In the News

The following section includes daily articles from various major news sources and SAMHSA/CMHS press releases and archives that focus on mental health.

• National Survey on Drug Abuse to be Released at Recovery Month Press Conference

  SAMHSA News
  September 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Racial Achievement Gap Narrowed By Sterotype Stress Reducers, Says Colorado U. Professor

  Medical News Today
  September 5, 2006
  
  
  

• New Exhibit Opens at SAMHSA: The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases From a State Hospital Attic

  SAMHSA News
  September 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Bipolar Disorder Exacts Twice Depression’s Toll in Workplace: Productivity Lags Even After Mood Lifts

  NIH News
  September 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Compulsions in Depression: Stalking by Text Message

  Am J Psychiatry
  September 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Stress Significantly Hastens Progression Of Alzheimer's Disease

  Science Daily
  September 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Awareness of anxiety and depression overlap needed

  PsychiatryMatters
  August 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Colleges Struggle, Innovate to Meet Mental Health Needs of Students

  Fox News
  August 31, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Warns Consumers Not to Buy or Use Prescription Drugs from Various Canadian Websites that Apparently Sell Counterfeit Products

  FDA News
  August 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Katrina Spawned Mental Disorders But Not Thoughts of Suicide

  Psychiatric Times
  August 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Researchers Begin to Tease Out Obesity's Link to MH Disorders

  Psychiatric News
  August 31, 2006
  
  
  

• SAMHSA and Ad Council Launch New Ads to Offer Mental Health Services to Hurricane Survivors: Ads coincide with one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

  SAMHSA News
  August 29, 2006
  
  
  

• After Years of Sobriety, Alcoholics' Brains Near Normal Function

  Psychiatric Times
  August 29, 2006
  
  
  

• Few Borderline-Personality Patients Eventually Develop Bipolar Disorder

  Psychiatric News
  August 29, 2006
  
  
  

• So much mental illness, so little public support

  The Capital Times
  August 29, 2006
  
  
  

• Nation's Public Health Work Force Faces Staffing and Resource Crisis in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11, Says APHA

  U.S. Newswire
  August 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Survivors of childhood cancer often suicidal

  USA Today
  August 28, 2006
  
  
  

• The stress of trauma: Anniversaries are known triggers

  PsycPort.com
  August 25, 2006
  
  
  

• Ever-happy Mice May Hold Key To New Treatment Of Depression

  Science Daily
  August 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Site links clients, psychologists; Hopes to make mental health care more accessible

  NewsZap.com
  August 24, 2006
  
  
  

• President Directs Federal Agencies to Provide Health Care Quality and Price Information for Consumers

  HHS Press Office
  August 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Those With Serious Mental Illness Need General Health Monitored

  Psychiatric News
  August 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Has Schizophrenia Evolved Into Less Serious Illness?

  Psychiatric News
  August 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Injured, Not “Nuts”

  American Chronicle
  August 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Stamping out stigmas

  San Mateo Daily Journal
  August 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Workplaces quit quietly ignoring mental illness

  USA Today
  August 22, 2006
  
  
  

• In wake of hurricane, a mental health crisis

  Star-Telegram
  August 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health, genetic links dividing experts

  Journal Gazette
  August 21, 2006
  
  
  

• PTSD Not Sufficient to Explain Responses to Trauma

  Psychiatric News
  August 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Coping Strategies Help Caregivers Deal With Death

  Health Day
  August 18, 2006
  
  
  

• HIV still affecting function of brain: Some thriving patients continue to suffer mental impairment

  Baltimore Sun
  August 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Intensive Outpatient Treatment for People with Stimulant Use Disorders Outlined in New SAMHSA Publication Package

  SAMHSA News
  August 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Psychotic patients show unique personalities

  PsychiatryMatters
  August 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Vietnam's Psychological Toll on Troops Revised Downward: Close analysis shows 40 percent fewer cases of post-traumatic stress disorder

  Health Day
  August 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Diets High in Copper and Fats Linked to Cognitive Decline

  Psychiatric Times
  August 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Exercise Helps Sustain Mental Activity As We Age And May Prevent Dementia-like Illnesses

  Medical News Today
  August 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Gene linked with schizophrenic development

  United Press International
  August 16, 2006
  
  
  

• SAMHSA Recognizes Entertainment Professionals At Second Annual Voice Awards

  SAMHSA News
  August 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Stressed? Try singing

  Yahoo Health News
  August 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Hispanics in therapy look for familiarity

  OrlandoSentinel.com
  August 14, 2006
  
  
  

• International AIDS conference; A look at HIV - where are we now?

  San Francisco Chronicle
  August 14, 2006
  
  
  

• New Treatment Model For Bipolar Disorder Shows Promise

  Science Daily
  August 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Terrorism And Mental Health Focus Of NIMH-funded Study

  Medical News Today
  August 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Lead-in brain changes predict antidepressant treatment outcome

  PsychiatryMatters
  August 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Scientists Home In On Gene Linked to OCD

  Psychiatric News
  August 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Bipolar Risk Factors Identified In Patients With Major Depression

  Psychiatric News
  August 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Increased Antidepressant Suicide Risk Not Found for Adults

  Psychiatric Times
  August 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Experimental Medication Kicks Depression in Hours Instead of Weeks

  NIH News
  August 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Cognitive Therapy: Don't Tell Me About Your Childhood

  San Francisco Chronicle
  August 7, 2006
  
  
  

• County seen as mental health model: Patient advocates in Wake consider taking Mecklenburg approach

  The Charlotte Observer
  August 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicide-Prevention Tactics Promising, But Lack Data

  Psychiatric News
  August 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health Services Act arrives with opportunities for peer support

  Ukiah Daily Journal
  August 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health unit to be built: Howard hospital's 10-bed project to expand, improve emergency service

  Baltimore Sun
  August 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Public statement regarding suicide prevention hotline

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  August 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Brain Activity Predicts Treatment Results for Depression: Study suggests patients' beliefs, other factors draw better picture of successful drug therapy

  Health Day
  August 2, 2006
  
  
  

• New Regulations to Facilitate Adoption of Health Information Technology

  HHS Press Office
  August 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Opiate Addiction Made Easier Bv Plethora of Web Sites

  Psychiatric News
  August 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Study Looks at Iraq Vets' Mental Health

  News 10 Now
  August 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Tsunami Survivors Depressed and Anxious: Studies Depression, stress disorder and anxiety still higher than normal 9 months after disaster

  Health Day
  August 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Judge says state needs to hire mental health workers for prisons

  MercuryNews.com
  August 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health needs higher in storm’s wake

  2theadvocate.com
  August 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health Stigmatization: A Report of the GNIF

  GNIF Brain Blogger
  August 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Graying of HIV takes mental toll, too

  USA Today
  July 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Antipsychotics Prone to Prescribing Errors

  Psychiatric News
  July 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Being Stalked--An Occupational Hazard?

  Psychiatric Times
  July 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Language and Stigma

  Psychiatric Services Journal
  July 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Study: Violent videos desensitize people

  United Press International
  July 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Cheaper Strategy Works to Fight Heroin Addiction: Once-a-week treatment, counseling as effective as more frequent intervention, study finds

  Health Day
  July 27, 2006
  
  
  

• Medical Causes of Disturbed Sleep in Psychiatric Patients

  Psychiatric Times
  July 27, 2006
  
  
  

• Riddle of bipolar disorder brain changes remains unsolved

  PsychiatryMatters
  July 27, 2006
  
  
  

• Better ADHD screening is developed

  United Press International
  July 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Primary Care Treating More Serious Mental Illness

  Psychiatric News
  July 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Questionnaire aids bipolar hypomania self-appraisal

  PsychiatryMatters
  July 26, 2006
  
  
  

• VA to Keep Using DSM To Diagnose PTSD in Vets

  Psychiatric Times
  July 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Compound Improves Cognition In Schizophrenia Patients

  Psychiatric News
  July 25, 2006
  
  
  

• Adequacy of Mental Health Screening and Care in the Military Is Questioned

  Psychiatric Times
  July 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Antidepressant augmentation widespread, variable

  PsychiatryMatters
  July 24, 2006
  
  
  

• More Physicians Using Electrical Medical Records

  CDC Office of Communication
  July 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Neurosurgical Treatment Of Anxiety Disorders Effective -- But Risky

  Medical News Today
  July 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Prisons, jails raise red flag for state mental health official

  Nashua Telegraph
  July 24, 2006
  
  
  

• New SAMHSA Reports Focus on Quality of Care at Residential Facilities for Adults and Children with Mental Illness

