Researchers at Warwick Medical School have shown that frequently moving schools during childhood can increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in later years.The study, published in American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, found that school mobility during childhood heightens the risk of developing psychotic-like symptoms in early adolescence by up to 60%....
Samaritans are joining forces with Bristol University to carry out groundbreaking research on the role the internet plays for those with suicidal thoughts. This is the first time this hugely important issue will be researched by talking to people with actual experience of using the internet when they were feeling suicidal....
According to a survey from the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 11.2% of teens in the US aged between 13 and 18 years have suffered from severe depression at some point in their lives. Now, researchers from the UK have discovered the first biomarker that could predict the likelihood of clinical depression in teenage boys.The research team, led by Prof....
A team of UCA researchers led by Professor Esther Berrocoso and in joint collaboration with the mental health research groups of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) have carried out a pioneering project in Spain....
Falling stock prices lead to increased hospitalisations for mental disorders, according to new research published in the journal Health Policy and Planning.Researchers assessed the relationship between stock price movements and mental disorders using data on daily hospitalisations for mental disorders in Taiwan over 4,000 days between 1998 and 2009....
People receiving mental health care are up to four times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health from researchers at Penn Medicine and other institutions who tested over 1,000 patients in care in Philadelphia and Baltimore....
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Just 47 percent gained long-term relief of symptoms, researchers say....
Doctors offer advice on ways to stay safe and warm during frigid weather....
People who were abused as kids or had parents with addiction might take longer to regain mental health....
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A new study published in The Journal of Urology® reports that prostate cancer patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) experienced changes in mental and emotional well-being during treatment, although there was no meaningful decline in emotional quality of life two years after treatment....
A new National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA), aimed at reducing the number of suicides in England and improving support for those affected by suicide, has been launched. With members including Samaritans, Rethink Mental Illness and the Department of Health (DoH), the NSPA is supported by a government grant of £120,000 over two years to deliver a work-plan of national priorities....
Symptoms such as insomnia and emotional distress account for much of the work impact of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, reports a study in the February issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health....
Doctors offer advice on ways to stay safe and warm during frigid weather....
Postpartum depression can become chronic in 30 to 50 percent of women with the condition, according to a review published in the January issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry ....
A new community program is helping African-American women embrace good health by enabling treatment of substance abuse and mental health problems that increase their risk of HIV infection or spreading the virus. SHE PREVAILS, which is funded by a three-year, $1....
Youngest kids, those exposed to suicide most likely to develop illnesses such as schizophrenia, researchers found....
Study says stricter definition of the condition means fewer children will meet threshold....