More homeless mentally ill than expected according to UCSD study: Interventions urged
...prevalence of homelessness in persons with serious mental illness is 15 percent, a higher percentage than su...id improved care for homeless persons with serious mental illness may be cost effective or at least result in improved patient outcomes with only moderate inc...Drug treatment promising for halting Huntington's-related nerve death
... the nerve cells that control movement and certain mental functions die. Patients die within 10-15 years after onset of the disease. The disease is caused by a mutation in the gene that makes the protein huntingtin. The mutation creates a long chain of the amino acid glutamine at one end of the protein. ...Longer cardiac rehab programs necessary, says U of T study
...sions was effective in improving both physical and mental health, with the peak occurring at 38 weeks (nine months). "To receive the optimal benefits in physical fitness and quality of life, patients should attend cardiac rehabilitation programs which last for at least six, and up to nine months," says Dr. ...Exercise helps reduce symptoms of depression, UT Southwestern researchers find
...ls with clinical depression seek treatment for the mental illness and only 10 percent receive adequate treatment. Almost 19 million Americans are thought to suffer from depressive disorders. Other researchers participating in the study were from the Cooper Institute and from Alberta Children's Hospital in C...January/February Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...g the community voice in participatory research in mental health and primary care. Mental Health Research in Primary Care: Mandates from a Community Advisory Board By Roberto Chen, M.A., et al...Generation gap found in chronic pain
...ed standardized questionnaires that assessed their mental and physical status, as well as the intensity and impact of their pain, the ability to cope with their pain, sleep and alcohol use patterns, and symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that can result from painful medical conditions...Mental health crisis looming for tsunami survivors, warns psychologist just back from Indonesia
...esia warned of a new danger among the survivors a mental health crisis. "We are seeing children petrified ...emergency psychology trauma center in a Banda Aceh mental hospital that was flooded by the tsunami. He conducted workshops and gave lectures to volunteers on...JCI table of contents, January 20 2005
...recent.shtml Slain brain cells cause mental retardation syndrome Researchers have created mic...e changes within the brain resulting in the severe mental retardation observed in patients with alpha-thalassemia X-linked mental retardation syndrome. Their ...Study shows strengths, gaps in quality of care for kids in California's public mental health clinics
... children's patient records at California's public mental health clinics identifies strengths and gaps in qu...study gives high marks to the comprehensiveness of mental health evaluations, but finds moderate to poor documentation of medical monitoring psychoactive medi...Intellect linked to risk of suicide in young men
...od also increase an individual's susceptibility to mental illness and hence suicide. Alternatively, it may be due to an individual's ability to solve problems in times of crisis or maladjustment in childhood, they conclude....Diet, exercise, stimulating environment helps old dogs learn
...y of beagles finds that regular physical activity, mental stimulation, and a diet rich in antioxidants can h... of these interventions and suggests that diet and mental exercise may work more effectively in combination than by themselves. During the two-year longitudin...Program effective at reducing depression in teens
...of evidence-based treatments, depression outcomes, mental healthrelated quality of life, and satisfaction with mental health care after a 6-month intervention period. The randomized controlled trial was conducted betwe...Collaborative care, training boosts adolescent depression treatment in primary care clinics
...ram featuring primary care physicians, nurses, and mental health providers working collaboratively to bring ...ality of life, and greater satisfaction with their mental health care. They also received more mental health care, particularly psychotherapy (32 percent vs. ...Cogtest and NetMet join forces
...orders arise not only from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, but also from highly prevalent medical conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Indeed, learning and memory abilities decline significantly in the absence of disease as part of the no...Innovative WSU graduate program deals with mental health, deafness
A training program in mental health and deafness at the Wright State University...ogram in America with the dual purpose of training mental health professionals to work with deaf clients and training interpreters to work in mental health se...New theory chalenges current view of how brain stores long-term memory
...ription will help address issues of memory loss in mental retardation, aging and Alzheimer's disease. Indeed, new hypotheses can lead to the development of new chemical agents that would successfully target the chemical reactions necessary "We would assert that there is enough substance both in the concer...New figures highlight trends in drug and alcohol misuse
...der 45. In 2002-3 there were 18,863 admissions for mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol, 7,380 ad... or controlled drugs. Although admission rates for mental and behavioural disorders caused by alcohol have remained relatively stable, admissions among young ...Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
...among primary care, acute care, long-term care and mental health services. Quality improvements in home care may benefit the entire health care system," Fries said. In virtually every sector of the health care system, efforts are under way to improve the quality of care provided, increase the cost effective...Happy home and social life makes living in a poor neighbourhood more bearable for adolescents
... more evident were the strong associations between mental health and individuals' home and social situations. On average, mental distress was worse for girls than boys and for children with long term illness, special educational ......f tertiary syphilis." Nor did the Bard exhibit the mental problems toward the end of his life that would indicate severe mercury poisoning, judging from the quality of his writing, so any mercury treatment he received was probably limited. Were Shakespeare's remains to be examined today, evidence of infecti...