‘An international alliance of specialists in mental health is launching a campaign today to shift the focus of the world’s attention from disorders of the body to disorders of the mind.
Some 30 per cent of the world’s population suffer some form of mental disorder each year, yet at least two-thirds receive inadequate or no treatment, […]
‘Janet Thomas’ marriage had been on the rocks for years. When the constant conflict became unbearable, she moved out.
But Thomas spent the next 10 months in counseling trying to patch things up because she worried that a divorce might hurt her three kids, then ages 6, 10 and 13.
“I’d read that kids did worse in […]
John Marshall still feels jabs of nausea in his stomach at the recollection of those hellish days when he would have to drag his screaming, squirming child to school.
Sometimes Matthew, 12, would claw at his own skin throughout the journey or try to jump out of his father’s car at traffic lights. The headmaster and […]
‘Australians with chronic health conditions are twice as likely to suffer mental illness than the general population, new research shows.
The study, conducted by SANE Australia and published in the monthly Pfizer Australia Health Report, revealed half of those living with a chronic condition have considered seeking help for depression or anxiety.
Ninety per cent of those […]
‘Bipolar disorder costs U.S. businesses twice as much in lost productivity than major depression, a new study finds.
Each U.S. worker with bipolar disorder averaged 65.5 lost workdays a year, compared to 27.2 annual lost work days for those with major depression, concludes a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Overall, […]
‘Hurricane Katrina doubled the rate of serious mental illness in areas ravaged by the storm but the urge to commit suicide fell, partly because survivors bonded with each other, a Harvard-led study said on Monday.
Billed as the biggest mental health study yet after Katrina killed about 1,500 people along the Gulf Coast, the survey showed […]
‘Wanda Jensen had always been a happy person. She wasn’t one to get down.
But when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and left widespread desolation in its place, it also left many affected people struggling with depression, anxiety and other forms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Jensen, a resident of the Slidell, La., area, […]
‘At first, it seemed as if little things were going wrong. Bonnie Harris forgot about sales appointments; she couldn’t recall colleagues’ names. But as her job in sales became more stressful, Harris developed intense mood swings and moments of terror. She saw psychiatrists, who prescribed various medications, but the drugs only made things worse, she […]
‘The Department of Geriatric and Mental Health of the King George’s Medical University on Monday celebrated its first foundation day by organising lectures of Dr George T Grossberg, director, Geriatric Psychiatry, St. Louis University, USA. These lectures were organised on topics-‘Depression and Medical Comorbidity: A world-wide challenge’’ and ‘‘Can we prevent Alzheimer’s disese: Recent undertakings […]
‘Increasing numbers of young homeless people with mental health problems are failing to get adequate support, according to a new report.
The study found that in London almost three-quarters of homeless people, aged 16-25, had mental health problems.
But the report for the Mental Health Foundation and Centrepoint found a lack of skilled staff resulted in people […]