January 2010 - Mental Health Update

Psychological mindedness and mental health

Psychological mindedness can be defined as "the interest and ability to be in touch with and reflect upon one's psychological states and processes." It has been associated with greater well-being, more flexible and helpful ways of thinking...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 8:34 AM by Mental Health Update

Mindfulness and child-abuse victims

It is estimated that over a quarter of adult women in the U.S. were victims of childhood sexual abuse. Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are common in these survivors and a number of different kinds of therapies are used to treat them. Researchers...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 8:09 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Abuse, Mindfulness

Occupational therapy student helps bridge 'digital divide'

Occupational therapy student Jade Nixon from the University of Derby has been looking into the ways people with mental-health problems can overcome the 'digital divide' that separates those people with access to, and mastery of, new technology...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 5:16 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Occupational Therapy

Burnout in the Finnish family

Burnout is a condition in which people lose confidence in their abilities, become cynical about their work and see customers or patients as objects to be dealt with as quickly as possible. Some researchers think children can suffer from school burnout...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 4:42 AM by Mental Health Update

Look to the side of you to spot threats quickly

People's brains process scared faces more quickly when they are seen in the periphery of one's vision than when they are seen straight ahead. Researchers from the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale in France scanned 11 people's...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 3:47 AM by Mental Health Update

Can't recognise faces? Don't worry you're not stupid

Being able to recognise people's faces is an important skill to have but not everyone is as skilled as others at it. Some people can recognise someone they met briefly years ago while others struggle to recognise even close friends and family. Researchers...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 2:50 AM by Mental Health Update

Alzheimer's - the eyes have it

Researchers from University College London are working on a way in which eye tests could be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease. The test works on the basis that the retina is an extension of the brain and involves a chemical marker being either...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 7:20 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Cognitive fluctuations and Alzheimer's disease

Cognitive fluctuations include: feeling drowsy or lethargic all the time or several times per day, sleeping two or more hours before 7 p.m., having times when the flow of one's ideas seems disorganized, unclear or illogical and staring into space...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:37 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Hypnotherapy Directory

Hypnotherapy Directory is an online directory of hypnotherapists in the U.K. which can be searched by town or postcode. All the hypnotherapists on the site have a relevant qualification, insurance cover or proof of registration with a professional body...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:11 AM by Mental Health Update

Cannabis and suicide risk

Smoking cannabis is unlikely to increase your risk of killing yourself. Researchers from Cardiff University looked at data on more than 50,000 Swedish military recruits. Sweden has conscription and the study covered 50,087 men and women who were conscripted...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 8:12 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Cannabis, Suicide

Leafy suburbs and later literacy

Where you live when you go to nursery school could affect your reading comprehension years later - even if you've moved somewhere completely different in the meantime. Researchers from the University of British Columbia followed 2,648 children from...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 7:48 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development

Little people hearing voices

Although hearing voices is one of the main symptoms of psychosis there are thought to be many more people who hear voices than who suffer from psychosis. This is particularly true of children and adolescents and the great majority of children who hear...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 7:10 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Psychosis, Hallucinations

Drug therapy for borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterised by persistently unstable moods, inability to control one's impulses, problems getting on with other people and a poor self image. People with BPD have difficulty forming relationships, can be...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 6:42 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Borderline Personality Disorder

Blood pressure medication could help with Alzheimer's

Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are drugs used to treat high blood pressure but they could also help to stave off and slow down Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine studied the records of five million people...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 8:41 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Flu and schizophrenia - is there really a link?

Scientists still do not really know what causes schizophrenia although it is likely that there are lots of different factors, including environmental and genetic ones, involved. One of the suspects is exposure to infectious diseases as a child in the...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 8:18 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Schizophrenia

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Psychological mindedness and mental health

Mindfulness and child-abuse victims

Occupational therapy student helps bridge 'digital divide'

Burnout in the Finnish family

Look to the side of you to spot threats quickly

Can't recognise faces? Don't worry you're not stupid

Alzheimer's - the eyes have it

Cognitive fluctuations and Alzheimer's disease

Hypnotherapy Directory

Cannabis and suicide risk

Leafy suburbs and later literacy

Little people hearing voices

Drug therapy for borderline personality disorder

Blood pressure medication could help with Alzheimer's

Flu and schizophrenia - is there really a link?