October 2009 - Mental Health Update

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Black cohosh for menopausal anxiety

Some studies have shown that nearly 50% of women experience psychological problems as they go through the menopause. Benzodiazepines and antidepressants are often used to treat anxiety in women going through the menopause but benzodiazepines can cause...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 7:14 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Anxiety Disorders, Black Cohosh
Smaller classes in early years key to bridging achievement gap

Governments spend a lot of time and effort in trying to reduce the gap in educational achievement between high and low achievers. New research from the U.S. suggests that concentrating these efforts on reducing class sizes in the very first years of school...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 7:09 AM by Mental Health Update
Injecting other drug users

Brighton has one of the biggest drug problems of any UK city and it is thought that around 2% of people between the ages of 15 and 44 inject drugs. The coroner of Brighton has raised concerns that the practice of drug users injecting other people might...

Published Tue, Oct 20 2009 2:09 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Substance Abuse
Lead, learning and literacy

Exposure to lead in childhood can significantly reduce children's scores in end-of-year reading tests. Researchers from Duke University and North Carolina Central University looked into the links between levels of lead in children's bloodstreams...

Published Tue, Oct 20 2009 4:41 AM by Mental Health Update

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