Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/mental_health/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241420.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241420.phpPeople who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to report feelings of excitement and enthusiasm on days when they are more physically active than usual...Sports Medicine / Fitness Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241398.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241398.phpA new study has revealed the widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England & Wales due to a large extent to the number of young Scottish men taking their lives...Mental Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241381.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241381.phpWar, the aftermath of war, and political violence are harmful to children's and teens' mental health and well-being. But few studies have looked at how this happens...Mental Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241342.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241342.phpBrooding in your apartment on Saturday afternoon? A new smart phone intuits when you're depressed and will nudge you to call or go out with friends. It's the future of therapy at a new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine center where scientists are inventing web-based, mobile and virtual technologies to treat depression and other mood disorders...IT / Internet / E-mail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241251.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241251.phpIn 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine did not increase - or decrease - suicidality in children compared to placebo treatment...Depression Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240976.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240976.php A national study of Medicaid data shows most young people who present to emergency departments with deliberate self-harm are discharged to the community, without receiving an emergency mental health assessment. Even more, a roughly comparable proportion of these patients receive no outpatient mental health care in the following month...Mental Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240994.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240994.phpIn a cross-sectional analysis of WHO-AIMS data published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ryan McBain of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA and colleagues investigated the associations between health system components and access to psychotropic drugs in 63 low- and middle- income countries (LAMICs)...Mental Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240968.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240968.php Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal...Nutrition / Diet Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240852.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240852.phpNew research sheds light on cycle of low socioeconomic status and depression Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent's level of education? A new study led by Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, a medical sociologist from McGill University, suggests this is the case...Depression Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240810.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240810.phpSurvivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. The study's lead author, Christina Paxson of Princeton University, said that the results were a departure from other surveys both in the design and the results...Aid / Disasters Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240648.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240648.phpIn the past year, 45.9 million Americans above the age of 18 years, or 20% of 18 year-olds, experienced mental illness, according to a new national report. Mental illness amongst those aged between 18 and 25 years (29.9%) was more than double as high, compared with people aged 50 years or older (14.3%)...Mental Health Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240562.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240562.phpPCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it...Bipolar Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240539.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240539.phpSome 45.9 million, or around 1 in 5 American adults (age 18 and over) experienced a mental illness in the past year, according to the US government's latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released this month...Mental Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240488.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240488.php Fed up with listening to your spouse or co-workers gossiping away? Leave be, says a new research from University of California Berkeley. Gossip helps to prevent bad behavior, prevent exploitation and reduces stress levels...Psychology / Psychiatry Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240445.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240445.phpPeople with mental illness have gotten a bad rap in past research studies, being labeled the group of people with the highest return rates to prison...Mental Health Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240474.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240474.php A team of international health experts has made a call for the United Nations to hold a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to focus worldwide attention on neurological and mental disorders as well as substance use disorders as a central development issue, which need commitment to improve access to care, promote human rights, and reinforce evidence on eff...Mental Health Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240411.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240411.phpA group of international health experts has called for a special session of the United Nations (referred to as UNGASS - United Nations General Assembly Special Session) to focus global attention on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders as a core development issue requiring commitments to improve access to care, promote human rights, and strengthen the evidence on ef...Mental Health Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239976.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239976.phpResults of an investigation analyzing the association between the two signature health problems - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and respiratory illness - among recovery workers who responded first at the World Trade Center (WTC), have been revealed after more than a decade following the terrorist attacks on the WTC. The study was led by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., the Edmund D...Anxiety / Stress Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239858.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239858.phpUse of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London. The study suggests that these emerging forms of torture, which include various types of rape, bestiality and witnessing violent acts, are experienced by people seeking asylum in the UK...Mental Health Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239825.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239825.phpCountries recovering from war are at risk of being left to their own devices in tackling non communicable diseases, leaving an "open door" for exploitation by alcohol, tobacco and food companies, health experts warn...Public Health Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239656.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239656.php The dire physical and mental health effects of injecting methamphetamine are well known, but there's been little research about suicidal behavior and injecting meth...Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239611.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239611.php Results of a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may help pave the way to a treatment for a neurogenetic disorder often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy or autism. Known as Angelman syndrome, or AS, its most characteristic feature is the absence or near absence of speech throughout the person's life...Mental Health Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239688.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239688.php School absenteeism is a significant problem, and students who are frequently absent from school more often have symptoms of psychiatric disorders...Pediatrics / Children's Health Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239713.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239713.phpA new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)...Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239704.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239704.phpA new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)...Mental Health