June 2010 - Mental Health Update - The Network of Care

Boys, girls, weight and depression

Healthy-weight girls who think they are fat are more likely to be depressed than fatter girls who realise they are overweight. Researchers from Penn State University studied 12,683 adolescents taking part in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 6:35 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Psychology, Obesity, Depression - in adolescence

Dopamine and decisions

Striking a balance between short-term goals - going out for a meal with friends or buying a new book - and long-term objectives like saving up for a house or a holiday can be tricky. Researchers at University College London have been investigating the...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 2:34 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Dopamine

Alcohol and cannabis - the earlier they start the harder they fall

Alcohol and cannabis are the most commonly used substances among adults and teenagers in the U.S. and other developed countries. One survey showed that 41, 62 and 73% of Year 8, 10 and 12 students respectively had drunk alcohol with the figures for cannabis...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 6:28 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Substance Abuse, Cannabis, Alcohol Problems

Children of alcoholics do better at college than expected

It is estimated that one out of eight Americans is an adult child of an alcoholic. College students who are the children of alcoholics have been shown to be at an increased risk for depression and alcohol abuse, have lower self-esteem and have a greater...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 6:20 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems

Youth clubs - the positive way to help kids?

It sometimes seems as though legal restrictions and medication are society's preferred way of keeping children out of trouble. However, a new study by researchers at Ohio State University points to a more positive solution - youth clubs. The study...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 2:35 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development, Child Psychology, Youth Clubs

Aspirin for schizophrenia

Aspirin could have a role in the treatment of schizophrenia. Nobody really knows what causes schizophrenia but previous studies have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs such as celexicob can have some effect, suggesting that inflammation plays a role in...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 2:13 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Schizophrenia, Aspirin

Why smoking makes you more stressed not less

People who smoke often say that it helps them to deal with stress but new research by scientists from Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry suggests that, if anything, it makes the problem worse. The scientists studied 469 people who were...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 1:34 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Stress, Smoking

Getting to the bottom of PTSD and aggression

Not all soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and not all people with PTSD have problems with anger and aggression but those that do can end up in trouble and hurting those around them....

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 3:38 AM by Mental Health Update

Studying the psychology of Perry Mason

A brilliant cross-examination that gets an innocent person off the hook or puts a guilty one behind bars is a staple of courtroom dramas and novels. A study by researchers at the universities of Liverpool and Leeds shows that schooling witnesses in the...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 3:22 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Forensic Psychology

Insomnia and cognition

Researchers at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences have been looking into the effects of long-term insomnia on people's cognition. They compared a group of older adults with insomnia to a group of unaffected participants. The participants...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 2:55 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sleep Disorders, Cognition

Teenage suicide raises the risk of adult wife beating

Boys who try to kill themselves before the age of 18 are much more likely to beat their wives and girlfriends later in life. Researchers from the Oregon Social Learning Center in Eugene studied 153 males from high-crime neighbourhoods who were assessed...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 4:50 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Suicide, Violence

Light therapy and PTSD

Light therapy could be used to help people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers from the University of South Carolina in Columbia carried out a small-scale study on 16 soldiers suffering from PTSD after coming back from the...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 4:25 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: PTSD, Light Therapy

How to Cope with Unexplained Depression - Guest Post by Susan White

No doubt it’s our sixth sense and the ability to feel emotions that give us an advantage over other creatures that inhabit our world, but it’s also this very attribute that causes negative feelings like sadness and anger, both of which tend to destabilize...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 5:43 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression

Diabetes and declining cognition

Researchers from the Netherlands have added more evidence to the idea that there is a link between diabetes and a decline in cognitive function. The researchers from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment studied 2,600 men and women...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 3:47 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes

PTSD raises dementia risk

Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could be more likely to develop dementia. PTSD often occurs in soldiers coming back from war zones and it is estimated that as many as 17% of veterans coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan have...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 3:28 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease, PTSD

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