Mental Health Update

Brothers, sisters and bullying

Older brothers are more likely to bully their younger siblings than older sisters. Researchers from the Universita' degli Studi Di Firenze in Florence studied 195 children, aged between 10 and 12. They found that children with older brothers were...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 6:44 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Bullying

New study less hopeful on teenage depression

New research from Duke University in North Carolina has painted a gloomy picture of the recovery rates from adolescent depression. Their study involved 196 participants - 110 of whom were girls - aged between 12 and 17. Some were treated with fluoxetine...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 6:28 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression - in adolescence

Misusing prescription drugs - the hidden rural drugs problem

Misuse of prescription drugs could be described as a hidden drug problem. One in eight U.S. teenagers abuse prescription opioids at some point, something which is associated with using cocaine and heroin as well as gambling, increased sexual activity...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 4:55 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Substance Abuse

PTSD in Iraq troops - levels lower than expected

Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London have been carrying out the first major study into the mental health of the U.K.'s armed forces while they are on deployment. They studied 611 servicemen and women based in eight...

Published Mon, Nov 01 2010 4:19 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: PTSD

Exercise and preventing depression - it works but only if you're having fun

Exercise can help to stave off depression but only if you do it in your spare time. Researchers from Norway and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London studied 40,401 Norwegians asking them about their physical activity and their levels...

Published Mon, Nov 01 2010 3:20 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression, Exercise and Mental Health

Psychosis and socialising - investigating the connection

Psychosis symptoms are often preceded by a withdrawal from social relationships and a decline in social function. Researchers from Denmark set out to investigate this further in a study of 398 people. 11 of them had some symptoms of psychosis, 12 were...

Published Mon, Nov 01 2010 2:54 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Psychosis

What becomes of the school bully?

Ever wondered what happened to the school bully? Do they grow out of it and become normal, law-abiding members of society? A new study by researchers from Iowa State University suggests that they don't and that many of them carry on being just as...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 3:43 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Bullying

Lots of friends and feeling in control help people stay healthier

A lot of research concentrates on how people's bad habits - such as smoking, drinking and eating too much - can affect their health but researchers at Brandeis University in Massachussetts have been looking into the influence of more positive factors...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 3:24 AM by Mental Health Update

School grades and suicide risk

People who leave school early with low grades could be more likely to kill themselves. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare used some of the huge amounts of data which the Swedish state records...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 3:05 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Suicide

Follow-up post boosts care for people with depression

A few follow-up phone calls and tools for people to monitor their symptoms can significantly help people being treated by their GP for depression. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied 186 people who were being treated for the condition;...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 2:45 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression

Is happiness more important than education for health?

In general people who are less well-educated tend to suffer from worse health. However, new research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that happiness could be as important as education in determining people's health. The researchers...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 4:12 AM by Mental Health Update

Smoking and anxiety

People with anxiety problems could be more likely to smoke and may have a harder time giving up when they do. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin studied 1,504 people taking part in a smoking-cessation programme in Madison and Milwaukee. 455...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 3:54 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Anxiety Disorders, Smoking Cessation

The science of sleep and genes

Some people seem to manage quite happily on four hours of sleep a night while others turn into zombies. A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that this may, in part at least, be down to our genes. They...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 3:36 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sleep Disorders, Genetics

New evidence on smoking and dementia

A large U.S. study of over 21,000 people has added to the considerable pile of evidence linking smoking to dementia. The study - carried out by Dr Rachel Wittmer from the U.S. health organization Kaiser Permanente - found that smoking 40 or more cigarettes...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 3:20 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease, Smoking

Jailed parents raise children's drug risk

The prison population of the U.S. has grown from 250,000 in the mid-1970s to about 2.25 million today and it is now estimated that one in eight youngsters in the U.S. has a father who has done time. Children of fathers who have been in prison are known...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 3:45 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Substance Abuse, Cannabis, Cocaine, Methamphetamine

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