Mental Health Update

Miscarriage effects last for years

The trauma of miscarriage can last for years after the event even after a subsequent healthy birth. Dr Emma Robertson Blackmore of Rochester University in New York State used information from 13,000 women in the Bristol area compiled as part of the Avon...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 2:08 AM by Mental Health Update

Growing up in the UK - not so bad after all?

In 2007 a Unicef report rated Britain's children as some of the most unahppy in the developed world. However, a new study , by researchers at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex has painted a rosier picture finding...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 2:37 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development, Parenting

Humbleness, honesty and work performance

Humility and honesty could be the keys to high performance at work. Researchers from Baylor University in Texas studied 269 people providing health care for 'challenging' clients. The participants worked for 25 different companies in 20 different...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2011 2:15 AM by Mental Health Update

Language learning could stave off senior moments

People who speak more than two languages could be at a lower risk of developing memory problems as they grow older. Researchers from the Public Research Centre for Health in Luxembourg - where many people are multilingual - studied 230 men and women with...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 3:12 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Memory Problems, Cognition

NICE issues new guidelines on alcohol problems

In the U.K. the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued new guidelines about the treatment of people with alcohol problems. The guidelines call for an initial assessment with a screening tool such as the Alcohol Use Disorder...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 2:11 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems

Income inequalities and suicide risk

Because of the recent world economic crisis differences in health between rich and poor people have increased, differences which include mental health. Researchers from the World Psychiatric Association looked into this further in a study of depression...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 2:13 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Suicide

Breastfeeding and brighter babies

Scientists have already found a number of benefits to breastfeeding one's babies and a new study by researchers at Oxford University and the Institute for Social and Economic Research at Essex University has found that an increase in children's...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 3:28 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development

Cracking the puzzle of callous children

Badly-behaved children who also have callous and emotional traits such as a lack of guilt, no empathy with other people and a callous use of others are more likely to become serious and long-term criminals. However, there is limited evidence about what...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 3:22 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development, Psychopathy

Child abuse and eating disorders

A team of researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have been looking into the links between disordered eating and childhood physical and sexual abuse. They studied 708 female undergraduates aged between 18 and 30 asking them about traumatic...

Published Fri, Mar 11 2011 1:39 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Abuse, Eating Disorders

Weighing in in anorexia treatment

Weighing people is of crucial importance in anorexia. For something that sounds quite simple there are a number of issues to think about including the privacy and dignity of patients, what they wear while they are being weighed and whether they are able...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2011 2:00 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Eating Disorders

Higher up and happier at work sleep better

Researchers from the University of Surrey have been looking into the links between people's working lives and the quality of their sleep. They used data from the Understanding Society survey of 40,000 households carried out by the Institute of Social...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 4:45 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sleep Disorders

Prematurity, poverty and child development

In 2006 12.8% of births in the U.S. were premature. Premature births are linked to delays in motor/neurologic function, intellectual and academic development, language problems, poorer executive functioning and worse behaviour. Premature births are more...

Published Fri, Mar 25 2011 3:04 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Child Development, Parenting, Premature Babies

NICE issues new Alzheimer's guidelines

The U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has changed its policy on the Alzheimer's drugs Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl. Previously the drugs could only be prescribed to people with moderate to severe symptoms but they...

Published Wed, Mar 23 2011 3:17 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

What makes people legally incompetent?

People who have committed crimes are sometimes judged to be not competent to stand trial because of their mental-health problems. Researchers from the City University of New York reviewed 68 studies carried out between 1967 and 2008 to determine which...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 1:41 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Forensic Psychology

U.S. anti-drugs campaign shows early promise

In 2005 the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy launched its Above the Influence campaign - funded at a cost of $200m a year - which aimed to prevent teenagers from using cannabis. Unlike previous campaigns, which stressed the risks of the drug...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 2:36 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Cannabis

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