Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/mental_health/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241914.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241914.phpChildren who do not conform to their gender-expected behaviors and interests are at a higher risk of being abused and facing subsequent traumas, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and Children's Hospital Boston reported in the journal Pediatrics...Pediatrics / Children's Health Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241911.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241911.phpBetween 2008 and 2009, the suicide rate in the United States rose by 2.4%, with a reported 36,909 suicide deaths, according to a report by the CDC. In 2008, 13.4% of individuals who committed suicide experienced job and financial problems, a report by the CDC revealed in August 2011...Depression Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241847.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241847.phpCanadian girls report higher levels of emotional problems and lower levels of emotional well-being and life satisfaction, while boys tend to experience more behavioural problems and demonstrate less pro-social behavior, according to a new Queen's University-led national study of youth health behavior...Mental Health Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241850.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241850.phpSoldiers in the National Guard with no history of alcohol abuse are at significant risk of developing alcohol-related problems during and after deployment, according to a new study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal...Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241839.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241839.phpAccording to a study published February 6 in the online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA (PNAS), a "master" regulatory molecule in the brain that is mutated in individuals with schizophrenia, has been identified by a team of researchers led by Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D...Schizophrenia Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241754.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241754.phpAs the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is revised for the first time since 1994, controversy about psychiatric diagnosis is reaching a fever pitch. Suggested changes to the definitions of autism spectrum disorders and depression, among others, are eliciting great concerns. However, there are larger concerns about the DSM as a whole...Psychology / Psychiatry Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241730.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241730.php Using data from a national survey, a new government report released on Thursday reveals that 10.5 per cent of children under the age of 18 (7.5 million of this population) in the US live with a parent who has experienced an alcohol use disorder in the past year. The report was released to coincide with Children of Alcoholics Week, which runs from 12 to 18 February...Pediatrics / Children's Health Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241420.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241420.phpPeople who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to report feelings of excitement and enthusiasm on days when they are more physically active than usual...Sports Medicine / Fitness Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241398.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241398.phpA new study has revealed the widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England & Wales due to a large extent to the number of young Scottish men taking their lives...Mental Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241381.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241381.phpWar, the aftermath of war, and political violence are harmful to children's and teens' mental health and well-being. But few studies have looked at how this happens...Mental Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241342.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241342.phpBrooding in your apartment on Saturday afternoon? A new smart phone intuits when you're depressed and will nudge you to call or go out with friends. It's the future of therapy at a new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine center where scientists are inventing web-based, mobile and virtual technologies to treat depression and other mood disorders...IT / Internet / E-mail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241251.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241251.phpIn 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine did not increase - or decrease - suicidality in children compared to placebo treatment...Depression Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240976.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240976.php A national study of Medicaid data shows most young people who present to emergency departments with deliberate self-harm are discharged to the community, without receiving an emergency mental health assessment. Even more, a roughly comparable proportion of these patients receive no outpatient mental health care in the following month...Mental Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240994.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240994.phpIn a cross-sectional analysis of WHO-AIMS data published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ryan McBain of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA and colleagues investigated the associations between health system components and access to psychotropic drugs in 63 low- and middle- income countries (LAMICs)...Mental Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240968.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240968.php Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal...Nutrition / Diet Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240852.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240852.phpNew research sheds light on cycle of low socioeconomic status and depression Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent's level of education? A new study led by Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, a medical sociologist from McGill University, suggests this is the case...Depression Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240810.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240810.phpSurvivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. The study's lead author, Christina Paxson of Princeton University, said that the results were a departure from other surveys both in the design and the results...Aid / Disasters Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240648.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240648.phpIn the past year, 45.9 million Americans above the age of 18 years, or 20% of 18 year-olds, experienced mental illness, according to a new national report. Mental illness amongst those aged between 18 and 25 years (29.9%) was more than double as high, compared with people aged 50 years or older (14.3%)...Mental Health Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240562.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240562.phpPCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it...Bipolar Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240539.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240539.phpSome 45.9 million, or around 1 in 5 American adults (age 18 and over) experienced a mental illness in the past year, according to the US government's latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released this month...Mental Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240488.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240488.php Fed up with listening to your spouse or co-workers gossiping away? Leave be, says a new research from University of California Berkeley. Gossip helps to prevent bad behavior, prevent exploitation and reduces stress levels...Psychology / Psychiatry Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240445.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240445.phpPeople with mental illness have gotten a bad rap in past research studies, being labeled the group of people with the highest return rates to prison...Mental Health Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240474.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240474.php A team of international health experts has made a call for the United Nations to hold a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to focus worldwide attention on neurological and mental disorders as well as substance use disorders as a central development issue, which need commitment to improve access to care, promote human rights, and reinforce evidence on eff...Mental Health Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240411.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240411.phpA group of international health experts has called for a special session of the United Nations (referred to as UNGASS - United Nations General Assembly Special Session) to focus global attention on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders as a core development issue requiring commitments to improve access to care, promote human rights, and strengthen the evidence on ef...Mental Health Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239976.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239976.phpResults of an investigation analyzing the association between the two signature health problems - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and respiratory illness - among recovery workers who responded first at the World Trade Center (WTC), have been revealed after more than a decade following the terrorist attacks on the WTC. The study was led by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., the Edmund D...Anxiety / Stress