Mental Health Update

'Good' cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease

Researchers from Columbia University in New York have been looking into the links between 'good' cholesterol - high-density lipoprotein (HDL) - and Alzheimer's disease. They studied 1,130 adults in northern Manhattan none of whom had dementia...

Published Wed, Dec 15 2010 3:32 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease, Cholesterol

Missing self-harm in girls with eating disorders

Teenagers with eating disorders could also be cutting themselves. Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine studied 1,432 eating-disorder patients, aged between 10 and 21, who were admitted to the hospital's eating-disorder programme...

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 3:17 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Eating Disorders, Self-Harm

Vitamin B12 and Alzheimer's disease

Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have added further evidence to the theory that vitamin B12 could help to prevent Alzheimer's disease. The researchers followed 271 people, aged between 65 and 79 at the start of the study , for seven...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 1:40 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease, Vitamin B12

Young students more responsible drinkers than young workers

A survey by the U.K. alcohol charity Drinkaware of 1,715 18-24 year-olds has found that students have a more responsible attitude to drink than people of a similar age in full-time work. The survey found that only 3% of students and 5% of young adults...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 4:38 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems

Heart disease and depression

There has long been known to be a link between heart disease and depression but new research from the University of Versailles and University College London shows what a deadly combination the two can be together. The researchers followed the health of...

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 2:18 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Service Users' Health, Depression

Sleepless teenagers store up mental-health problems

On average - and what a blissful prospect this sounds - young people between the ages of 17 and 24 sleep between eight and nine hours a night. However, as more youngsters stay awake using the internet, playing computer games and fiddling with gadgets...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 5:44 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sleep Disorders

Are men more likely to have senior moments?

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition in which people have problems with memory or thinking beyond that explained by the normal rate of ageing. It can lead on to Alzheimer's disease and a new study suggests that it could be more common among...

Published Mon, Sep 13 2010 3:54 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Sleep, brainpower and health

A lack of sleep can seriously affect people's performance but just one good night's sleep can more or less restore you to normal. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania studied 159 healthy adults who had an average age of 30. The participants...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 6:34 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sleep Disorders

Stopping schoolkids' summer slipping

Children's reading abilities - for those children who don't read for fun - can often slip back over summer. Researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have just finished a three-year study into the effects of giving children books...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 1:56 AM by Mental Health Update

Sickle-cell disease and brain function

Sickle-cell disease is a blood condition that affects people's red blood cells. The cells are less able to carry oxygen, become stiff and sticky and can clump together blocking blood flow, causing severe pain and potential organ damage. A new study...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 3:03 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sickle-Cell Disease

Why bottling up anger could be the way to an early grave

People with heart disease who bottle up their anger are at nearly three times the risk of having a heart attack or dying over the next 5-10 years. Researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands looked into the influence of type D personality in...

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 3:56 AM by Mental Health Update

People suffering from depression may have far more side effects than psychiatrists think they do. Mark Zimmerman from Rhode Island Hospital asked 300 people being treated for depression to fill out the Toronto Side Effects Scale. The patients rated the...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 6:23 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Antidepressants, Depression - medication

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

Weekend course tackles fear of blushing

One of the symptoms of social anxiety can be a fear of blushing. A fear of blushing develops when people feel self-conscious, this makes them blush and feel even more self-conscious leading to a vicious circle developing. Researchers from Dresden Technical...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:05 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Social Anxiety

Insomnia and cognition

Researchers at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences have been looking into the effects of long-term insomnia on people's cognition. They compared a group of older adults with insomnia to a group of unaffected participants. The participants...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 2:55 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Sleep Disorders, Cognition

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