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  July 18, 2006
  
  
  

• 'Horticulture therapy' has become a growing field in mental health circles

  Fond du Lac Reporter
  July 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Researchers Uncover Genetic Clues to a Common Form of Age-Related Dementia

  NIH News
  July 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Adult Separation Anxiety Often Overlooked Diagnosis

  Psychiatric Times
  July 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Body weight impact of antipsychotics compared

  PsychiatryMatters
  July 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Stress May Not Be Beaten By A Healthy Diet

  Medical News Today
  July 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Nondrug Depression Treatments Show Promise for Certain Patients

  Psychiatric News
  July 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Clozapine cuts aggression in schizophrenics

  Reuters
  July 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Long-Term Study Describes Relationship between Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder

  APA News
  July 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Community Services Provide Safety Net for Returning Veterans

  SAMHSA News
  July 6, 2006
  
  
  

• New Clues to Neurological Diseases Discovered: Findings could lead to new treatments, two studies suggest

  Health Day
  July 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Employment Help for People With Mental Illness

  SAMHSA News
  July 5, 2006
  
  
  

• A Prejudice That Kills

  Washington Post
  July 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Banishing bullying

  APA Monitor
  July 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression, Obesity Go Hand in Hand

  Daily News Central
  July 5, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Approves First Generic Sertraline

  FDA News
  July 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Infectious Agents in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

  Psychiatric Times
  July 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Painful physical symptoms common in depressed patients

  PsychiatryMatters
  July 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Program helps N.H. Guard ease back into civilian life

  Boston Globe
  July 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Court Upholds Arizona Limits Imposed on Insanity Defense

  New York Times
  June 30, 2006
  
  
  

• Even One Strong Drink May Impair Judgment: Study subjects' attention levels fell, despite being below the legal blood-alcohol limit

  Health Day
  June 30, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Commemorates a Century of Protecting and Promoting Public Health

  FDA News
  June 30, 2006
  
  
  

• Eating Disorders in Schizophrenia

  Psychiatric Times
  June 29, 2006
  
  
  

• Inexpensive Mail-Out Can Help Fight Depression

  Health Day
  June 29, 2006
  
  
  

• Heart troubles often lead to depression

  Yahoo! News
  June 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Psychiatric and Societal Impacts of Terrorism

  Psychiatric Times
  June 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Cognitive deficits unique to social functioning in schizophrenia

  PsychiatryMatters
  June 27, 2006
  
  
  

• New Resources Aim For Caregivers Of Older Patients

  The Wall Street Journal
  June 27, 2006
  
  
  

• In Politics, a More Upbeat Mood About Depression The Public's Attitude Toward Mental Illness Is Changing

  Washington Post
  June 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Paranoid Thoughts Almost As Common As Depression/Anxiety Reveal King's College Scientists

  Medical News Today
  June 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Study: 25% of Americans have no one to confide in

  USA Today
  June 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicide–tackling myths and misinformation

  Irishhealth.com
  June 23, 2006
  
  
  

• University Abandons Controversial Mental Health Policy

  WTOP News
  June 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Hormones May Hold Clues to Healthy Aging: Studies suggest adjusting them may help extend youth, but one expert urged caution

  Health Day
  June 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Searching for the answers: Community forum addresses mental illness, causes and stigmas

  Cadillac News
  June 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Spreading the word on bipolar

  northjersey.com
  June 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Major depression has lasting effects on brain injury outcome

  PsychiatryMatters
  June 21, 2006
  
  
  

• REM Sleep Behavior Disorder At Young Age Linked To Antidepressant Use

  Medical News Today
  June 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Teen Personality Traits Can Predict Adult Mental Health

  Psychiatric News
  June 21, 2006
  
  
  

• US drug users warned of deadly tainted heroin

  Reuters
  June 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Antidepressants May Boost Sleep Disorder: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder involves violent dreams, often acted out

  Health Day
  June 20, 2006
  
  
  

• NIH, University of Michigan Renew Major Survey on Older Adults’ Health, Retirement

  National Institute on Aging
  June 20, 2006
  
  
  

• More gambling addicts get help

  Courier-Journal News
  June 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Significant Gender Differences Found in Psychosis Outcome

  Psychiatric News
  June 19, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA and ISMP Launch Campaign to Reduce Medication Mistakes Caused by Unclear Medical Abbreviations

  FDA News
  June 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Video System Installed At Courthouse For Mental Health Hearings

  chattanoogan.com
  June 16, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Approves the First Drug for Seasonal Depression

  FDA News
  June 15, 2006
  
  
  

• NIH Celebrates a Decade of Discovery in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

  NIH News
  June 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Over 38 Million People With Medicare Now Receiving Prescription Drug Coverage

  HHS Press Office
  June 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Survey Finds Rise in Use Of Shelters, Other Services

  Washington Post
  June 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Trauma The Major Cause of Schizophrenia?

  Science a Go Go
  June 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Antidepressants Do Prevent Suicides, Researchers Contend: Study refutes notion that SSRIs such as Prozac boost the risk to users

  Health Day
  June 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Diabetes among mentally ill rises

  United Press International
  June 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Atypical antipsychotics show anti-aggressive effects

  PsychiatryMatters
  June 12, 2006
  
  
  

• First Poussant-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health Awarded At Morehouse

  Atlanta Daily World
  June 12, 2006
  
  
  

• Meeting tough needs of O.C.'s mentally ill

  O.C. Register
  June 12, 2006
  
  
  

• New needs in New Orleans schools: School psychologists help Katrina-evacuated children express their feelings...

  APA Monitor
  June 12, 2006
  
  
  

• SAMHSA Alerts Field to Dangerous Drug Combo

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  June 9, 2006
  
  
  

• High rate of self-harm seen among college students

  Reuters
  June 9, 2006
  
  
  

• More Than One-third Of Disaster Victims May Suffer From Stress Disorder

  Science Daily
  June 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Sobriety can include medication....addicts frequently have mental illness, doctors say

  Akron Beacon Journal
  June 9, 2006
  
  
  

• First Whole-genome Scan For Links To OCD Reveals Evidence For Genetic Susceptibility

  Medical News Today
  June 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Mentally ill inmates' treatment decried

  Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
  June 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Ultra high risk criteria plus functioning predict psychosis risk

  PsychiatryMatters
  June 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Anti-Stigmatization: Myths and Minds

  GNIF Brain Blogger
  June 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Brain's Receptors Sensitive To Pot May 'open Door' In Treating Drug Dependence, Brain Disorders

  Medical News Today
  June 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Companies Desperately Seek Antidepressant Breakthrough

  Psychiatric News
  June 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicide risk highlighted for schizophrenia plus PTSD patients

  PsychiatryMatters
  June 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Intermittent Explosive Disorder Affects up to 16 Million Americans

  NIH News
  June 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Local service offers mental health education

  The Leavenworth Times
  June 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Better Information May Be Cure for MH Stigma

  Psychiatric News
  June 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Seroquel Study Gives Hope For Beating Depression In Bipolar Disorder

  Medical News Today
  June 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Stress, alcoholics, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  Addiction Technology Transfer Center
  June 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Adult children of mothers with mental illness show problems

  University of Michigan
  June 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Clozapine levels predict schizophrenia relapse risk

  PsychiatryMatters
  June 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health Milieu

  Inside Higher Ed
  June 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Attitude toward mood stabilizers may affect treatment adherence

  PsychiatryMatters
  June 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Australian Police turn to US on mentally ill

  TheAge.com
  June 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Consumer-Directed Health Plans Growing In Popularity, GAO Report Says, USA

  Medical News Today
  June 1, 2006
  
  
  

• More support needed for people with mental illness

  La Crosse Tribune
  June 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Easy-to-Read Booklets on Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory Loss Offered by NIA

  NIH News
  May 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Less ads, more data urged for drug safety

  Reuters
  May 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Military members can test mental health online

  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  May 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Ritalin Packs Punch By Elevating Norepinephrine, Suppressing Nerve Signal Transmissions

  Medical News Today
  May 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Breaking the silence of mental illness

  Pressconnects.com
  May 30, 2006
  
  
  

• Building Community Ties: It Takes a Village--A model program enables people recovering from mental illness to rebuild their lives..

  Psychiatric News
  May 30, 2006
  
  
  

• Desvenlafaxine Succinate (DVS-233) Phase 3 Data Show Significant Improvement In Symptoms Of Depression In Adult Patients Versus Placebo

  Medical News Today
  May 30, 2006
  
  
  

• When the mirror lies--Patients tormented by body flaws, often imagined, urgently need help

  The Arizona Republic
  May 30, 2006
  
  
  

• First generic version of widely used antidepressant Lexapro approved by FDA

  CBSNews.com
  May 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health journal hopes to air issues-- New free, online resource is first to focus on ethics

  Toronto Star
  May 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Verbal Abuse In Childhood Triggers Adult Anxiety, Depression

  Medical News Today
  May 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Raising mental health awareness

  News 10 Now
  May 25, 2006
  
  
  

• The elephant in our living rooms: mental health concerns not "all in your head"

  The Daily Sentinel
  May 25, 2006
  
  
  

• Genes Have a Lot to Say About Depression Treatment Results

  Psychiatric News
  May 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health and Illness - Bouncing Back from the Brink

  The Southern Health Magazine
  May 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder: Coping with a crippling mental divide

  La Crosse Tribune
  May 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Storms' MH Crisis Grows As Hurricane Season Nears

  Psychiatric News
  May 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Anti-Stigmatization: Impaired Awareness of Mental Illness

  GNIF Brain Blogger
  May 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Scientists Identify Strategies To Prevent Mental Illness...three trials of mental illness prevention produce positive results.

  Psychiatric News
  May 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Stress disorder linked to soldiers' ill health

  USA Today
  May 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Working toward the full recovery

  The News-Herald
  May 23, 2006
  
  
  

• 2006 Welcome Back Awards Winners Honored for Helping Reshape the Mental Health System

  Yahoo! News
  May 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Anxiety may affect twice as many older adults as depression, according to new research

  Fox News
  May 22, 2006
  
  
  

• DoD offers best mental health services ever

  dcmilitary.com
  May 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health advocate forms support and advocacy group

  The Times Herald
  May 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Study Shows Schizophrenia Limits Understanding Of Body Language

  Science Daily
  May 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Tearing down the brick wall of stigma

  TheStar.com
  May 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Caregivers may contribute to Alzheimer's symptoms

  Yahoo! News
  May 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Please don’t add to the stigma felt by the mentally ill

  Press Gazette
  May 18, 2006
  
  
  

• What Does Prozac Target?

  Medical News Today
  May 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day May 19, 2006

  NIH News
  May 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Low work status, job worries boost depression risk

  Yahoo! News
  May 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Army Says War Movie May Trigger Mental Health Issues

  nbc6.net
  May 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Untreated disorders are all too common

  The News-Herald
  May 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Clinicians, Public Benefit From Cultural-Diversity Programs

  Psychiatric News
  May 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Early schizophrenia detection program reduces suicide risk

  PsychiatryMatters
  May 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Paxil's maker adds suicide attempt warning

  Science Daily
  May 15, 2006
  
  
  

• NIDA Research Uncovers the Neurobiology of Dread

  NIH News
  May 12, 2006
  
  
  

• Electroboy Fights Stigma of Mental Illness

  PRNewswire
  May 12, 2006
  
  
  

• Heart failure linked to dementia risk

  Yahoo! News
  May 12, 2006
  
  
  

• Perfectionists more vulnerable to depression, study finds

  APA Monitor
  May 12, 2006
  
  
  

• Data on Drug-related Emergency Room Visits Released by SAMHSA

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  May 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Many war vets' stress disorders go untreated

  USA Today
  May 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Scientists Prove Neurons Produce Alzheimer's-linked Protein

  Science Daily
  May 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Collaborative Care Best for Alzheimer's

  PsycPort.com
  May 10, 2006
  
  
  

• New Field of Hope for Depression Survivors

  Yahoo! News
  May 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Personality Disorder Patients Have Multiple Unmet Needs

  Psychiatric News
  May 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Risk factors for minor and serious violence in schizophrenia described

  PsychiatryMatters
  May 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Study: Hurricanes linked with mental ills

  United Press International
  May 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Time Is Running Out - May 15th Enrollment Deadline Nears

  HHS Press Office
  May 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Comorbid Psychiatric Illness Often Found in Adults With ADHD

  Psychiatric News
  May 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Efficacy of Drug Still Unclear In Schizophrenia Prevention

  Psychiatric News
  May 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Employers made aware of mental health issues

  Courier Post Online
  May 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Antidepressant Medication May Prevent Recurring Depression In Diabetics

  Medical News Today
  May 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Coping with, and getting help for, mental illness

  Baltimore Sun
  May 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental-illness patients celebrate lives

  Plano Star Courier
  May 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Bipolar Disorder In The Workplace

  Forbes.com
  May 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Many Americans Know Little about Mental Illnesses

  HealthNewsDigest.com
  May 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health on Campus

  The Acorn
  May 4, 2006
  
  
  

• No Way Out: Trapped by Rules, The Mentally Ill Languish in Prison

  The Wall Street Journal
  May 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Patients With Bipolar Disorder May Benefit From Less Sugar

  Medical News Today
  May 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicide risk linked to month of birth: study

  Reuters
  May 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Both light therapy and Prozac good for winter blues

  Reuters
  May 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicidal ideation recurs across depressive episodes

  PsychiatryMatters
  May 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression Screening Campaign, New York

  Medical News Today
  May 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Full Social Lives May Protect Against Alzheimer's: Socially active elderly suffered less neurological damage, study found

  Health Day
  May 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Mixed Result in Treating Schizophrenia Pre-Diagnosis

  New York Times
  May 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Brain Study Considers Motor Function, Cognition With Alcohol Consumption

  Science Daily
  April 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Surgical Technique Shows Promise Against Major Depression

  Yahoo! News
  April 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Treatment Admissions Continue to Rise for Methamphetamine and Prescription Narcotics in 2004

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  April 24, 2006
  
  
  

• F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana

  New York Times
  April 21, 2006
  
  
  

• HIV patients with mental health problems live just as long, study

  aidsmap
  April 21, 2006
  
  
  

• New Genetic Cause Of Alzheimer's Disease Discovered

  Medical News Today
  April 21, 2006
  
  
  

• New tool in mental health recovery

  The Salt Lake Tribune
  April 21, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Adopts Electronic Labeling Initiative for Rx Drugs

  FDA News
  April 20, 2006
  
  
  

• Storm Evacuees Found to Suffer Health Setbacks

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  April 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Study Reveals New Genes for Excessive Alcohol Drinking

  NIH News
  April 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Chronic Stress May Help Cause Depression

  Health Day
  April 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Large Family Study Pinpoints Genetic Linkage In Drug Addiction

  Science Daily
  April 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Injection to Treat Alcoholism OK'd

  PsycPort.com
  April 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Stressed? Watch Out for Binge Behavior: Tests on Rats Show Binge Behavior Spikes With Stress Hormone

  WebMD
  April 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Brain Scans Show Depressed Monkeys Have Same Central Nervous System Characteristics As People

  Science Daily
  April 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Minorities face mental-health challenges

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  April 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Stroke Patients May Be More Likely To Experience Memory Decline

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  April 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Test may help predict depression treatment success

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  April 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression's Severe Impact Said a `National Tragedy'

  Psychiatric News
  April 10, 2006
  
  
  

• When Worry Gets in the Way of Life: General anxiety disorder can be treated with drugs, therapy

  Health Day
  April 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Commercially Available Antibiotic May Help Fight Dementia In HIV Patients

  Medical News Today
  April 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health doctors needed: Lack of child psychiatrists is nationwide problem, experts say

  The State.com
  April 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Midlife obesity increases Alzheimer's risk

  Science Daily
  April 6, 2006
  
  
  

• New Mechanism For Neurodegenerative Effects Of Amphetamines In Mice Found

  Medical News Today
  April 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Studies Offer New Information About Treatment Choices for Schizophrenia

  National Institute of Mental Health
  April 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Epilepsy Surgery Successful For Alleviating Seizures Over The Long Term

  Science Daily
  April 5, 2006
  
  
  

• NIDA Chief Studies the Brains of Addicts

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  April 5, 2006
  
  
  

• ABC initiative helping families to achieve better mental health

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  April 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Vets' Mental Health Needs Intensitfy

  Fox News
  April 4, 2006
  
  
  

• A Depression Switch?

