Latest Mental disorder Stories
-- Bell Mental Health Research Training Awards to support 7 young researchers for 3 years -- Funding provided by Bell Let's Talk and the Canada Brain Research Fund MONTRÉAL, Feb. 8, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Bell and Brain Canada are pleased to announce a new partnership in support of brain research in Canada - the Bell Mental Health Research Training Awards. The Training Awards are designed to promote the most talented next-generation of...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Missouri citizens will hold the 5(th) Annual Missouri Eating Disorders Advocacy Day at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., on February 21. This event is an opportunity for those affected by eating disorders, their loved ones and treatment providers to come to the Capitol, educate legislators about eating disorders and ask for support of eating disorders insurance reform legislation. (Logo:...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study in the British Medical Journal highlights the use of alcohol and drugs by mentally ill teens, finding that one in 10 young mentally ill teens frequently use cannabis, drink alcohol, and smoke cigarettes. Based on the findings, researchers believe that the use of these substances can increase the risk of poor physical and mental health of young teens. They also found that early substance abuse can lead to more frequent...
NRI, a national leader in disseminating data, research, and information on the public mental health system, released a consolidated report, Characteristics of State-Operated or Supported Psychiatric Hospital Inpatient Care, which provides information on staffing, revenues, expenditures, and characteristics of hospitals and individuals served. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 199 psychiatric hospitals included in the report served 141,168 individuals in one...
GHENT, Belgium, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent, Belgium, with support from Janssen Research & Development, LLC ("Janssen"), announced they have issued a global call for nominations for the 2013 Dr. Guislain "Breaking the Chains of Stigma" Award. The award honors an individual, project or organization that has made an exceptional contribution to reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. Nominations can be submitted at...
ST. JOHN'S, NL, Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, Bell and Bell Aliant announced $15,000 in funding for the implementation of an innovative mental health initiative with College of the North Atlantic (CNA). Funded through the Bell Let's Talk Community Fund, the gift will enable the college to certify several staff members as instructors for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training, a program under the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Each of the certified instructors will...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A Kaiser Permanente study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics reveals that the rate of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) rose dramatically between 2001 and 2010 with non-Hispanic white children having the highest diagnosis rates. The study also found a 90 percent increase in the diagnosis of ADHD among non-Hispanic black girls in the same time period. The team used data from the electronic...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR), a coalition of 32 statewide organizations representing individuals with mental health conditions, joins with other Americans to thank President Obama for taking bold and decisive action against the shocking escalation of gun violence in America. NCMHR supports the President's statement that people labeled with mental illnesses are far more frequently the targets than the...
Intuitive tool creates a shared language for youth to talk about how they feel with those who support them TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2013 /CNW/ - mindyourmood, a new app for Android and Apple mobile devices, launched today at The Sandbox Project Conference. Developed by the award winning mental health and youth engagement initiative mindyourmind for the AstraZeneca Young Health Program, the mood tracking app provides young people with an intuitive platform to quickly record how they...
Psychiatric disorders are prevalent among current and former inmates of correctional institutions, but what has been less clear is whether incarceration causes these disorders or, alternatively, whether inmates have these problems before they enter prison. A study co-authored by Jason Schnittker, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, shows that many of the most common psychiatric disorders found among former inmates, including impulse control disorders, emerge...
