June 2010 - Mental Health Update - The Network of Care

Moving kids and mental troubles

Having a nomadic childhood can have negative long-term consequences for people's health and happiness. Researchers from the University of Virginia studied 7,108 American adults who were followed for ten years. The participants, who were between the...

Published Fri, Jun 04 2010 6:27 AM by Mental Health Update

Urine test could lead to quicker autism diagnosis

A simple urine test could be used to diagnose autism earlier and far more cheaply than current methods. People with autism often have gastrointestinal problems as well and they have a different range of bacteria in their guts from unaffected people. These...

Published Fri, Jun 04 2010 6:03 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Autism

IQ and suicide risk

Having a low IQ in early adulthood is linked to a higher risk of suicide - at least in men. Researchers from the Wellcome Trust studied 1.1 million men in Sweden who all took IQ tests when they did their national service. Over the next 24 years at least...

Published Fri, Jun 04 2010 5:44 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Suicide, IQ

Cannabis and schizophrenia - new evidence to add to the debate

Much ink has been spilt and many trees sacrificed debating the links between smoking cannabis and schizophrenia. Researchers from Stony Brook University in New York have added to the debate with a long-term study following 229 patients for ten years after...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 3:37 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Cannabis, Schizophrenia

Wake up - but there's no need to smell the coffee

A cup of coffee in the morning is no more effective than a placebo at sharpening up people's thought processes. Researchers from the University of Bristol studied 379 people who were deprived of caffeine for 16 hours before being given either caffeine...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 3:11 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Caffeine

Cigarettes and the blues

Over the years a number of studies have linked cigarette smoking with depression. It could be that a common factor lies behind both, that people smoke to cheer themselves up or that cigarettes themselves cause depression. Researchers from the University...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 2:14 AM by Mental Health Update

Newer antipsychotics no more effective

Atypical, or second-generation, antipsychotics have been used more and more over the last decade to treat schizophrenia in preference to older 'typical' drugs. But are they really any better? Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, King's...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 2:06 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

NICE issues new alcohol guidelines

In the U.K. the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines aimed at dealing with the country's drink problem. The guidance recommends a minimum national price, per unit, of alcohol; a ban on all alcohol advertising in...

Published Wed, Jun 02 2010 2:35 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems

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

Light the blue touch paper, stand back and see what happens

Researchers from the University of Valencia have been making 30 Spanish men angry to see what happens. The researchers were looking to see what happens in people's brains and bodies rathe than how they behaved. They read the men 50 phrases designed...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 2:32 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Anger

Drink-driving college students

Drink-driving is a major public health problem and, in the U.S. at least, is particularly prevalent among college students. A study by researchers at the University of Maryland reveals the extent of the problem and shows that it gets worse when students...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 2:08 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems

Home, nursery and school all need help to boost poor kids

Children do best when they are stimulated at home, school and nursery, suggesting that all three areas need to be targeted to improve the results of children from deprived backgrounds. Researchers in the U.S. followed 1,300 children from birth to Year...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 1:49 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development

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

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