Daily Psychology and Mental Health News Feeds: At a Glance

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By Dr Greg Mulhauser

The latest news headlines in the fields of psychology and mental health from around the world... A separate collection of news on the latest drug research and clinical trials is also now available in the Medication Information Centre. Individual psychology and mental health news feeds are updated regularly several times per day.

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News From APA's PsycPORT

  • Mental-health help on college campuses increases
    Mon, 02 Nov 2009November 02, 2009 Nov. 2--Mental-health counselors at La Salle University were feeling overwhelmed, their appointment books packed with students in need of help, seemingly more so than ever.
  • Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior
    Fri, 16 Oct 2009October 16, 2009 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct 16, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by professor of psychology Christy Buchanan.
  • US to ease way for veterans to get stress help
    Wed, 14 Oct 2009October 14, 2009 WASHINGTON - Female soldiers and others serving in dangerous roles behind the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan have long complained it was hard to prove their combat experience when applying for disability for post-traumatic stress disorder.
  • Survey finds mental-health troubles rise in jobless
    Wed, 07 Oct 2009October 07, 2009 Oct. 7--Unemployed people are four times more likely to experience severe mental-health issues, including depression, than people with jobs, according to a survey released yesterday by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health America.
  • Fatty foods may improve a pilot's performance
    Tue, 06 Oct 2009October 06, 2009 GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-soaked lobster might help.

News From New York Times Mental Health & Psychology

News From Medscape: Psychiatry and Mental Health

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News From NHS Mental Health Specialist Library

  • November 2009 issue of Evidence Based Mental Health Journal now added
    Thu, 05 Nov 2009We've added the new edition of the EBMH Journal to the collection. Follow the link to view the articles.
  • A summary of the new NICE depression guidance
    Mon, 02 Nov 2009Steve Pilling, Joint Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health has written a summary of the two depression guidelines published by NICE in October 2009.
  • New NICE guidance on depression
    Mon, 02 Nov 2009This guidance offers best practice guidance on the treatment and management of depression in adults.
  • New consultation - depression
    Wed, 14 Oct 2009The draft evaluation of depression screening against the UK NSC criteria. This paper uses evidence published up to June 2009 to update the review by Gilbody et al (2006) of the performance of screening for depression against the UK National Screening Committee Criteria for appraising the viability, effectiveness and appropriateness of a screening programme (National Screening Committee 2003).
  • Seeing double - Meeting the challenge of dual diagnosis
    Wed, 14 Oct 2009The report, published by the NHS Confederation and the National Mental Health Development Unit, looks at the challenges posed to the NHS by people who have either developed problems with alcohol or drugs because of a pre-existing mental health condition, or have had a mental health condition caused by misusing alcohol or drugs.
  • Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Annual Evidence Update 2009
    Wed, 14 Oct 2009NHS Evidence - later life's Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Annual Evidence Update 2009 aims to provide healthcare professionals with a clear path to the most important recent evidence surrounding the five major types of dementia: Alzheimer’s; Vascular dementia; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Frontotemporal dementia; and Mixed dementias.
  • Pandemic influenza and the Mental Health Act 1083 - consultation on proposed changes to the Mental Health Act 1983
    Wed, 14 Oct 2009You are invited to comment on proposals for temporary amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 which may be required in the event of the severe staff shortages that may be expected during an influenza pandemic.

News From Psychology Today

News From Medical News Today

  • States Struggle With Immigrants' Care And Funding Mental Hospitals
    Fri, 06 Nov 2009News outlets report on a variety of health issues at the state level including immigrants' challenges when trying to access new care in Massachusetts and a proposal by employees to cut some services but keep open a mental hospital in Maryland. The Boston Globe reports: Gov.
  • Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Can Reduce Violence And Promote Safer Schools
    Fri, 06 Nov 2009In the wake of several recent highly-publicized stories about violence among school-aged children, a new report shows that school districts participating in the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative substantially improved the safety of their students.
  • Mental Health America Praises House Health Reform Bill
    Fri, 06 Nov 2009Mental Health America today praised the House health reform bill (the Affordable Health Care for Americans Act, H.R. 3962) for taking ground-breaking steps to expand coverage and significantly improving access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services.
  • UK Puts Mental Health Of Refugees And Asylum Seekers At Risk
    Fri, 06 Nov 2009Mind has found evidence that the UK's complex asylum seeker process, detention centres and aspects of UK life are actively worsening the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers. In two new reports, the charity shows how a lack of support and resources for refugees and asylum seekers is both exacerbating pre-existing mental health conditions and triggering them in the first place. In the
  • Workplace Stress - Examine The Causes Says UNISON, UK
    Fri, 06 Nov 2009UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, has accused employers of "burying their heads in the sand," instead of tackling stress, anxiety and depression in the workplace. The latest statistics from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence show that 13.7 million working days are lost each year as a result of work-related illness, costing employers a massive £28.3bn a year.
  • New TMS Clinic At Rush University Medical Center Offers Non-Invasive Treatment For Major Depression
    Fri, 06 Nov 2009Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment. TMS therapy is the first FDA-approved, non-invasive antidepressant device-based treatment clinically proven for treatment of depression. Psychiatrists at Rush University Medical Center were among the first to test the technique and Dr.
  • New NICE Public Health Guidance Aims To Improve Mental Wellbeing Within The Workplace
    Thu, 05 Nov 2009The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today (5 November) issued guidance for employers on promoting mental wellbeing at work through productive and healthy working conditions. The guidance aims to help reduce the estimated 13.7 million working days lost each year due to work-related mental health conditions including stress, depression and anxiety which are currently estimated to cost UK employers around £28.3 billion per year at current pay levels.

 

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