June 2010 - Mental Health Update - The Network of Care

CBT - how well does it work in the real world?

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in treating depression in clinical trials but there is less evidence about its effectiveness in the 'real world.' Researchers from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz studied...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 2:40 AM by Mental Health Update

Depression and abdominal obesity

Depression can make you fat but being fat does not necessarily make you depressed. Researchers from the University of Alabama used data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, a long-term study of 5,115 men and women aged between...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 2:18 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression, Obesity

Bipolar and high blood pressure

There is already an established link between bipolar disorder and heart disease and diabetes and now there is evidence that the condition could also be linked to high blood pressure. Researchers from Michigan State University studied 99 people who had...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 3:44 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Service Users' Health, Bipolar Disorder

Study finds sixth-formers not quite bright young things

You might think that sixth formers would be bursting with youthful energy and full of the joys of Spring but a study by researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey suggests that they are more likely to be drowsy and depressed....

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 3:30 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sleep Disorders

Borderline personality disorder, self-harm and suicide

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are said to be 'stable in their instability.' They have a terror of being alone with great efforts being made to avoid real or imagined abandonment. People's moods are extremely unstable and...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 2:38 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Suicide, Borderline Personality Disorder, Self-Harm

Winter woes for bipolar sufferers

People with bipolar disorder often show variations in their moods throughout the seasons or at different times of the day. Researchers from the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki studied 122 people. 32 of them had bipolar disorder,...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:26 AM by Mental Health Update

Young men smart more from cupid's arrows

Contrary to the popular stereotype it could be young men who are more affected by the ups and downs of romance than young women. Researchers from Wake Forest University in North Carolina studied more than a 1,000 unmarried youngsters - aged between 18...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 2:56 AM by Mental Health Update

Not-so-early babies and special needs

Babies born just a week prematurely could be at a slightly greater risk of autism and learning disabilities. Researchers from Glasgow University analysed the birth history of more than 400,000 school children and found that those born between 37 and 39...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 2:29 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development

Smoking and mental health

Second-hand smoking has been associated with a range of physical health problems and new research now suggests that it might be linked to an increased risk of psychological problems too. Researchers from University College London studied 8,155 people...

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 3:55 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Smoking

Survey shows true toll of Iraq

Not surprisingly soldiers who have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq often come back with mental health problems. But the true extent of the problem is difficult to measure and there has been little research into what other problems soldiers might have....

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 3:31 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: PTSD

Adolescence and attachment in Asia Minor

In recent years attachment theory has become one of the main ways in which psychologists think about people and their development through childhood and adolescence into adulthood, their problems and their relationships with other people. Attachment theory...

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 2:58 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development, Attachment

Social support and senior centres

Despite the negative aspects of old age - declining health and loss of loved ones - research has shown that forming and maintaining a good network of friends can have a positive effect on people's physical and emotional health. S.A. Fulbright from...

Published Tue, Jun 08 2010 2:12 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression, Social Support, Older People

Fighting self stigma

People with mental-health problems often suffer from stigma from the rest of society which can take a negative view of mental illness. In some cases people internalize this stigma - so-called 'self-stigma' - and lose their self-esteem and self...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 7:36 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Stigma

Early to bed, early to rise ...

Children who have enough sleep and go to bed at regular times do better at school. Researchers from SRI International, an independent American research institute studied 8,000 four-year-old children. They asked their parents about their children's...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 3:44 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development, Sleep Disorders

Want to know the truth? Give someone a pencil.

An old-fashioned pencil might be a better way to work out whether people are telling the truth than a high-tech lie detector. Aldert Vrij from the University of Portsmouth got 31 people from the police and military to go on a mock mission to pick up a...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 3:21 AM by Mental Health Update

June 2010 - Mental Health Update

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives