Latest Mental health Stories
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 7, 2013 /CNW/ - The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is sharing innovative Canadian approaches to mental health research with an international audience in New Zealand this week. MHCC President and CEO Louise Bradley is among 300 leaders and experts in mental health from eight countries sharing best practices in mental health and disability services at the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) exchange in Auckland, New...
George Washington University Study Reveals Promising Practices, Partnerships WASHINGTON, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aiming to expand coverage for critical mental health services, a new study by children's health policy experts at the George Washington University Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) shows that meaningful improvements will also require state and local governments to address the systemic impediments...
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...
"Why Wellness Works: Breakthroughs and Pathways to Whole Health" - June 5-8; Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A major national conference featuring leading experts in wellness will examine how it is transforming health care and highlight new approaches and strategies that are working in communities across the country. Mental Health America's 2013 Annual Conference, Why Wellness...
Some of the dramatic differences seen among patients with schizophrenia may be explained by a single gene that regulates a group of other schizophrenia risk genes. These findings appear in a new imaging-genetics study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The study revealed that people with schizophrenia who had a particular version of the microRNA-137 gene (or MIR137), tended to develop the illness at a younger age and had distinct brain features – both associated with...
Online tools to be unveiled by Bill Gates and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reveal surprising picture for health in 187 countries Alzheimer's disease is the fastest growing threat to health in the US. HIV/AIDS and alcohol are severely eroding the health of Russians. Violence is claiming the lives of young men in large swaths of Latin America, constituting a homicide-driven health crisis. Despite health gains in sub-Saharan Africa, infectious diseases still cause hundreds...
NORWALK, Conn., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US and Psychiatric Times today announced the winners of the "Diagnostic Champions' Challenge" - an online game designed to test the knowledge and medical diagnostic skills of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. Dr. Aaron Riley of Texas and Baowu Wang of New York have each won an ounce of gold bullion by placing first in the final round of the five-week challenge. During the interactive challenge, players were...
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...
Industry and Patient Groups Join Forces to Form an Alliance to Accelerate Drug Development CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GNS Healthcare today announced that it has joined in the formation of Orion Bionetworks. This unique alliance will work to transform our understanding of and accelerate the drug development process for a wide variety of diseases, beginning with multiple sclerosis (MS). Using patient data from alliance members Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple...
Natural body care pioneer Zion Health creates a "Healthy Spirit" web page with the addition of Positive Wellness Tips and Inspiring stories from the community. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 02, 2013 Leading manufacturer of healing clay products, Zion Health, is excited to announce the launch of their Healthy Spirit webpage, dedicated to promoting a positive outlook toward health and wellness. Zion Health’s global philosophy is to support socially conscious goals through...
