Latest Mental disorder Stories
As nationwide events were underway to mark the start of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, AllMed Healthcare Management hosted a webinar on comprehensive treatment of eating disorders. Portland, OR (PRWEB) March 20, 2013 AllMed's latest webinar included a discussion on the updated criteria for diagnosis of eating disorders to be released in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Utilization review and case management professionals...
New condition that may lead to 'inappropriate medical decision making,' warns expert Personal View: The new somatic symptom disorder in DSM-5 risks mislabeling many people as mentally ill Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's bible of diagnoses is updated in May, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. The next edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) – used around the world...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The latest developments and approaches in mental health prevention, identification, recovery and wellness will be featured at Mental Health America's Annual Conference, Why Wellness Works: Breakthroughs and Pathways to Whole Health--June 5-8, 2013, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. "Over the past weeks, much has been written on the importance of implementing mental health...
National research points to critical role of medical treatment, also key to Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for those with mental illness, according to Allsup. Belleville, IL (PRWEB) March 15, 2013 A new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may help medical professionals better diagnose mental illnesses, which is the second-largest category of conditions receiving Social Security Disability Insurance(SSDI), according to Allsup, a nationwide provider of SSDI...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A surprisingly high number of women suffer from symptoms of postpartum depression, a new large-scale study from a Northwestern Medicine researcher reveals. The study is the largest scale depression screening of postpartum women done to date. It is also the first time a full psychiatric assessment has been done in a study of postpartum women who screened positive for depression. The study, published in a recent issue of JAMA...
Many lines of evidence indicate that schizophrenia is a disorder of neurodevelopment. For example, genes implicated in the heritable risk for schizophrenia are also implicated in the development of nerve cells and their connections. Numerous findings in brain imaging studies describe the changes in brain structure and function associated with schizophrenia as emerging early in the course of the disorder. Some early brain imaging studies even found little or no evidence of progression of...
Depression, anxiety still prevalent throughout Australia despite high ranking in OECD study, says Associated Counsellors and Psychologists Sydney. Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) March 07, 2013 Australia is the fourth happiest country, according to the findings of a survey by the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA). Associated Counsellors and Psychologists Sydney (ACPS) followed the results of the survey, which measured well-being among OECD countries. But the ACPS...
Risk highest among those with substance use disorders The perpetration of homicide by people with mental disorders has received much attention, but their risk of being victims of homicide has rarely been examined. Yet such information may help develop more effective strategies for improving the safety and health of people with mental illness. So a team of researchers from Sweden and the USA assessed mental disorders and homicides across the entire population of Swedish adults between...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new mom is full of worries. She checks to see if the baby is breathing or she worries about germs – washing and re-sterilizing bottles to make sure they are clean. A new baby, especially the first one, seems so fragile that worrying becomes a way of life. A new study from Northwestern Medicine reveals women who have recently given birth have a much higher rate of obsessive-compulsive symptoms than the general population. In...
Donation to British schools will help train future leaders in mental health research, policy and practice LONDON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV, ("Janssen") announced today a donation to the Centre for Global Mental Health, a program of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College, London, to support the Centre's new Global Mental Health Scholarship Fund. Given as part of Janssen's global Healthy...