  New York Times
  April 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Combination of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Incentives Enhance Treatment for Marijuana Addiction

  National Institute on Drug Abuse
  April 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Permanent Court Order Halts Illegal Importation of Prescription Drugs

  FDA News
  April 3, 2006
  
  
  

• $2.3 Million Available for Campus Suicide Prevention Grant

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  March 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health Coverage Affordable, Study Finds

  Washington Post
  March 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Education Initiative on Substance Abuse Coming to Memphis: Buprenorphine considered major breakthrough in addiction to narcotic painkillers, heroin

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  March 29, 2006
  
  
  

• Bill aims to aid mentally ill inmates: Lawmaker supports proposal to abolish solitary confinement for affected prisoners

  Times-Union
  March 29, 2006
  
  
  

• More college students seeking mental health help

  globegazette.com
  March 29, 2006
  
  
  

• NIH Researchers Identify OCD Risk Gene

  NIH News
  March 29, 2006
  
  
  

• STATEMENT: On the Meeting of the former members of The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  March 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Antidepressant use falling: patients losing faith in drugs

  Los Angeles Times
  March 28, 2006
  
  
  

• SAMHSA Seeks Nominations of Mental Health Consumers to Honor at Second Annual Voice Awards

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  March 27, 2006
  
  
  

• Schizophrenia tied to a range of autoimmune ills

  Reuters
  March 27, 2006
  
  
  

• New Strategies Help Depressed Patients Become Symptom-Free

  National Institute of Mental Health
  March 23, 2006
  
  
  

• NIH Offers New Comprehensive Guide to Healthy Sleep

  NIH News
  March 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Panel Advises Disclosure of Drugs' Psychotic Effects

  New York Times
  March 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Does depression-treatment device really work?

  Washington Post
  March 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Aggression-related Gene Weakens Brain’s Impulse Control Circuits

  NIH News
  March 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Exhibit Reveals What's Behind Faces Of People With Mental Illness

  Psychiatric News
  March 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed?

  New York Times
  March 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Antipsychotics May Be Overprescribed To Treat Bipolar Disorder

  Psychiatric Times
  March 20, 2006
  
  
  

• Soaps, Talk Shows May Dull Aging Brains

  Yahoo! News
  March 20, 2006
  
  
  

• Doctor Reminders Don't Improve Patient Drug Adherence: Faxes to physicians failed to boost antidepressant use, study found

  Health Day
  March 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Katrina Evacuees' Mental Health Eyed

  Newsday.com
  March 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Center serves children with mental health disorders

  Indian Country Today
  March 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Common Anti-convulsant Drug May Help Slow The Progression Of Dementia

  Science Daily
  March 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Dramatic Changes in U.S. Aging Highlighted in New Census, NIH Report

  National Institute on Aging
  March 13, 2006
  
  
  

• National schizophrenia TMS trial planned

  PsycPort.com
  March 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression May Help Spur Mental Decline: One out of five depressed seniors showed evidence of impairment, study found

  Health Day
  March 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Mindstreams computerized cognitive test effective for schizophrenia

  PsychiatryMatters
  March 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Mother's Depressive Symptoms Contribute Unfavorably To Parenting Practices

  Medical News Today
  March 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Police Learn Better Response To People With Mental Illness

  Psychiatric News
  March 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Americans Urged To Recognize And Prepare For Role As Family Caregivers

  Medical News Today
  March 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Six U.S. organizations receive national psychologically healthy workplace awards

  APA News
  March 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Admissions to Treatment for Methamphetamine Abuse Rise Sharply

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  March 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Texas , Georgia, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Receive Over $19 Million for Hurricane Katrina Crisis Counseling Aid

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  March 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Iraq Vets Bringing Home Mental Health Needs at High Rate

  MedPage Today
  March 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Job strain tied to higher risk of drug abuse

  Reuters
  March 2, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Approves Emsam (Selegiline) as First Drug Patch for Depression

  FDA News
  March 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Beyond Rivalry, a Hidden World of Sibling Violence

  New York Times
  February 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Navy acts to improve mental health screening for sailors

  Stars and Stripes
  February 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Stigma Still Shadows Psychiatric Care

  Forbes.com
  February 28, 2006
  
  
  

• Cholesterol Levels Discounted As A Biological Marker For Suicide Risk Among Alcoholics

  Medical News Today
  February 27, 2006
  
  
  

• New Survey Findings Show Gender Differences Connections Between Stress and Unhealthy Choices Affect Mind/Body Health

  APA News
  February 27, 2006
  
  
  

• Urban environment worsens developmental expression of psychosis

  PsychiatryMatters
  February 27, 2006
  
  
  

• High mortality risk of anorexia nervosa confirmed

  Yahoo! News
  February 24, 2006
  
  
  

• New behavioral therapy might cut drug use

  PsycPort.com
  February 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Study questions ecstasy link to depression

  Reuters
  February 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Scientists and Study Participants Gather at Conference on Scientific Contributions of the Women’s Health Initiative — The Largest Study of Older Women’s Health

  NIH News
  February 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Americans work more, seem to accomplish less: study

  Reuters
  February 23, 2006
  
  
  

• More Than 25 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Now Have Prescription Drug Coverage

  HHS Press Office
  February 23, 2006
  
  
  

• NIH Seeks Strategies to Preserve Brain Health-- New Report Suggests Promising Areas for Intervention

  NIH News
  February 22, 2006
  
  
  

• 1 in 5 US dollars to be spent on health care: study

  Reuters
  February 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Little help available for mental trauma

  Yahoo! News
  February 22, 2006
  
  
  

• Light Shed On Bipolar Disorder By Clock Molecule's Sensitivity To Lithium

  Medical News Today
  February 21, 2006
  
  
  

• Preventive Maintenance For the Brain: Can Exercise or Mind Games Help? A Look at the Evidence

  Washington Post
  February 21, 2006
  
  
  

• SAMHSA Issues Consensus Statement on Mental Health Recovery

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  February 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Promising new treatments for SAD--Light therapy improves symptoms...Emerging research suggests other modalities may help too

  APA Monitor
  February 17, 2006
  
  
  

• Six States Receive Over $22 Million for Hurricane Katrina Crisis Counseling Assistance

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  February 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Alzheimer's Progresses More Quickly in the Highly Educated--But those with more schooling seem able to delay early symptoms, study suggests

  Health Day
  February 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Post-Katrina stress still weighs on New Orleans

  Reuters
  February 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicide: a serious public health issue in Massachusetts

  Town Online
  February 16, 2006
  
  
  

• Hypothermia: A Cold Weather Hazard for Seniors

  NIH News
  February 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Multiple Prescriptions Linked to Bipolar Patients' Hospital Visits

  Psychiatric News
  February 15, 2006
  
  
  

• Brain Scans May Predict Cognitive Decline In Normal People

  Science Daily
  February 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Conference Focuses on Post-crisis Mental Health at Colleges

  Newswise
  February 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Put the Brakes on Stress: Try New Strategy During Daily Commute

  PsycPort.com
  February 14, 2006
  
  
  

• Katrina Suicides

  WLBT 3
  February 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health care for suspects unequal

  TheState.com
  February 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Study Launched Nationwide by the National Institutes of Health: Dr. Maya Angelou Asks Adults Ages 55 - 90 to Join Study

  NIH News
  February 10, 2006
  
  
  

• US advisers urge heart risk warning on ADHD drugs

  Reuters
  February 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Largest Study to Date on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Describes Disease Characteristics And Short-Term Outcomes

  National Institute of Mental Health
  February 9, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA considers new warning on labels of antidepressants

  PsycPort.com
  February 9, 2006
  
  
  

• HHS Awards $550 Million in Hurricane Relief: States to Receive Social Services Block Grant Aid

  HHS Press Office
  February 9, 2006
  
  
  

• $8.4 Million Available for Targeted Capacity Expansion Program For HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services Grants

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  February 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression Significantly Higher Among Parents Compared To Adults Who Don't Have Children

  Medical News Today
  February 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Record Sales of Sleeping Pills Are Causing Worries

  New York Times
  February 8, 2006
  
  
  

• Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day 2006

  NIH News
  February 7, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental-Health Care Limited for Immigrants

  Washington Post
  February 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Protein Discovery May Lead To New Psychiatric Drugs

  Psychiatric News
  February 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Stability of Mentally Ill Shaken By Medicare Drug Plan Problems

  PsycPort.com
  February 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Moderate alcohol use may worsen bipolar illness

  PsychiatryMatters
  February 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicides leave living to struggle with questions, stigma

  The Daytona Beach News
  February 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Twins Find Common Cause After Illness Divides Them

  Psychiatric News
  February 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Early Findings from Largest NIMH-Funded Research Program on Bipolar Disorder Begin to Build Evidence-Base on Best Treatment Options

  National Institute of Mental Health
  February 2, 2006
  
  
  

• When Someone Has Schizophrenia

  National Institute of Mental Health
  February 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Combo Drug Therapy Won't Improve Schizophrenia Care

  Health Day
  February 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Manic Depression Often Gets Misdiagnosed, Improperly Treated

