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Wednesday May 9, 2012 is Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Awareness Day in 1994 with the mission to increase awareness around children’s mental health. The overarching purpose is to stimulate support for a comprehensive system of care [...]
Continue Reading →According to the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), adults who reported any type of mental illness in the last year were more likely to also suffer from asthma, heart disease and stroke. The results of a recent study, which looked at the number of adults who had been diagnosed with both [...]
Continue Reading →Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is under fire for the recent closure of the Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic and the city’s growing list of publicly funded mental health closures slated for later this year. According to NBC Chicago, police arrested 23 Woodland Mental Health Clinic patients, workers and supporters who had barricaded themselves inside the clinic [...]
Continue Reading →Stony Brook University School of Medicine discovered that Americans are less willing to pay to avoid mental illness versus paying to prevent medical conditions that don’t have a mental component. The study, which tracked a national sample of 710 adults in the US, found that even though participants recognized mental illness as being more of [...]
Continue Reading →The latest in a growing string of mental breakdowns on airplanes by air line staff – this time with a pilot on a JetBlue flight who had to be subdued by passengers after becoming visibly agitated and angry on a flight – has started to become a concern with those who worry that the FAA [...]
Continue Reading →By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A psychology technique that encourages patients to think positively and gain confidence helped some with high blood pressure and heart disease stick to medication and exercise goals, according to new research. But the strategy — known as positive affect and self-affirmation, or just positive affirmation — didn’t [...]
Continue Reading →Main Category: Aid / DisastersAlso Included In: Mental Health; Anxiety / Stress; Women’s Health / GynecologyArticle Date: 27 Jan 2012 – 1:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Survivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in [...]
Continue Reading →Main Category: Mental HealthAlso Included In: Men’s health; Sleep / Sleep Disorders / InsomniaArticle Date: 16 Dec 2011 – 0:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Men who have lost their partner to cancer and who are still single four to five years after their loss run a far greater risk [...]
Continue Reading →And enjoy these potential benefits (*this news item will not be available after 03/06/2012) By Diana Kohnle Wednesday, December 7, 2011 (HealthDay News) — Exercises that help relax your mind and body may offer a number of physical and emotional benefits. An example is controlled breathing exercises that can help you calm down. The Cleveland [...]
Continue Reading →ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2011) Over a 10-year period, spending for Medicaid-enrolled patients with depression increased substantially but only minimal improvements in quality of care were observed, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “During the 1980s and 1990s, the number of adults diagnosed [...]
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