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Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health. The researchers say that climate change has the potential to have significant negative effects on those with pre-existing serious mental illness, but that there is also likely to be an increase in the overall burden of mental disorder worldwide.
Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health. The researchers say that climate change has the potential to have significant negative effects on those with pre-existing serious mental illness, but that there is also likely to be an increase in the overall burden of mental disorder worldwide.
It's natural that during the past two hundred years we've been involved in a roaring debate about whether mental illness is caused by inherited genes...
A group reviewing the operation of Iowa's four state-run mental health institutions is recommending against closing any of the facilities.
Menthol cigarette use is higher among persons who started smoking in the past year (44.6 percent) than among longer-term smokers (31.8 percent) according to a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
As drugmakers gets closer to a "female Viagra," sexologists and psychiatrists disagree over whether low sex drive is an illness
Targacept Inc. on Thursday struck a deal potentially worth more than $1 billion to develop a depression drugs with AstraZeneca PLC, one of the world's largest drugmakers. Under terms of the agreement, AstraZeneca will pay Targacept $200 million upfront upon... Astrazeneca - Health - Mental health - Disorders - Mood
Contributed by NAMI Mid–Carolina The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Mid–Carolina had 23 members gathered the first weekend in November in Winnsboro, SC at the White Oak Conference Center to participate in the NAMI SC State new teacher/facilitator training. read more
A new study finds women with mental health concerns are as successful losing weight as other women. The results are important and encouraging as women with a depression diagnosis have often been disqualified from participation in weight loss programs. Evette Ludman, PhD studied 190 female Group Health patients age 40 to 65 with a [...]
Shirley Bailey lost her daughter to anorexia and now helps bring awareness through the MHA.
Mary Hodson, executive director of Mental Health America of Porter County, spent four hours on the road Wednesday to play Santa at the Logansport State Hospital as part of her agency's 55-year-old giftLIFT program. "It's one of our core programs," Hodson said. "We began it as an outreach to county residents there to give them a lift during the holidays. We try to reach as many folks as we can ...
The former Community Mental Health building on Military Street in Port Huron now is under the ownership of Downriver Community Services.
Central Kansas Mental Health Center has received $45,000 in grants from two health foundations for an updated medical records system. The agency has received $25,000 from the Tower Mental Health Foundation and $20,000 from the Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas.
By Dana Beyerle and Robert DeWitt Staff Writers MONTGOMERY | Gov. Bob Riley told the mental health advisory board Wednesday that Birmingham has made a strong offer to bring Bryce Hospital to Birmingham if the University of Alabama buys the hospital property in Tuscaloosa.
Over 300 organizations representing youth serving agencies, child advocacy organizations, legal and civil rights groups, health and mental health services, parent and family groups, and educational organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee supporting the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). The bill, S. 678, to reauthorize the ...
Poughkeepsie The Mid-Hudson New York Chapter of the Bereaved Parents of the USA will hold a meeting on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at the D.C. Mental Health Center, located at 230 North Road, in Poughkeepsie.
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