  PsycPort.com
  February 2, 2006
  
  
  

• National Survey Finds Nearly Half of Public Unaware Prescription Painkiller Abuse is as Harmful as Using Heroin

  Yahoo! News
  February 2, 2006
  
  
  

• Drug side effects can mimic early dementia: study

  Reuters
  February 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Link found between diabetes and depression

  Science Daily
  February 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health Policy Neglects, Endangers Public, Patients

  The NewStandard
  February 1, 2006
  
  
  

• Maximizing Program Services through Private-Public Partnerships Outlined in New SAMHSA Publication

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  January 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Personality traits linked to suicidal behavior

  PsychiatryMatters
  January 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Yale Findings Hold Promise for Stopping Progression of Bipolar Disorder

  PsycPort.com
  January 31, 2006
  
  
  

• Genetics Plays Role In Relapse Of Illicit Drug-seeking Behavior

  Medical News Today
  January 30, 2006
  
  
  

• Program helps defendants get mental health aid

  Times-Union
  January 30, 2006
  
  
  

• Age-related memory improvement linked with consumption of apple products

  Pharmabiz.com
  January 27, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health advocate urges a look beyond stigma

  South Idaho Press
  January 27, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A Culturally Affirmative Approach

  Psychiatric Services Journal
  January 26, 2006
  
  
  

• More People in Drug Abuse Treatment Began Drug Use Before Age 13

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  January 26, 2006
  
  
  

• Scientists Find Stronger Evidence For Link Between Cat Faeces And Schizophrenia

  Science Daily
  January 26, 2006
  
  
  

• SAMHSA Launches Partners for Recovery Website Site offers news and resources on recovery

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  January 25, 2006
  
  
  

• Don't Get SAD In The Winter - Brighten Your Mood With Full Spectrum Lighting

  Medical News Today
  January 25, 2006
  
  
  

• SSRI Drugs Ease Depression in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  Newswise
  January 25, 2006
  
  
  

• Can Aerobic Exercise Reduce Chances of Panic Attack?

  Psychiatric News
  January 24, 2006
  
  
  

• The Diagnosis and Treatment of Substance Abuse/ Dependence and Co-Occurring Social Anxiety Disorder-- Special Report

  Psychiatric Times
  January 24, 2006
  
  
  

• Popular Antidepressants May Also Affect Human Immune System

  Medical News Today
  January 23, 2006
  
  
  

• Katrina: It Could Have Been Worse, U.S. Report Says: But the number of people needing mental-health care will likely increase, experts contend

  Health Day
  January 20, 2006
  
  
  

• Pitt Researchers Develop Less Risky Treatment For Depression, Seizures

  Science Daily
  January 20, 2006
  
  
  

• Public Health Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita --- Louisiana, 2005

  MMWR Weekly
  January 20, 2006
  
  
  

• Why stress at work raises odds of heart disease

  Reuters
  January 20, 2006
  
  
  

• $2.2 Million Available for Improving Access to and Retention in Substance Abuse Treatment

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  January 19, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Announces New Prescription Drug Information Format to Improve Patient Safety

  FDA News
  January 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Losing Sleep Undoes The Rejuvenating Effects New Learning Has On The Brain

  Science Daily
  January 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Parasite linked to schizophrenia

  PsycPort.com
  January 19, 2006
  
  
  

• Nearly 24 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Now Have Prescription Drug Coverage

  HHS Press Office
  January 18, 2006
  
  
  

• Leptin and cholesterol linked to depression and schizophrenia

  PsychiatryMatters
  January 17, 2006
  
  
  

• When the brain doesn't know when to stop

  CNN.com
  January 17, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Issues Advice to Make Earliest Stages Of Clinical Drug Development More Efficient

  FDA News
  January 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Medication, Shock Therapy Best for Depression: These approaches most effective for moderate to severe illlness, study says

  Health Day
  January 13, 2006
  
  
  

• Discipline, 'Reframing' Keys To Fighting Winter Blues, Expert Says

  Medical News Today
  January 12, 2006
  
  
  

• FDA Cautions Consumers Against Filling U.S. Prescriptions Abroad: Drugs With Same or Similar Names May Contain Different Active Ingredients Than in U.S. and Pose Health Risks

  FDA News
  January 12, 2006
  
  
  

• How Mental Stress May Raise Heart Disease Risk

  Medical News Today
  January 12, 2006
  
  
  

• Night eating syndrome prevalent among psychiatric patients

  PsychiatryMatters
  January 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Risk Factors For Depression Similar For Men And Women, Virginia Commonwealth University Study

  Medical News Today
  January 11, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression 'frequent and persistent' in over-85s

  PsychiatryMatters
  January 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression Treatment Adequacy Varies by Symptom Severity

  Psychiatric News
  January 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Longer treatment duration needed for optimal antidepressant outcomes

  PsychiatryMatters
  January 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Studying a Mental-Health Checkup for Sixth-Graders (Audio file)

  NPR News
  January 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Violent computer games may make people more likely to act aggressively, a study says

  BBC News
  January 10, 2006
  
  
  

• Drug-Related Mortality Similar in Antipsychotics

  Psychiatric News
  January 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Major Depression is Higher in Women than Men

  HealthNewsDigest.com
  January 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Mental health of Katrina's survivors to be studied

  OrlandoSentinel.com
  January 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Proximity Equals Severity In Disaster-Related Trauma

  Psychiatric News
  January 9, 2006
  
  
  

• SAD sufferers urged to lighten up

  PsycPort.com
  January 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Symposium opens up on mental health

  The Herald
  January 9, 2006
  
  
  

• Depression, Migraines Show Strong but Unexplained Link

  Psychiatric News
  January 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Improved National Prevalence Estimates for 18 Selected Major Birth Defects --- United States, 1999--2001

  MMWR Weekly
  January 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Limiting Treatment Access Ultimately Costs Employers

  Psychiatric News
  January 6, 2006
  
  
  

• Nobelist Discovers Antidepressant Protein in Mouse Brain

  NIH News
  January 6, 2006
  
  
  

• War's invisible wounds

  APA Monitor
  January 6, 2006
  
  
  

• 1 in 4 Report Mental Illness Symptoms

  redOrbit.com
  January 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Examining mental illness: 'More Than Just Moody' event addresses symptoms, treatments

  The Oakland Press
  January 5, 2006
  
  
  

• Adolescent Mental Health Studies Cause Alarm

  Science a Go Go
  January 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Countryside boosts mental health-- Living in the country is better for your mental health than being a city-dweller, scientists have said

  BBC News
  January 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Income Level May Predict Response To Depression Treatment

  Medical News Today
  January 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Peer-to-peer psychoeducation effective for schizophrenia

  PsychiatryMatters
  January 4, 2006
  
  
  

• Suicide Risk During Antidepressant Treatment

  Am J Psychiatry
  January 4, 2006
  
  
  

• African Americans Less Likely to Be Diagnosed, Treated for ADHD

  HealthNewsDigest.com
  January 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Antidepressants Work and Don't Boost Suicide Risk-- Studies: Monitoring patients for side effects is key, new research finds

  Health Day
  January 3, 2006
  
  
  

• Initial Results Help Clinicians Identify Patients With Treatment-resistant Depression

  Medical News Today
  January 3, 2006
  
  
  

• STAR*D, A Landmark Depression Study Releases Results

  Medical News Today
  January 3, 2006
  
  
  

• SAMHSA News Offers Index of Year's Top Substance Abuse/Mental Health Stories

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  December 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Ambivalence about migration may contribute to poor mental health in Latino men

  EurekAlert
  December 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Center replaces stigma with hope

  Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
  December 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Coping with mental illness: Hear others' stories

  The Daily Journal
  December 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Cost of vets' stress treatment triggers debate

  Sun-Sentinel.com
  December 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Olfactory deficit 'a possible marker for schizophrenia susceptibility'

  PsychiatryMatters
  December 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Bipolar disorder more common in teenage psychiatric patients

  News-Medical.Net
  December 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Healthy Aging: The 40s -- Middle-Aged, Mega-Stressed: Simple steps can help you cope with everyday anxiety

  Health Day
  December 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Problem-solving ability points to repetition of DSH

  PsychiatryMatters
  December 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Proposed Law Would Force Mentally Ill Patients To Be Treated

  TheNewMexicoChannel.com
  December 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Psychologists Unlock the Secrets of Suicide Notes

  PsycPort.com
  December 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Depression Device Said to Gain Acceptance

  Yahoo! News
  December 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Expert: HR has key role in mental health screening

  SHRMOnline
  December 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental health: Gratitude can improve psychological well-being

