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Three quarters of pregnant women take sick leave from work: Study

Three quarters of pregnant women take sick leave from work but employers can help reduce this through flexible work adjustments, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

7 Nov 2012

Weight loss can help improve quality of sleep among obese people

Weight loss, whether it's from dietary changes alone or from diet combined with exercise, can help improve the quality of sleep among people who are overweight or obese, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers.

7 Nov 2012

Early treatment improves behavior, communication and brain function in children with autism

When given early treatment, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) made significant improvements in behavior, communication, and most strikingly, brain function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study.

7 Nov 2012

UCLA study to uncover risk profiles of breast cancer survivors likely to suffer from depression

UCLA researchers received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute that will fund a study seeking to uncover risk profiles of breast cancer survivors likely to suffer from depression.

7 Nov 2012

Caregiver strain link to depression mediated by rumination

Caregiving strain is associated with depressive symptoms among the family members of psychiatric patients, US study results show.

6 Nov 2012

Toxoplasmosis linked to greater schizophrenia severity

Schizophrenia patients infected with Toxoplasma gondii have more severe symptomatology than those without the infection, researchers report.

6 Nov 2012

Stressful life events linked to bipolar depression

Stressful life events, particularly independent severe, loss, and danger events, are significantly associated with depressive symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder, study results show.

6 Nov 2012

Workout in the catheter lab gives clues to ‘warm-up angina’

Improved coupling of vascular and ventricular circulation during exercise appears to underlie the phenomenon known as warm-up angina, a UK study shows.

6 Nov 2012

Testosterone exposure early in life can have lasting impact on brain function and behavior

New findings led by Dr. Michael Lombardo, Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen and colleagues at the University of Cambridge indicate that testosterone levels early in fetal development influence later sensitivity of brain regions related to reward processing and affect an individual's susceptibility to engage in behavior, that in extremes, are related to several neuropsychiatric conditions that asymmetrically affect one sex more than the other.

6 Nov 2012

Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome anxiety linked to poorer adaptive behaviors

UC Davis researchers have found that for children with the genetic disorder known as chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome anxiety -- but not intelligence -- is linked to poorer adaptive behaviors, such as self-care and communication skills, that affect daily life. The developmental syndrome, which is associated with a constellation of physical, cognitive and psychiatric problems, usually is apparent at birth or early childhood, and leads to lifelong challenges.

6 Nov 2012

New tool helps prevent hospital readmission among heart attack patients

Some heart attack patients end up back in the hospital just weeks after going home. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but doctors haven't had a reliable way to predict which patients will return - until now.

6 Nov 2012

Viewpoints: Romney, Obama offer details of their plans; The 'passionate supply-sider' who taught Paul Ryan; Medicare plan has not 'doomed GOP'

All presidential elections matter. This one matters a great deal. It matters to the senior who needs medical care but, thanks to ObamaCare, can't find a doctor who is taking new Medicare patients. ... This election is about them. It is about all of us. ... It is about the education of our children, the value of our homes, the take-home pay from our jobs, the price of the gasoline we buy, the choices we have in our health care.

5 Nov 2012

Suicide rates in the US have increased sharply since the economic crisis began

Suicide rates in the US have risen sharply since the economic crisis took hold in 2007, warn the authors of Correspondence published Online First in The Lancet.

5 Nov 2012

Self-harm among young people should not be over-interpreted

Self-harm is common among young people. Many have at one time scratched, punctured or cut themselves or hit their head forcefully against a wall, and the behaviour is almost as common among boys as girls. However, it may not be appropriate to compare young people who self-harm and adult psychiatric patients who self-harm. Knowledge is needed in order not to over-interpret the behaviour of the young people, according to psychologist Jonas Bjärehed, who has recently presented his thesis at Lund University in Sweden.

5 Nov 2012

Vitamin D deficiency: an interview with Kellie Bilinski

We know that vitamin D is important in keeping bones strong. In the last 30-40 years it has also been realized that vitamin D has a lot of other roles in the body. Vitamin D essentially has a role in any cell in the body that has a vitamin D receptor.

5 Nov 2012

Research highlights importance of leadership in implementing equalities legislation

Following the implementation of new legislation equalities policy, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is now an aspect of staff training in local government according to research at the Universities of Newcastle and Huddersfield carried out by Professor Diane Richardson and Dr Surya Monro.

4 Nov 2012

Tips to overcome Hurricane Sandy stress

It's more than chaos. It's more than uncertainty. The upheaval brought about by a natural disaster the likes of Hurricane Sandy forces us to reorganize how we see the world. "We lose our mental mind map," says Henri Roca, MD, medical director of Greenwich Hospital's Integrative Medicine Program in Greenwich, Connecticut. "The challenge is that everything is different, from the places we usually go, the routes we drive, the colleagues and friends we see. We don't realize how much we depend on the things we consider solid and foundational," said Dr. Roca.

4 Nov 2012

Most therapists still require abstinence for clients with substance dependence

Compared to a survey conducted nearly 20 years ago, about twice the proportion of addiction counselors now find it acceptable for at least some of their patients to have a drink occasionally - either as an intermediate goal or as their final treatment goal, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.

3 Nov 2012

Mental Health America urges greater attention to mental health impact of Hurricane Sandy

Mental Health America today said local affiliates in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy are struggling to deliver vital services to fellow citizens and urged greater attention to the mental health impact of the disaster.

3 Nov 2012

TeleMedTM announces launch of TeleMedTM Psychiatry

TeleMedTM announces the launch of TeleMedTM Psychiatry, a first-of-its-kind telepsychiatry solution designed to give mental health providers and patients scheduled access to one another through secure online video therapy, regardless of location.

3 Nov 2012

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Three quarters of pregnant women take sick leave from work: Study

Weight loss can help improve quality of sleep among obese people

Early treatment improves behavior, communication and brain function in children with autism

UCLA study to uncover risk profiles of breast cancer survivors likely to suffer from depression

Caregiver strain link to depression mediated by rumination

Toxoplasmosis linked to greater schizophrenia severity

Stressful life events linked to bipolar depression

Workout in the catheter lab gives clues to ‘warm-up angina’

Testosterone exposure early in life can have lasting impact on brain function and behavior

Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome anxiety linked to poorer adaptive behaviors

New tool helps prevent hospital readmission among heart attack patients

Viewpoints: Romney, Obama offer details of their plans; The 'passionate supply-sider' who taught Paul Ryan; Medicare plan has not 'doomed GOP'

Suicide rates in the US have increased sharply since the economic crisis began

Self-harm among young people should not be over-interpreted

Vitamin D deficiency: an interview with Kellie Bilinski

Research highlights importance of leadership in implementing equalities legislation

Tips to overcome Hurricane Sandy stress

Most therapists still require abstinence for clients with substance dependence

Mental Health America urges greater attention to mental health impact of Hurricane Sandy

TeleMedTM announces launch of TeleMedTM Psychiatry

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