american mental health
Mental Health America: Did you know
Mental Health America: Did you know?
- Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of December 8, 2008
Adults who are in their 70s and have depression are more likely than other older adults who aren't depressed to develop a dangerous type of body fat... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of December 1, 2008
People who've had heart attacks are at a significantly higher risk of a second heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular problem if they also have depression... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of November 24, 2008
People who have both depression and diabetes may have a more difficult time controlling their blood-sugar levels than other people who have diabetes... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of November 17, 2008
The percentage of Americans who smoked in 2007 dropped to below 20 percent, the lowest percentage on record... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of November 10, 2008
The young children of American military service personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely than other kids in military families to exhibit behavioral problems... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of November 3, 2008
More than 90 percent of a survey's respondents say that the global economic turmoil is causing them to lose sleep at night... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of October 27, 2008
The rate of suicide in the United States is increasing for the first time in a decade... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of October 20, 2008
Depression Can Be a Factor in Deaths of People Who've Had Heart Attacks... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of October 13, 2008
Children in middle-class families have worse health than children in wealthier families... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of October 6, 2008
Levels of the stress hormone cortisol appear to play a role in limiting antisocial behavior... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of September 29, 2008
Children who were born extremely early in their mothers' pregnancy are more likely to have behavior and emotional problems than kids born full term - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of September 22, 2008
Children born to women who experienced even moderate amounts of stress during pregnancy may face at least some language and verbal development limitations... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of September 15, 2008
Of the 7 percent of all American adolescents who took pain medications not prescribed to them in 2005 and 2006, more than one-third of them were dependent on the drugs... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of September 8, 2008
Although fewer teens used illegal drugs, such as cocaine, in 2007 than in 2006, the number of teens who abused prescription medications jumped 12 percent... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of August 11, 2008
People who have PTSD are about twice as likely to die prematurely from heart disease than are people who don't have PTSD... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of September 1, 2008
Early Life Stress May Increase Women's Breast Cancer Risk... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of August 25, 2008
Women who have histories of depression or other psychiatric disorders are 27 times more likely to attempt suicide soon after becoming mothers than are women without such histories, researchers... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of August 18, 2008
Veterans of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan were 31 percent more likely to begin abusing alcohol upon returning from those countries between 2004 and 2006 than were veterans not involved in combat... - mental health in the headlines: Week of July 16, 2007
A new study suggests that expanding Medicare to uninsured "near-elderly" adults may cost less than previously thought. - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of September 3, 2007
Meth use may lead to a Parkinson's related illness later in life. - mental health in the headlines: Week of March 3, 2008
Teens who don't respond to antidepressants initially can be helped by changing medications and adding psychotherapy to their treatment. - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of May 26, 2008
Depression, Anxiety Can Undercut Stroke Victims' Efforts at Better Quality of Life - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of July 14, 2008
Early Help for Pregnant Women with Substance Abuse Problems Key to Infants' Health... - mental health in the headlines: Week of July 21, 2008
Teens recovering from serious injuries can be at risk for developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of August 4, 2008
Two studies published in the journal Nature, researchers report that they've identified three gene mutations that may provide the strongest genetic links yet found to schizophrenia... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of July 28, 2008
Having depression appears to place older adults at a nearly three-fold increased risk for having a first stroke... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of July 7, 2008
U.S. Leads World in Substance Abuse... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of June 30, 2008
Decline in teen smoking rate stalls... - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of June 23, 2008
Depression appears to increase the risk that a person will develop the most common form of diabetes - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of June 16, 2008
Smoking Appears to Affect Mental Acuity in Mid-Life - mental health in the headlines: Week of June 9, 2008
Early-life exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke appears to increase the likelihood that a child will be later hospitalized for an infection - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of June 2, 2008
There appears to be a strong correlation between prenatal or early childhood lead exposure and an increased likelihood of being arrested for crimes - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of May 19, 2008
Depression Hits Nearly 10 percent of Teens - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of May 12, 2008
Early-in-life alcohol exposure might make people more vulnerable to future patterns of heavy drinking - Mental Health in the Headlines: Week of May 5, 2008
Having social supports appears to help people who have chronic pain lessen their symptoms of depression