Mental Health Update

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

ADHD kids at greater risk of drug problems

Children with ADHD are two to three times more likely to develop serious substance-abuse problems in adolescence and adulthood. Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles and the University of South Carolina reviewed 27 long-term studies...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 6:06 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Substance Abuse, ADHD

Cyber-bullying rife but short-lived

Researchers from the University of Valencia have been looking into the incidence of bullying via mobile phones and the internet. They surveyed 2,101 teenagers between the ages of 11 and 17. 24.6% of them had been bullied via their mobile and 29% via the...

Published Thu, Dec 16 2010 6:47 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Bullying

9/11 and mental health

Hardly surprisingly the attacks of September 11, 2001 had a huge psychological impact on those who were caught up in them but most studies so far have focused on the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression rather than other...

Published Tue, Nov 09 2010 3:14 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: PTSD

A little of what you suffer does you good

"Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" has become something of a cliche lately but new research - led by Mark Seery from the University at Buffalo - suggests that, like a lot of other cliches, there may be a grain of truth behind...

Published Mon, Oct 18 2010 3:28 AM by Mental Health Update

Sexual preference and violence

People who are homosexual, bisexual or *** or who have had a same sex relationship in the past are 1.5 to 2x more likely to have experienced violent events during their childhood and have double the risk of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 6:56 AM by Mental Health Update

Calling all Twitterers

For those of you who use Twitter Carolyn Friedman and the team at the Radiography Schools website have compiled a list of the top 100 Twitter feeds to keep up to date with the latest heath news. You can find the list at http://radiographyschools.org/...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 2:37 AM by Mental Health Update

Leafy suburbs and later literacy

Where you live when you go to nursery school could affect your reading comprehension years later - even if you've moved somewhere completely different in the meantime. Researchers from the University of British Columbia followed 2,648 children from...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 7:48 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development

Thrill-seeking, disruptive behaviour and cannabis use

High-intensity pleasure seeking refers to a tendency in teenagers to look for physical and social thrills. Broadly speaking it's what makes some kids go for raves and snowboarding while others go for hanging around in shopping centres and watching...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 7:01 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Cannabis

OASIS for psychosis - quicker, better and cheaper

In the U.K. it is now Government policy to make use of early-intervention services for people with psychosis. An increasing number of clinical services have been set up to help people in the early stages of psychosis. They aim to intervene as early as...

Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 7:50 AM by Mental Health Update

Depression, anxiety and executive functioning

Executive functioning is made up of a broad range of capabilities including the ability to pay attention, the ability to transfer one's attention from one thing to another, the ability to hold information in one's working memory, and planning...

Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 6:01 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression, Anxiety Disorders

Bang! What goes on in people's brains when they get a shock

Psychologists at the University of Alabama in Birmingham have been startling people in an attempt to help those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure what went on in people's...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 3:08 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: PTSD, Neuroscience

Cannabis and schizophrenia: has the U.K. Government over-reacted?

The idea that there is a link between cannabis and schizophrenia is a controversial one. Last year the U.K. Government reclassified cannabis as a class B drug, partly, at least, because they thought there was a link between the drug and mental illness...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 5:53 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Cannabis, Schizophrenia

Depressed mums in U.S. fail to get adequate help

Depression in mothers can have a major impact on the entire family, especially on the health and wellbeing of children, and treating depression in mothers can improve the long-term health of their families. However, a study of 2,130 mothers by researchers...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 7:22 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression

Daily cannabis use and psychosis risk

People who increase their cannabis consumption from occasional to daily use could hasten the onset of psychosis. Researchers from Emory University in Atlanta analyzed data from 109 hospitalized patients who were experiencing their first psychotic episode...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 7:03 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Cannabis, Psychosis

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