Mental Health Update

By their blogs shall ye know them

Despite stories of seedy middle-aged men pretending to be teenaged girls and frumpy couples passing themselves off as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in Second Life it turns out you can tell a lot about people's personalities from their blogs. Tal Yarkoni...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 3:37 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Psychology, Blogging

Schizophrenia and impulsivity

Being over-impulsive is one of the hallmarks of schizophrenia and can lead to violence, drug abuse and suicide. However, it is not really known what happens in the brains of people suffering from schizophrenia that makes them more impulsive. Researchers...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 2:21 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Schizophrenia

Hospital art - is it really a waste of money?

In times of budget cutbacks hospital art is often the first thing to go, however, a new piece of research suggests that this might be a false economy. Upali Nanda from American Art Resources in Houston led a study based in a lounge for psychiatric patients...

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 3:46 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Art Therapy

Mums, dads and social anxiety

Social anxiety disorder can lead to depression and anxiety and can impede people's functioning in jobs and relationships. It is often thought to run in families but the genetic risk is modest suggesting that parenting and environment play a part too...

Published Tue, Dec 14 2010 8:42 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Social Anxiety

Bleak outlook for older alcoholics' partners

There has been quite a lot of research into the problems experienced by the spouses of people with drug problems among younger and middle-aged groups but much less on how a partner's drink problem affects older people. A team of researchers from Stanford...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 2:47 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems, Service Users' Families

Mediterranean diet cuts depression risk

People who follow a Mediterranean diet high in vegetables, fruit, nuts, whole grains and fish could be less likely to develop depression. Over the course of their lives people in Mediterranean countries are less likely to develop mental-health problems...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 7:36 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression - causes

Mental disorders and Internet addiction in children

Internet addiction is a controversial phenomenon although it is clear that some children (and adults) spend too much time online at the expense of their school or work performance, family relationships and emotional state. Researchers from Kaohsiung Medical...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 7:10 AM by Mental Health Update

Depression, inflammation and heart disease

Depression and inflammation (which can be a risk factor for heart disease) are known to be linked but scientists don't really know which comes first. Researchers from Indiana University in Indianapolis studied 263 people aged between 50 and 70 in...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 3:58 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Service Users' Health, Depression

The psychology of penalty shoot outs - what are they thinking about?

Fans of the England football team are used to their side being on the wrong end of a penalty shoot-out. Researchers at Purdue University in the U.S. have been looking into the psychology of kicking field goals - the equivalent in American football - and...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 3:40 AM by Mental Health Update

'Chemical cosh' still being used for Alzheimer's patients

The use of antipsychotic drugs as a 'chemical cosh' for people with Alzheimer's disease has proved very controversial and a new survey by the Alzheimer's Society suggests that it is still a problem. The survey - of over 650 nurses and...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 3:23 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease, Antipsychotics - side effects

Burnout, nursing and trauma

Burnout syndrome is characterized by feeling overwhelmed by work, having impersonal feelings towards those one is providing services or care to, negative self-evaluation and a perception of reduced achievement. Burnout syndrome and post-traumatic stress...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 8:18 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: PTSD, Stress

Pro-eating disorder web sites can damage healthy women too

Pro-eating disorder (Pro-ED) web sites are designed to convey the idea that eating disorders are a 'lifestyle choice' rather than a mental-health problem. They contain pro-eating disorder statements, tips and tricks on unhealthy eating behaviours...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 2:10 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Eating Disorders

Communication takes the weight off Alzheimer's carers

Working with people with dementia can be very tiring, not least the physical strain of moving, or helping to move, people around care homes. Researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg surveyed health-care assistants at three homes in western...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 5:50 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Grey matter and OCD - reviewing the evidence

There has been a lot of research recently using brain scanning to look at differences in the brains of people with mental-health problems. Because brain scanning is an expensive and time-consuming business studies are often quite small meaning that samples...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2009 2:43 AM by Mental Health Update

Loneliness and mental illness - guest post by Amy S. Cook

Loneliness and Mental Illness – The Connection There’s a woman who lives alone in my apartment block – she keeps to herself and rarely ventures out. And when she does, she is hostile and cantankerous. The other residents of the building don’t treat her...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 3:07 AM by Mental Health Update

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