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Get drunk faster after bariatric surgery
Planning on getting bariatric surgery? Are you one of the 150,000 Americans who have had the surgery? Then pay attention to this press release from the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. A new US...
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Large study on antidepressant use among children and adolescents
Duke University is launching a a large study to learn about the role of antidepressants in the treatment of children and adolescents. The first study to be conducted under the CAPTN umbrella is ASK, a...
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Mental Health Improvements at the VA
Finally some good news coming out of the VA. Veteran Affairs is attempting to improve access of mental health services. The VA is seeking to reduce the waiting time in which veterans access mental...
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Schizophrenia Related to Winter Births??
Over the past several decades, a steady stream of studies has documented that people born in winter and spring have an increased risk for schizophrenia, a serious mental illness characterized by...
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Mental Disorders Cost Nation $193 Billion
The cost of mental illness is only sure to rise. Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes...
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Lead Exposure Leads to Crime
I was certainly aware of leads effect on child development. Now research suggests that lead is correlated to criminality. Previous studies linking lead to such problems have used indirect measures of...
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Firms Lose Money With Hyperactive Employees
Research shows that employees who are diagnosed with ADHD do one month less work in a year then a non-ADHD counterpart. The article goes on to suggest that a cost effect approach is to screen for ADHD...
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22 Hours in a Chair
I recently wrote a graduate paper on the abuses that occur in some mental health facilities. I say some, because there are psychiatric facilities that are caring and humane with their treatment....
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Suicide Rates Continue To Climb
L.A. Times article notes U.S. Suicide rate has climbed since 1999. Public health officials unsure as why the rate continues to climb. After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has...
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PTSD = No Purple Heart
Posted by Stars and Stripes: Defense officials have rejected the idea that troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder should be eligible for the Purple Heart. “PTSD is an anxiety disorder...
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