" with their children begin to appear during the teen years. It is known that during this teenaged phase of brain development, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, depression and drug addiction.

17 Dec 2013

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Five tips to identify individuals who may be vulnerable during holidays

Study: Standard treatment approaches yield modest to large improvement in TMD patients

Most dementia people living at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs

Head injuries increase risk for psychiatric disorders

Neurocognitive abnormalities ‘fundamental’ to schizophrenia

Diet may not fully explain cardiometabolic problems in bipolar disorder

Inactive patients following cardiac surgery have higher risk of depression

Study: 40% of foreign-educated nurses working in U.S. hospitals report unequal treatment

New study aims to identify breast cancer patients most susceptible to post-treatment fatigue

People with intermittent explosive disorder elevate levels of markers of systemic inflammation in blood

Omeros' OMS721 receives FDA orphan drug designation for prevention of TMAs

State highlights: D.C. Charter School's Medicaid billing investigated; Va. budget: Hospital cuts, Medicaid boost

Doctor offers practical tips to minimize stress during holidays

Studies suggest that stress-related disorders may be associated with hippocampal volume loss

DCC gene involved in adolescent brain development may play a role in mental health vulnerability

MTN receives $70M to develop and test products that aim to reduce spread of HIV

Rich club disconnectivity may be ‘core’ schizophrenia feature

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Researchers discover direct evidence of genetic overlap between cognitive ability and schizophrenia

Toddlers’ bedtime resistance may contribute to sleep problems

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