  The Billings Gazette
  December 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Recognizing Depression and Suicide Risk in Black Men (Audio file)

  NPR News
  December 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Hurricane Takes a Further Toll: Suicides Up in New Orleans

  New York Times
  December 27, 2005
  
  
  

• One Third Of Patients Who Stop Treatment For Schizophrenia Early Do So Due To Poor Response

  Science Daily
  December 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Psychiatric News: Med Check

  Psychiatric News
  December 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Study: Owning pets is good for physical, mental health

  Tahoe Daily Tribune
  December 27, 2005
  
  
  

• More Than 21 Million Medicare Beneficiaries To Be Covered For Prescription Drugs As of January 1, 2006

  HHS Press Office
  December 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Emotional Pain of Divorce Lingers Long After Split

  Health Day
  December 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Impulsivity, alcohol linked to suicide

  Reuters
  December 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Researchers Develop New Method For Studying 'Mental Time Travel'

  Science Daily
  December 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Suicide warning signs can be hard to pick up

  PsycPort.com
  December 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Exercise your way to better mental health

  Yahoo! News
  December 22, 2005
  
  
  

• MAOI Skin Patch May Come With Fewer Warnings

  Psychiatric News
  December 22, 2005
  
  
  

• The Power of Myth: The Benefits of Sharing Family Stories of Hard Times

  The Wall Street Journal
  December 22, 2005
  
  
  

• Cognitive intervention relieves depression

  PsycPort.com
  December 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental distress of abortion persists for years

  PsychiatryMatters
  December 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Peer-Run Services Can Complement Standard Care

  Psychiatric News
  December 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Popular Antidepressants Boost Brain Growth, Hopkins Scientists Report

  Science Daily
  December 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Residents Help Meet Demand For College MH Services

  Psychiatric News
  December 21, 2005
  
  
  

• “Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness” Photo Exhibit Opens at SAMHSA

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  December 20, 2005
  
  
  

• Low Brain Estrogen May Boost Women's Alzheimer's Risk: It could help explain why women are slightly more prone to the disease, researchers say

  Health Day
  December 20, 2005
  
  
  

• Maternal-fetal blood incompatibility increases schizophrenia risk

  PsychiatryMatters
  December 20, 2005
  
  
  

• Oxygen Deprivation May Contribute to Autism: Study with rats produces symptoms similar to the human disorder

  Health Day
  December 20, 2005
  
  
  

• Childhood abuse impacts on bipolar disorder severity

  PsychiatryMatters
  December 19, 2005
  
  
  

• ERs changing to handle more mental patients

  MSNBC News
  December 19, 2005
  
  
  

• M.D.s, Patients Need Help With Communication Skills-- results from a European survey of psychiatrists and their schizophrenia patients

  Psychiatric News
  December 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental health a rising college student issue

  The News-Sentinel
  December 19, 2005
  
  
  

• One Third Of Patients Hospitalized For Depression Also Has A Substance Abuse-related Mental Disorder, USA

  Medical News Today
  December 19, 2005
  
  
  

• When the Holidays Bring On the Blues: It's a sad season for many elderly, but friends and family can help

  Health Day
  December 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Causative Alzheimer's disease factor found

  PsycPort.com
  December 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Huge Increase in Alzheimer's, Dementia Predicted--Incidence will double in the U.S. and triple in developing countries by 2040, experts say

  Health Day
  December 16, 2005
  
  
  

• IOM Report Focuses on the "Quality Chasm" in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment

  Psychiatric Services Journal
  December 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental health problems begin in the teen brain

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  December 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Scientists Home In on Link Between Anxiety, Alcohol Use

  Psychiatric News
  December 16, 2005
  
  
  

• When Should Dementia Patients Be Ordered to Park the Car?

  Psychiatric News
  December 16, 2005
  
  
  

• High IQ can help fight off mental decline, say scientists

  The Scotsman
  December 15, 2005
  
  
  

• A Pocketful Of Help For Alzheimer's Sufferers And Caregivers

  Medical News Today
  December 14, 2005
  
  
  

• Catholic Charities Providing Door-to-Door Mental Health Counseling for Hurricane Katrina Victims

  Yahoo! News
  December 14, 2005
  
  
  

• High levels of HIV drug cause mental problems

  Reuters
  December 14, 2005
  
  
  

• Katrina Leaves Widespread Depression in Her Wake: Aftermath includes host of mental-health problems, including anxiety, insomnia -- even suicide

  MSN Health News
  December 14, 2005
  
  
  

• Bipolar disorder in the news--Experts: Recent events more coincidental than a reflection on sufferers

  Richmond Times-Dispatch
  December 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Caregivers of chronically ill subject to depression

  Reuters
  December 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental Disorders In Latin America And The Caribbean Forecast To Increase

  Medical News Today
  December 13, 2005
  
  
  

• War's trauma wears on the children left behind

  USA Today
  December 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Columbia College Tries a Unique Way to Combat Suicide

  PsycPort.com
  December 12, 2005
  
  
  

• Coping With the Loss of a Loved One During the Holidays: Expert offers suggestions to help you deal with the grief

  Health Day
  December 12, 2005
  
  
  

• Depakote® ER Approved For Acute Manic Or Mixed Episodes Associated With Bipolar Disorder, Abbott

  Medical News Today
  December 12, 2005
  
  
  

• VA To Open Mental Health Centers of Excellence

  fednews-online
  December 12, 2005
  
  
  

• 500,000 Hurricane Katrina Survivors And Workers Might Need Mental Health Services

  Medical News Today
  December 9, 2005
  
  
  

• Air Marshals Tell of Burden in Reacting to Mental Status

  New York Times
  December 9, 2005
  
  
  

• FDA Advising of Risk of Birth Defects with Paxil: Agency Requiring Updated Product Labeling

  FDA News
  December 9, 2005
  
  
  

• Workouts Are Potent Medicine for the Mentally Ill

  New York Times
  December 9, 2005
  
  
  

• HHS Secretary Leavitt Unveils National PSA Campaign To Provide Mental Health Services To Hurricane Survivors

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  December 8, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental health concerns rise at U: Number of students with depression is increasing steadily

  Pioneer Press
  December 8, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental health groups await details on service overhaul

  HamptonRoads.com
  December 8, 2005
  
  
  

• Prozac May Be The Most Popular, But Might Not Be The Most Effective Antidepressant

  Medical News Today
  December 8, 2005
  
  
  

• Violent Video Games May Desensitize Users

  Yahoo! News
  December 8, 2005
  
  
  

• Detecting Risk And Preventing Suicide Among Depressed Patients In Primary Care

  Medical News Today
  December 7, 2005
  
  
  

• End Human Rights Violations Against People With Mental Health Disorders-December 10: International Human Rights Day

  PsycPort.com
  December 7, 2005
  
  
  

• Help for Hispanic Families Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Disease

  NIH News
  December 7, 2005
  
  
  

• Holiday Season Making Things Even Tougher for Katrina Victims, Mental Health Experts Say

  ABC News
  December 7, 2005
  
  
  

• This Is Your Brain at the Mall: Why Shopping Makes You Feel So Good

  The Wall Street Journal
  December 7, 2005
  
  
  

• CLOSE QUARTERS: Lack of space and privacy is stressful

  The Sun-Herald
  December 6, 2005
  
  
  

• Ergonomists Help Keep Work Force Healthy, Effective

  PsycPort.com
  December 6, 2005
  
  
  

• Might OCD Respond to Antibiotics?

