Mental Health Update

Nature, nurture and ADHD

Although there is some debate about the exact proportions of each most psychiatrists now accept that the nature/nurture debate is a pointless one and that mental-health problems are due to a complex interaction between people's genes and their environment...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 7:21 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: ADHD

Aliens, incentives and ADHD

Researchers from Nottingham University in the U.K. have been using a computer game to assess the effectiveness of behaviour therapy in treating children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In behaviour therapy children are rewarded for...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 6:53 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: ADHD

Even short-term meditation can boost concentration

Even a small number of meditation sessions can have a beneficial effect on people's cognition. Researchers at the University of North Carolina studied 49 students. Half of them listened to an audio book while the other half received meditation training...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 5:57 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Meditation

Black men with chronic pain are more likely to experience depression than White men. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied 1,600 men and found that those who were Black were more likely to experience depression, 'affective distress'...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 5:41 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Service Users' Health, Depression

Linking the Big Five to depression

Psychologists often use the 'Big Five' or OCEAN model to assess people's personality on five variables: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (the tendency to see events in a negative or pessimistic light...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 3:59 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Depression, Genetics

Bullying: not just something to grow up and get over

Bullying is a feature of many children's lives but is often thought to be an inevitable phase of growing up, something that is down to bad luck, that passes with age and that has few long-term consequences. Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 3:23 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Bullying

Young drug users prefer being high to being healthy

Researchers from Liverpool John Moores University and IREFREA, a European body which researches drug use and its prevention, have been looking into 'recreational' drug use and its impact on people's happiness and well-being. They studied 1...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 2:18 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Substance Abuse

Saturday night's alright for fighting

For many people a fight is as much part of a good night out as drinking, flirting and dancing. Researchers from Glasgow Caledonian University hung around eight city-centre night clubs in a bid to find out more about violence. They saw 171 violent incidents...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 1:51 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems, Violence

Community arts projects help mental health

Community arts projects can increase people's sense of psychological well-being and help reduce levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Asiya Siddiquee from Manchester Metropolitan University studied six projects based in the North-West of England which...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 6:23 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Art Therapy

Spanking and aggression

Researchers from Tulane University in New Orleans have been looking into the effects of spanking on children. The researchers studied nearly 2,500 children asking their mothers about how often they were spanked and about their behaviour. The children...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 6:47 AM by Mental Health Update

Girls with eating disorders slip through the cracks

People with eating problems who do not meet the criteria for a full-blown eating disorder are often classified as Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). This is sometimes seen as less serious but new research from Stanford University School...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 3:52 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Eating Disorders

Wasting away with Alzheimer's

Researchers from the University of Kansas School of Medicine have been looking into the relationship between body composition (how much of our body is fat and how much is muscle, bones and organs) and Alzheimer's disease. Weight loss often happens...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 3:24 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Diet and Alzheimer's disease - more research backs healthy diet

There has already been a lot of research into the links between diet and Alzheimer's disease and a new study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center in New York has added more weight to the evidence linking a healthy diet to a reduced...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 2:51 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease, Diet and Mental Health

Antibody treatment shows promise for Alzheimer's

As people's Alzheimer's disease progresses their brain shrinks and the fluid-filled ventricles at the centre of the brain increase in volume. Researchers at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have been using a naturally...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 2:28 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Smugness at sixty - self-esteem through the lifespan

People's self-esteem reaches a peak at 60 with the highest levels being enjoyed by well-off married men. Ulrich Orth from the University of Basel studied 3,617 American men and women aged between 25 and 104 between 1986 and 2002. The study found that...

Published Fri, Apr 09 2010 6:55 AM by Mental Health Update

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