: ' mental health research'
Once-popular party drug ketamine now used to treat severe depression
It was in November 2012 that Dennis Hartman, a Seattle business executive, managed to pull himself out of bed, force himself to shower for the first time in days and board a plane that would carry [...]
Marital Issues May Give Rise to Different Emotions in Men & Women
Researchers have found that when a long marriage has troubles, women worry, become sad and get frustrated. For men, it’s sheer frustration and not much more. The study appears in the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, and [...]
Snapchat Promises the Most Positive Mood Among Social Media Platforms
According to a recent online study, Snapchat promises the most positive mood and social enjoyment out of all the social media platforms, including Facebook. The University of Michigan study found that there’s only one interaction that [...]
‘Social Brain’ Impaired In Children With Autism
Researchers discovered that the “social” part of the brain in children with autism is underdeveloped, according to a recent study. The study results showed that children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have something called hyper-perfusion, [...]
More than a third of Christians have suffered mental health issues
More than a third of Christians have suffered mental health issues, according to a survey by Christian Research to coincide with World Mental Health Day. Over 35 per cent had experienced some form of mental health issue [...]
Young offenders must be screened for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders before sentencing
Australia’s prison population is growing at unprecedented rates. In some states Indigenous prisoners far outnumber their non-Indigenous counterparts. Last year in the Northern Territory, 86% of those in prison and 96% of those in juvenile detention [...]
FIFO suicide database to be established in WA; Industry mental health code rejected
A coronial database of fly-in, fly-out worker suicides is to be set up by the Western Australia Government, but it has rejected a call for a separate code of practice to addresses mental health issues in [...]
Police force grapples with mental health and guns
A veteran police officer charged with murder had an extensive history of psychiatric problems, which has raised further concerns about Victoria Police’s handling of mental illness and its policies surrounding access to firearms. The suicide of [...]
In Honor of World Mental Health Day Here’s My Mental Heath Story
I remember the first time I knew something was wrong. I was in my junior year of high school when I thought about what would happen if I purposely fell down the stairs. I’d always been [...]
Bipolar Disorder Drug For Adults Safe For Children, Study Finds
A new study, published in the Oct. 12 issue of Pediatrics, found that a bipolar drug usually prescribed to adults is also effective and safe for children to use on a short term basis. Bipolar disorder is [...]
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Indigenous mental health must be made a priority, say psychologists
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Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
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Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
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Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
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More than half Australian infants have risk factors for adult mental illness
What absolute alarmist disease mongering garbage. You would have to be