  Psychiatric News
  December 6, 2005
  
  
  

• Phone follow-up improves effectiveness of mental health treatments

  post-gazette.com
  December 6, 2005
  
  
  

• Sunshine-suicide riddle solved

  Psychiatric Times
  December 6, 2005
  
  
  

• For some, dark days trigger seasonal affective disorder

  The Columbian
  December 5, 2005
  
  
  

• Research confirms stress makes you sick

  PsycPort.com
  December 5, 2005
  
  
  

• Corporate Executives Address Psychiatric Disability in Workers

  Psychiatric News
  December 2, 2005
  
  
  

• Lawrenceville center model for mental health care

  Gwinnett Daily Post
  December 2, 2005
  
  
  

• Treating Depression Boosts Immune Response to HIV

  Psychiatric News
  December 2, 2005
  
  
  

• Statement from the National Institutes of Health on World AIDS Day: “Action Makes A Difference”

  NIH News
  December 1, 2005
  
  
  

• Report: More Psychiatric Patients In Jails Than Hospitals

  nbc6.net
  November 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Women's Mental Health and Wellbeing: a Global Perspective

  redOrbit.com
  November 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Anxiety disorders linked to suicide: Presence of a condition more than doubles the risk of subsequent suicical thoughts, study shows

  The Medical Post
  November 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Studying brain activity could aid diagnosis of social phobia

  Medical News Today
  November 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Study Links Progressive Aphasia Syndrome to Prion Gene

  NIH News
  November 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Alzheimer's Caregiving: A Painful and Long Road

  Health Day
  November 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Antidepressants may damage skeleton - study

  PsycPort.com
  November 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Fighting Anorexia - New Research Into Its Origins - and Its Youngest Victims

  Yahoo! News
  November 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Practice 'Safe Stress' Over the Holidays: Reduce the emotional and physical tolls of the season

  Health Day
  November 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Suicide blogs may be another cry for help

  NewsOK.com
  November 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Shedding light on darkness that is Alzheimer's

  St. Petersburg Times
  November 25, 2005
  
  
  

• Swimming with dolphins lifts depression: study

  Yahoo Health News
  November 25, 2005
  
  
  

• Ice, Ice, Baby: Arizona moms are abusing meth more than any other drug

  phoenixnewtimes.com
  November 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Older adults vulnerable to gambling addiction

  Seattle Times
  November 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Treatment centers could help ease prison crowding

  The Daily Herald
  November 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Exercise Helps Relieve Severe Depression -- Or So it Seems, from The Harvard Mental Health Letter

  PsycPort.com
  November 22, 2005
  
  
  

• Families call for riskier dementia therapies

  MSNBC News
  November 22, 2005
  
  
  

• Can Staying Lean Keep You Mentally Sharp?

  PsycPort.com
  November 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Capsules effective in treating acute manic and mixed episodes of Bipolar I Disorder

  Medical News Today
  November 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Disorder's Pessimistic Prognosis Not Always Justified

  Psychiatric News
  November 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Gene Knockout Scores a Fearless Mouse

  National Institute of Mental Health
  November 21, 2005
  
  
  

• UCLA scientists report promising new molecular approach to fighting schizophrenia

  Medical News Today
  November 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Eight Percent of Adults Experienced Major Depression in Past Year

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  November 18, 2005
  
  
  

• MH Education Should Be Tailored to Minorities' Values

  Psychiatric News
  November 18, 2005
  
  
  

• Problem-solving abilities taxed by stress

  Reuters
  November 18, 2005
  
  
  

• Silent pain of suicide: Stigma of mental illness persists, and family members are left behind to suffer the loss

  Rockford Register Star
  November 18, 2005
  
  
  

• Suicide Attempts Increase in Katrina's Aftermath

  NPR News
  November 17, 2005
  
  
  

• Getting to the Bottom of Suicide Risk and Antidepressants

  PsycPort.com
  November 17, 2005
  
  
  

• Impulse control disorders common among psychiatric inpatients

  PsychiatryMatters
  November 17, 2005
  
  
  

• NY Times Examines Use of Web Sites, Online Discussion Groups for Mental Health Information

  Medical News Today
  November 17, 2005
  
  
  

• U.S. Surgeon General Urges Americans to Know Their Family Health History: HHS Offers Improved Computer Tool; Brigham & Women's Hospital Joins Effort

  HHS Press Office
  November 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Suicide Attempts Increase in Katrina's Aftermath

  NPR News
  November 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Toll of mental illness on US business and institutions

  Medical News Today
  November 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Gene Variant Suggests Link To Addiction Vulnerability

  Psychiatric News
  November 15, 2005
  
  
  

• Unaddressed psych disorders common with cancer

  ABC News
  November 15, 2005
  
  
  

• Men's depression often overlooked: Standard symptoms linked to disease don't fit everyone

  californian.com
  November 14, 2005
  
  
  

• Suicide imitation occurs among mentally ill

  PsychiatryMatters
  November 14, 2005
  
  
  

• Alzheimer's begins with attention lapses

  PsycPort.com
  November 10, 2005
  
  
  

• Nerve-stimulation Therapy For Patients With Treatment-resistant Depression

  Science Daily
  November 10, 2005
  
  
  

• SAD patients who take antidepressants in autumn can prevent winter depression

  Medical News Today
  November 10, 2005
  
  
  

• Using MRI for early diagnosis of schizophrenia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

  Medical News Today
  November 10, 2005
  
  
  

• After an Attempt: NAMI Publishes Suicide Prevention Guides for Doctors, Families and Attempt Survivors

  Yahoo! News
  November 9, 2005
  
  
  

• Anxiety Disorders Increase Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts

  Kansas City InfoZine
  November 9, 2005
  
  
  

• Legacy of pain: Adult children of the mentally ill are turning to each other for sympathy and support

  New York Daily News
  November 9, 2005
  
  
  

• Depression, Epilepsy Link Puzzles Researchers

  Psychiatric News
  November 8, 2005
  
  
  

• Most at risk of Alzheimer's would join research trial

  Reuters
  November 8, 2005
  
  
  

• Experts Offer Free Memory Screenings Nov. 15: It's all part of National Alzheimer's Awareness Month

  Health Day
  November 7, 2005
  
  
  

• Growing Depression Risk Faces Baby Boomers

  Psychiatric News
  November 7, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental illness work toll revealed

  BBC News
  November 7, 2005
  
  
  

• HHS Works to Improve Health Care Regulatory Process: HHS to Hear from Stakeholders through National Town Hall Meetings

  HHS Press Office
  November 4, 2005
  
  
  

• Certain Personality Traits can Hurt Heart Health, Says the Harvard Mental Health Letter

  PsycPort.com
  November 4, 2005
  
  
  

• Short-term memory loss is a post-Katrina epidemic: What's this story about again?

  Times-Picayune
  November 4, 2005
  
  
  

• Spirituality Guides Mission Of Mental Health Ministry

  Psychiatric News
  November 4, 2005
  
  
  

• Advocates keep an eye on mental-health system

  delcotimes.com
  November 3, 2005
  
  
  

• Application of Computer Technology Internet in Mental Health Care

  Medical News Today
  November 3, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental health often at core of drug addiction

  Sentinel&Enterprise
  November 3, 2005
  
  
  

• Group gives human face to stigma of addiction

  The Herald
  November 2, 2005
  
  
  

• The Neuropsychiatry of Aging

  Am J Psychiatry
  November 2, 2005
  
  
  

• Therapies for those with a significant negative body image

  Medical News Today
  November 2, 2005
  
  
  

• Alert Employers Can Assist In Fight Against Domestic Violence

  PsycPort.com
  November 1, 2005
  
  
  

• Depression treatment outcome unaffected by personality disorders

  PsychiatryMatters
  November 1, 2005
  
  
  

• Strong association between physical and mental health problems and restless legs syndrome

  News-Medical.Net
  November 1, 2005
  
  
  

• Talk Therapy More Effective Long Term Treatment For SAD Than Light Therapy, Study Finds

  Science Daily
  November 1, 2005
  
  
  

• Caregivers Often Neglect Their Mental Health: Few Seek Treatment After Loved One Diagnosed With Cancer

  ACS News Center
  October 31, 2005
  
  
  

• FDA Panel Rejects Requiring Longer-Term Studies for Psychiatric Drugs

  Medical News Today
  October 31, 2005
  
  
  

• Suicide rate at UCD increases: Students encouraged to seek help at CAPS

  The California Aggie
  October 31, 2005
  
  
  

• Strong relationship of major depressive disorder to alcohol use disorders, drug disorders and other mental health conditions

  News-Medical.Net
  October 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Study: Talk therapy effective for SAD

  Science Daily
  October 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Assessing First Responders' Needs Favored Over Formal `Debriefing'

  Psychiatric News
  October 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Diabetes and depression: a fatal mix

  PsycPort.com
  October 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Duration of untreated psychosis influences delusion treatment response

  PsychiatryMatters
  October 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Lower-dose depression patch is safe - US FDA panel

  Reuters
  October 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Med students get a look at rural health care

  The Martha's Vineyard Times
  October 27, 2005
  
  
  

• FDA Withdraws Approval for ADD Drug

  InteliHealth
  October 26, 2005
  
  
  

• Mixed symptoms common in bipolar patients with hypomania

  PsychiatryMatters
  October 25, 2005
  
  
  

• SAMHSA Releases New Treatment Improvement Protocol on Medication-Assisted Treatment for Drug Abuse

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  October 25, 2005
  
  
  

• Joystick May Be Promising Tool In Treating Combat-Related PTSD

  Psychiatric News
  October 24, 2005
  
  
  

