Mental Health Update

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

How genes affect Alzheimer's symptoms

Variations in a gene called APOE are known to affect people's chances of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School studied 91 people...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:54 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alzheimer's Disease

Postnatal depression - it's not just mums

Between 10-20% of new mums develop postnatal depression and new research suggests that one in ten dads could also suffer from the condition. James Paulson from Eastern Virginia Medical School reviewed 43 different studies involving 28,004 new parents...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:26 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Postnatal Depression

Learning disabilities, amygdalas and schizophrenia

People with schizophrenia often have cognitive impairment as well and this is evident before, during and after their illness. At the same time people with a mild learning disability - an IQ of between 50 and 70 - are between three and five times as likely...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 6:50 AM by Mental Health Update

Iraq - the long-term toll of PTSD

Nearly 2 million U.S. troops have served in Iraq since 2001. Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School studied 953 National Guard soldiers who answered questions in Iraq a month before returning home and then again a year later. In the...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 2:38 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: PTSD

Troubled children stay troubled, poorer at greater risk

Behavioural problems in late childhood and early adolescence carry on into later adolescence and young adulthood and children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more at risk. Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle studied 800 children...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 4:14 AM by Mental Health Update

Trust, accents and truthfulness

People with stronger foreign accents could be seen as less trustworthy than people with native ones. Researchers from the University of Chicago asked participants to judge the truthfulness of statements by native and non-native speakers. To try and get...

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

Panic attacks and other problems

There is an increasing amount of evidence to suggest that people who suffer from panic attacks are also more likely to suffer from other physical and mental-health problems. Researchers from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada used information...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2011 4:20 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Anxiety Disorders, Panic Disorder

Feeling secure on the streets of Sweden

Swedish researchers have been looking into the factors that make people afraid to walk the streets at night. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg carried out a series of studies into this issue. They found that young people who had experienced...

Published Tue, Feb 09 2010 3:25 AM by Mental Health Update

U.K. M.P.s call for alcohol clampdown

The U.K. Parliament's Health Select Committee - which has an advisory but not executive role - has called for a steep rise in alcohol prices to tackle the country's drink problem. The report claims that a minimum price of 50p a unit would save...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 5:59 AM by Mental Health Update

Filed under: Alcohol Problems

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