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Prevalence Of Mental Illness
Fearing Fall and Winter: Is it all in your head?
I have read the research on seasonal affective disorder (SAD) with interest (a nice article can be found here), but I never really made the connection that it was an issue for me. After all, my mood disorder is a life-long, year-round issue that I live with, no... Read more »
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Health Care Reform Messages
By CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD , Health Expert...Chronic Care-Chronic Condition Management must include mental illness and mental disorders, such... Read more »
ADHD Around the World
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...disorder. Dr. Wang Yufeng, an expert of children's mental illnesses encourages parents to "keep... Read more »
Everything Has Its Season
By Sue Bergeson , Health ExpertFor the past several months, I've been unconsciously singing a song called "Corner of the Sky"... Read more »
Serious about Smoking Cessation?
By Sue Bergeson , Health ExpertAbout 75% of individuals with serious mental illness are tobacco dependent, compared to... Read more »
Improving Women's Mental Health
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...gender plays in diagnosing, treating, and coping with mental illness. It also points to... Read more »
Health Guide
Meet Sue Bergeson, DBSA President
...Alliance (DBSA) is the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder. DBSA has more than 1,000 peer-run... Read more »Anxiety Disorders Associated with Migraine Disease
...of Migraineurs. We recently learned that people with bipolar disorder have a significantly higher prevalence of Migraine when compared to the general population. There is also evidence of ... Read more »Bipolar Disorder Prognosis
...to themselves.Family members may also feel socially alienated by the fact of having a relative with mental illness, and feel forced to conceal this information from acquaintances.Economic... Read more »Depression in the Dorms: What You Need to Know About Mental Health and College
...is very likely earlier diagnosis and improvements in antidepressants that enable young people with mental illness to function at a higher level. In the past, those young people might not have made... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Risk Factors
...Traditional Mexican cultural effects and social ties, appear to protect recently arrived immigrants from mental illness, even when they are poor. Eventually, however, the consequences of... Read more »Images
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After Katrina: Victims Mental Health Worsening
March 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Two years later, the ravages of Hurricane Katrina are still seen, not just in destroyed property, but also in the minds of the... Read summary »
Serious mental illness boosts obesity risk, experts say
October 02, 2008Obesity has reached the point of being called a public crisis, and new research suggests that obesity is even more prevalent in people who suffer... Read summary »
Mother?s Mental Health Impacts Baby
November 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Babies carried by mothers suffering from poor mental health face significant challenges, sometimes even before they are born.... Read summary »
Depression Undiagnosed in Centenarians
November 28, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Centenarians are one of the fastest growing groups of Americans, yet little is known about their overall health. When... Read summary »
Treating Childhood Mental Disorders
August 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's estimated 15 million children have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, but only about one quarter of them are getting... Read summary »
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