Latest Mental disorder Stories
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – One in five pregnant women in developing countries, experience a severe mental disorder. This is due to more exposure to risk factors such as poor socioeconomic status, and unplanned pregnancy. Routine treatment of maternal disorders in these countries is rare, but a new screening method might help lower the risk. The research conducted by Simone Honikman from the University of Cape Town represents one of the first attempts to develop and implement a mental health...
A new model of care for screening and treating women around the time of childbirth for mental health disorders shows promise according to researchers from South Africa reporting in this week's PLoS Medicine as part of the newly launched series in global mental health practice. There is no routine screening or treatment of maternal mental disorders in primary care settings in South Africa so the researchers, led by Simone Honikman from the University of Cape Town, implemented a program (the...
A new series on the best ways to help people with mental health problems around the world is launched in this week's PLoS Medicine. Writing in an editorial, the editors of PLoS Medicine together with key international mental health experts say: "Today we are delighted to announce the launch of the PLoS Medicine series on Global Mental Health Practice, and to issue a call for case studies that can help broaden our understanding of global mental health in "real-life" contexts." The series...
"Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia” has Important Implications for Worldwide Care and Treatment Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 The first film series to look at mental illness in the developing world was released today by documentary film company Elemental Productions. “Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia” (http://www.afflictionsfilmseries.com), is an award-winning compilation of six films about the lives of men, women and children...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Research, feedback from medical and social service experts, guidance by communications specialists and input from consumers of services, particularly young people themselves, were just some of the bases covered in preparation for the launch of the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) social marketing campaign on widespread stigma and discrimination experienced by Californians with mental illness. To view the multimedia...
Patient care nationwide may be affected when research on medications contain only 'good news' – especially when the research is industry-funded When thousands of psychiatrists attend their field's largest annual meeting each year, the presentations they hear about research into drug treatments report overwhelmingly on positive results. That's the finding of a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology by two young psychiatrists from the University of Michigan...
WILMINGTON, Del., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A statewide organization of individuals who have worked to recover from mental health disorders is gearing up to make a difference in the lives of those who, like themselves, have been labeled with psychiatric diagnoses and who have routinely been discriminated against and marginalized. The Delaware Consumer Recovery Coalition (DCRC), which was created about five years ago, has just hired its first Executive Director. Bryce...
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 22, 2012 /CNW/ - The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today led an international roundtable to discuss common challenges and promising practices in addressing mental health issues. Today's discussions underlined one of the key messages in the Mental Health Commission of Canada's recent National Mental Health Strategy: wherever we may be on this globe, there is no one approach, no single solution to addressing the challenges of mental...
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current "field guide" form, according to an essay by two Johns Hopkins psychiatrists published in the May 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "A generation ago it served useful purposes, but now it needs clear alterations," says Paul R. McHugh, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – One in every four American adults will have a diagnosable, treatable mental health condition this year. Paul R. McHugh, M.D., and Phillip R. Slavney, M.D. of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say the debate over revising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) could shape the nature and scope of psychiatric services for mental health patients for years to come. The DSM has been established as the master reference work for U.S....