• Stanford Study Reveals Genetic Trigger Behind Some Schizophrenia Cases

  PsycPort.com
  October 24, 2005
  
  
  

• Working memory impaired in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

  PsychiatryMatters
  October 24, 2005
  
  
  

• AstraZeneca says data support new Seroquel use

  Reuters
  October 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Family caregivers lack mental health help

  Reuters
  October 20, 2005
  
  
  

• Abused Boys Become Abusive Men: They're more likely to commit domestic violence as adults, study finds

  Health Day
  October 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Attempted suicide often a snap decision fuelled by drugs and alcohol, new study

  Medical News Today
  October 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Simple Blood Test Will Accurately Diagnose Anxiety

  Medical News Today
  October 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Troops’ health screened before, after war

  AirForceTimes.com
  October 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Doctor says films falsely portray mental illness

  The Brown and White
  October 18, 2005
  
  
  

• Film to dispel myths about mental illness

  Kentucky New Era
  October 18, 2005
  
  
  

• Executive function impairment possible trait marker for mood disorder

  PsychiatryMatters
  October 17, 2005
  
  
  

• Lilly Announces Scholarship Recipients for Those Battling Severe Mental Illness

  Medical News Today
  October 17, 2005
  
  
  

• Penn Study Finds Direct Role For Glial Cells In Brain Cross-talk

  Science Daily
  October 17, 2005
  
  
  

• Streptococcal infection linked to some OCD cases

  PsychiatryMatters
  October 14, 2005
  
  
  

• Motivational Incentive Program is an Effective Treatment for Stimulant Drug Abuse

  NIH News
  October 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Chromium supplements may aid some with depression

  Reuters
  October 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Court focuses on mentally ill

  PsycPort.com
  October 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Pituitary Gland Could Hold Key To Psychosis Risk

  Psychiatric News
  October 13, 2005
  
  
  

• New Study At UNC Shows Concussions Promote Dementias In Retired Professional Football Players

  Science Daily
  October 12, 2005
  
  
  

• Rapid-Detox Strategy Fails to Show Advantage Over Other Methods

  Psychiatric News
  October 12, 2005
  
  
  

• Schizophrenia: early treatment improves outcome

  Reuters
  October 12, 2005
  
  
  

• Brain Dysfunction May Link Suicide, Epilepsy: Epileptics four times more likely to attempt to take their own lives, study finds

  Health Day
  October 11, 2005
  
  
  

• Global Survey Released on the World Mental Health Day 2005 Emphasizes Treatment Needs in Bipolar Disorder

  PRNewswire
  October 11, 2005
  
  
  

• Studies find insomnia may precede and maintain depression

  APA Monitor
  October 11, 2005
  
  
  

• Americans coping with stress, anxiety might find relief with exercise

  PsycPort.com
  October 7, 2005
  
  
  

• Drug Fights Weight Gain Induced by Antipsychotics

  Psychiatric News
  October 7, 2005
  
  
  

• Guide Helps Disaster Responders Apply Stress-Related First Aid

  Psychiatric News
  October 7, 2005
  
  
  

• Brain Proteins May Raise Alcoholism Risk: In rat study, two compounds boosted booze-craving behaviors

  Health Day
  October 6, 2005
  
  
  

• Childhood Reactions to Terrorism-Induced Trauma

  Psychiatric Times
  October 5, 2005
  
  
  

• The Elephant in the Room: Latinos and Mental Health

  New America Media
  October 5, 2005
  
  
  

• Extended release stimulant effective for long-term ADHD treatment

  Medical News Today
  October 4, 2005
  
  
  

• National Survey Sharpens Picture of Major Depression Among U.S. Adults

  NIH News
  October 4, 2005
  
  
  

• Researchers Shed Light on Anxiety and Alcohol Intake

  NIH News
  October 4, 2005
  
  
  

• Almost $70 Million Awarded to Help Children and Adolescents Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  October 3, 2005
  
  
  

• HHS Awards Grants to Support Minority Health: Grants Support Better Access to Medical and Mental Health Care

  HHS Press Office
  October 3, 2005
  
  
  

• Conduct disorder linked to schizophrenia violence and criminality

  PsychiatryMatters
  October 3, 2005
  
  
  

• New Study Finds Health Care Costs Associated With Vascular Dementia Are Higher Than Alzheimer's Disease

  PsycPort.com
  October 3, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental illness surrounded by misunderstanding, fear, stigma

  hamiltonmountainnews.com
  September 30, 2005
  
  
  

• Compulsive Shopping Carries a Heavy Price: Pathological buying is linked to insecurity, and it's on the rise, experts say

  Health Day
  September 29, 2005
  
  
  

• Glaxo adds birth defect caution to Paxil label

  Reuters
  September 28, 2005
  
  
  

• NIH Renews Network Focused On How Genes Influence Drug Responses: Findings Will Pave the Way for Individually Tailored Therapies

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH
  September 28, 2005
  
  
  

• One drink too many: NIAAA scientists revise guidelines clinicians can use to assess alcohol problems

  APA Monitor
  September 28, 2005
  
  
  

• Gatekeeper to mental health: Newton center director is at the forefront of nation's efforts to prevent suicide

  Metro West Daily News
  September 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Katrina Causes Wave of Addiction Problems

  Join Together
  September 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Program offers survivors support

  THE ROANOKE TIMES
  September 27, 2005
  
  
  

• Internists to Screen for Depression and Anxiety -October 6

  Medical News Today
  September 26, 2005
  
  
  

• Privately Insured Patients Have Less-Severe Depression

  Psychiatric News
  September 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Psychological Effects of Psoriasis

  Science Daily
  September 23, 2005
  
  
  

• The Hard Work of Growing Up With ADHD

  Am J Psychiatry
  September 23, 2005
  
  
  

• Insomnia: Both Symptom and Syndrome

  Psychiatric News
  September 22, 2005
  
  
  

• Project Helping Hands Supports Treatment of Mental Illnesses for Katrina Evacuees

  RedNova.com
  September 22, 2005
  
  
  

• Thrust into caregiver role

  PsycPort.com
  September 22, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental Health Help for Evacuees

  WXIA-TV ATLANTA
  September 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental health speaker pushes end to restraints on patients

  The News & Advance
  September 21, 2005
  
  
  

• Patients who choose depression treatment do better

  Reuters
  September 21, 2005
  
  
  

• County forms new agency on geriatric mental health

  The Journal News
  September 20, 2005
  
  
  

• Hoarding a 'unique symptom subtype' in OCD

  PsychiatryMatters
  September 20, 2005
  
  
  

• Americans Coping With Stress & Anxiety Find Relief With Exercise

  Medical News Today
  September 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Complicated grief needs consideration in bipolar disorder patients

  PsychiatryMatters
  September 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Free Clinics Come in All Sizes

  Psychiatric News
  September 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Genetic factors explain gambling and major depression overlap

  PsychiatryMatters
  September 19, 2005
  
  
  

• Employers Start to Recognize Cost of Untreated Illness

  Psychiatric News
  September 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Obesity Epidemic Spurs Search For Psychological Links

  Psychiatric News
  September 16, 2005
  
  
  

• Survey reveals disparity between mental health knowledge and management

  PsycPort.com
  September 16, 2005
  
  
  

• NIH Opens Up Medical Consultation Line to Patients Affected by Hurricane Katrina

  NIH News
  September 15, 2005
  
  
  

• Officials Watch for Health Dangers in Hurricane Katrina's Wake: U.S., local health authorities watching for disease, injury, depression

  USINFO.STATE.GOV
  September 15, 2005
  
  
  

• Inpatient care best for suicidal drug abusers

  Reuters
  September 15, 2005
  
  
  

• Emotional toll is brewing

  PsycPort.com
  September 14, 2005
  
  
  

• Millenium Development Goals ignore mental health

  EurekAlert
  September 14, 2005
  
  
  

• HHS Awards $600,000 in Emergency Mental Health Grants to Four States Devastated by Hurricane Katrina

  HHS Press Office
  September 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Six mental health drugs join Medicaid preferred-brands list

  St. Petersburg Times
  September 13, 2005
  
  
  

• Stabilizing social rhythms important in bipolar disorder treatment

  PsychiatryMatters
  September 13, 2005
  
  
  

• SAMHSA Releases TIP on Substance Abuse Treatment in the Criminal Justice System

  SAMHSA's Newsroom
  September 12, 2005
  
  
  

• Mental Illness Hampers Diabetes Care: But schizophrenic or bipolar diabetics can take control of their disease, experts say

  Health Day
  September 12, 2005
  
  
  

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