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Addicts 'can be treated effectively, but not quickly'
A UCLA psychologist has said that people can overcome severe addictions which ruins their lives and are extremely difficult to control, but not quickly or easily.
New biography lifts the lid on Lady Gaga's food, weight, psychological issues
Lady Gaga may have scaled heights in her career, but a new unauthorized biography has revealed that her journey to success was full of food, weight, psychological issues.
Music really can ease pain
Music sure can uplift your spirits, but a new study has revealed that patients suffering from pain or depression can be prescribed specific kinds of music to help alleviate their symptoms.
UK's NICE wants more data on BMS schizophrenia drug
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost watchdog said it was unable to recommend use of Bristol-Myers Squibb's schizophrenia drug Abilify in children aged 15 to 17 and has asked for more informat...
Mental health care needs a new approach
Mental health issues account for more than 60 per cent of the total burden of ill-health in young Australians today. A recent report by Access Economics has estimated that in 2009, the cost of mental...
Good mental health not what you think
Most people seem to have some knowledge of what mental illness is, but there is a great deal of confusion about what constitutes mental health. However, when I Googled “mental health,” I was hit w...
NICE Requests More Data On Aripiprazole For Schizophrenia
-(Dow Jones)- The U.K.'s healthcare cost effectiveness regulator Friday said it asked Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) and Otsuka Corp.'s (4768.TO) Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. for more data on the effec...
Igor weakens to tropical depression in Atlantic
MIAMI — Igor has weakened to a tropical depression drifting in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds for the storm Thursday are near 35 mph (...
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for Internet blackmailer
A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for computer specialist Daniel Lesiewicz, 29, who has pleaded guilty in Quebec Court to 89 charges involving child pornography. The results will become part o...
NAMI Education Classes Starting For Families Of People With Mental Illness; Some Available At VA Facilities
0 posts The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Family-to-Family Education Program offers new fall classes for caregivers of individuals living with mental illness. Classes are available at a n...
Insomnia, anxiety meds may increase death risk
Taking sleeping pills or medication for anxiety is linked to an increased risk of death, according to a study by a University of Laval researcher in Quebec City. Psychologist Geneviève Belleville fo...
Study finds many Dawson College survivors experienced psychological disorders
Bystanders stampede away from Westmount Square at the corner of Wood Ave. and DeMaisonneuve September 13, 2006 after reports of a second shooter in the mall. The people, many of them Dawson College we...
Young Parents May Be Especially Prone to Depression
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Many parents experience depression during the first 12 years of their children's lives and the risk is highest during the first year after birth, a new study has...
Europe's largest scientific meeting on mental health
The 23rd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology covered a wide variety of issues of critical public health concern, such as depression, schizophrenia, addiction, chronopsychiatry ...
Funding Crisis Averted At Mental Health Centers
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health has agreed to pay half the cost of Medicaid matching funds to help the state's 15 community mental health centers through June 2012.Officials feared the com...
Acupuncture a way out of depression
by Xinhua writers Li Huizi, Gu Ye NANJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese medical experts say Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), especially acupuncture, can help prevent suicide on the eve of World Sui...
Dalai Lama Trust To Fund UW-Madison Research On Healthy Minds
0 posts Securing research funding is always welcome news, but this one came with a unique twist. The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received ...
Aging Drug Users Are Increasing and Facing Chronic Physical and Mental Health Problems
— Health and social services are facing a new challenge, as many illicit drug users get older and face chronic health problems and a reduced quality of life. That is one of the key findings of re...
Use of Medication for Insomnia or Anxiety May Increase Mortality Risk, Study Suggests
— Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36%, according to a study conducted by Geneviève Belleville, a professor at Université Laval's School ...
Acupuncture a way out of depression
Chinese medical experts say Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), especially acupuncture, can help prevent suicide on the eve of World Suicide Prevention Day, which falls on Friday. Du Wendong, presiden...
