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Administration's mental health parity rule is part of effort to curb gun violence

The long-awaited final regulation will guarantee most insurance coverage offers access to mental health services on par with physical health coverage.

12 Nov 2013

Researchers find reductions in depressive symptoms for older, younger veterans undergoing CBT-D

Researchers have found significant and equivalent reductions in depressive symptoms for both older and younger veterans undergoing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression (CBT-D), according to an article published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences on November 11.

12 Nov 2013

PSE may help overcome parental stress, depressive symptoms after diagnosis of child ASD

A cognitive-behavioral intervention known as problem-solving education (PSE) may help reduce parental stress and depressive symptoms immediately after their child is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study by Emily Feinberg, CPNP, Sc.D., of Boston University School of Public Health, and colleagues.

12 Nov 2013

Pregnant women may transmit effects of stress to child by way of bacteria in vagina and placenta

Pregnant women may transmit the damaging effects of stress to their unborn child by way of the bacteria in their vagina and through the placenta, suggest new findings from two animal studies presented by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

12 Nov 2013

Broom offers tips to help children cope with parent's deployment

While in the Navy, Broom regularly saw children of deployed parents in military pediatric offices. His biggest take away message from that experience is that families who are most successful at navigating deployment are those who plan and communicate.

12 Nov 2013

Insomnia hurts job performance of depressed patients

Sleep disturbances in patients with current depressive or anxiety disorders are associated with poor work performance and absenteeism, a subanalysis of the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety suggests.

11 Nov 2013

Researchers identify critical mechanism to improve survival and behavior of new brain cells

A specialized type of brain cell that tamps down stem cell activity ironically, perhaps, encourages the survival of the stem cells' progeny, Johns Hopkins researchers report.

11 Nov 2013

First Edition: November 11, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how Republicans are positioning themselves to capitalize on the health law's implementation difficulties in the upcoming election season.

11 Nov 2013

State highlights: Judge allows Medicaid contractor's lawsuit against La. to go forward; Texas pushes for more black mental health providers; Ga. health center grants

A Maryland company fired from its $200 million Medicaid contract can continue to move forward with its wrongful termination lawsuit against Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration, a Baton Rouge judge ruled Thursday. State District Judge Tim Kelley rejected a request from the attorney general's office to delay witness interviews and evidence-gathering until January in the case filed against the state by Client Network Services Inc., or CNSI (11/7).

11 Nov 2013

Research roundup: Pricing and the SHOP exchange; health use in rural vs. urban areas; the health law and AIDS care

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

11 Nov 2013

Long-awaited rules requiring parity in mental health coverage to be unveiled today

The Obama administration on Friday will complete a generation-long effort to require insurers to cover care for mental health and addiction just like physical illnesses when it issues long-awaited regulations defining parity in benefits and treatment (Calmes and Pear, 11/8).

11 Nov 2013

Parity rule affirms equal insurance coverage for mental health care

The regulation, five years in the making, means insurers won't be able to charge higher co-payments or deductibles for mental health services than they charge for treating physical ailments. Here's a sampling of this afternoon's news coverage of the final rule.

11 Nov 2013

Lifestyle changes in diet and exercise show promise for learning, depression in teens

New studies released today underscore the potential impact of healthy lifestyle choices in treating depression, the effects of aging, and learning. The research focused on the effects of mind/body awareness, exercise, and diet, and was presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.

10 Nov 2013

Aptiom receives FDA approval to treat seizures associated with epilepsy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate) as an add-on medication to treat seizures associated with epilepsy.

10 Nov 2013

Adherence to suicide risk assessment urged for schizophrenia patients

Many patients with schizophrenia who attempt suicide after hospital discharge missed out on a pre-discharge suicide risk assessment, shows a study from Denmark. .

8 Nov 2013

Mood disorder subtypes remain in the family

Psychosis, mania, and depression are unlikely to have shared hereditary causes, report researchers in Molecular Psychiatry.

8 Nov 2013

First Edition: November 8, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of President Barack Obama's apology to people who lost their individual market health coverage because of requirements of the health law.

8 Nov 2013

Report: Postmastectomy pain rated as most troubling symptom by breast cancer survivors

More than 40 percent of 200,000 U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer every year undergo surgery. Though treatment advances have significantly reduced mortality from breast cancer, a study published in The Journal of Pain reported that persistent postmastectomy pain is rated by survivors as their most troubling symptom. The Journal of Pain is published by the American Pain Society, www.americanpainsociety.org.

8 Nov 2013

Longer looks: Bad behavior treatment; end of life decisions

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

8 Nov 2013

Research suggests touch may help low self-esteem people in confronting their mortality

As human beings, we all know that we are going to die some day. Most of us deal with this knowledge by trying to live meaningful lives, but people with low self-esteem tend not to see their lives as particularly meaningful. Now, research suggests that touch may help people with low self-esteem in confronting their own mortality.

8 Nov 2013

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Administration's mental health parity rule is part of effort to curb gun violence

Researchers find reductions in depressive symptoms for older, younger veterans undergoing CBT-D

PSE may help overcome parental stress, depressive symptoms after diagnosis of child ASD

Pregnant women may transmit effects of stress to child by way of bacteria in vagina and placenta

Broom offers tips to help children cope with parent's deployment

Insomnia hurts job performance of depressed patients

Researchers identify critical mechanism to improve survival and behavior of new brain cells

First Edition: November 11, 2013

State highlights: Judge allows Medicaid contractor's lawsuit against La. to go forward; Texas pushes for more black mental health providers; Ga. health center grants

Research roundup: Pricing and the SHOP exchange; health use in rural vs. urban areas; the health law and AIDS care

Long-awaited rules requiring parity in mental health coverage to be unveiled today

Parity rule affirms equal insurance coverage for mental health care

Lifestyle changes in diet and exercise show promise for learning, depression in teens

Aptiom receives FDA approval to treat seizures associated with epilepsy

Adherence to suicide risk assessment urged for schizophrenia patients

Mood disorder subtypes remain in the family

First Edition: November 8, 2013

Report: Postmastectomy pain rated as most troubling symptom by breast cancer survivors

Longer looks: Bad behavior treatment; end of life decisions

Research suggests touch may help low self-esteem people in confronting their mortality

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