June 2010 - Mental Health Update - The Network of Care

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

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

Crowded wards increase nurses' risk of depression

Nurses who work in overcrowded wards may have a higher risk of depression. Researchers from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health looked at 16 hospitals in 2003 and 2004 to see what the monthly bed-occupancy rate was. They defined an 85% bed-occupancy...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 3:48 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

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

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

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

SSRIs and miscarriage - new evidence of a link

Researchers from the University of Montreal have confirmed previous studies linking the use of certain antidepressants to an increased risk of miscarriage. The researchers studied 5,124 women who had suffered miscarriages. They found that there was an...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 1:30 AM by Mental Health Update

Swedes play numbers game with ADHD

Researchers from Sweden have been looking into the risk factors for ADHD. Sweden could be described as the ultimate database state with the authorities keeping large amounts of information on its citizens. Despite the civil-liberties implications this...

Published Wed, Jun 02 2010 3:15 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: ADHD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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