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Topic: mental health

Study: People who have had multiple concussions have more suicidal thoughts

Study: People who have had multiple concussions have more suicidal thoughts

May 16, 2013 5:03 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've sustained multiple brain injuries throughout their life were more likely to report suicidal thoughts than people with one or no concussions, according to ... Read more
VA drive to hire 1,600 mental health professionals hits community clinics’ supply

VA drive to hire 1,600 mental health professionals hits community clinics’ supply

April 7, 2013 1:35 pm by | 0 Comments

The Department of Veterans Affairs, trying to cope with a surge in psychological needs of veterans, has vowed to hire 1,600 additional mental health care professionals by the end of ... Read more
After wrapping up Phase 2 trial for schizophrenia drug, Reviva snags $12 million

After wrapping up Phase 2 trial for schizophrenia drug, Reviva snags $12 million

March 26, 2013 4:25 pm by | 0 Comments

Fresh off completing enrollment in its Phase 2 clinical trial, a California drug startup developing therapies for central nervous system disorders has quietly raised $12 million.Reviva Pharmaceuticals Inc. saw 82 ... Read more
New diagnostics firm asks: Can genes give clues about who’s at risk for antidepressant-related suicide and violence?

New diagnostics firm asks: Can genes give clues about who’s at risk for antidepressant-related suicide and violence?

March 18, 2013 4:12 pm by | 0 Comments

In the 25 years since Prozac hit the market, the drug class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors has accumulated millions of users (1 in 10 Americans over the age ... Read more
Combat soldiers more likely to commit violent crimes: study

Combat soldiers more likely to commit violent crimes: study

March 14, 2013 8:04 pm by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - British soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan - particularly young men and those who have seen active combat - are more likely to commit violent ... Read more
Health care cuts from vaccinations to research

Health care cuts from vaccinations to research

March 11, 2013 10:45 am by | 0 Comments

Sequestration spares Medicaid and almost all of Medicare, but automatic cuts to other federal health care programs will make it more difficult for low-income Americans to get maternal and infant ... Read more
FDA approves once-monthly Abilify for schizophrenia

FDA approves once-monthly Abilify for schizophrenia

February 28, 2013 7:26 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Regulators on Thursday approved a once-monthly injectable form of Abilify, the blockbuster treatment for schizophrenia, which will be sold by Japanese drugmaker Otsuka and Danish drug group Lundbeck.In ... Read more
Pressure rising to avoid federal spending cuts that will impact health programs

Pressure rising to avoid federal spending cuts that will impact health programs

February 20, 2013 6:08 am by | 0 Comments

Pressure is mounting for Washington to find a way to avoid the automatic spending reductions set to begin March 1, with President Barack Obama Tuesday urging Congress to stop the "meat-cleaver ... Read more
BiolineRX hopes for breakthrough with schizophrenia drug

BiolineRX hopes for breakthrough with schizophrenia drug

February 10, 2013 3:00 am by | 0 Comments

2013 is shaping up to be an interesting year for drug development company BiolineRX Ltd. (Nasdaq: BLRX); TASE:BLRX). The company procured new products during 2012, and consolidated its dual-listing status, ... Read more
Along with meds, brain stimulation may aid depression

Along with meds, brain stimulation may aid depression

February 6, 2013 4:19 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating people with depression using weak electrical currents passed into the brain through a headband may help relieve some of their symptoms when combined with ... Read more
Smoking more common among mentally ill

Smoking more common among mentally ill

February 6, 2013 2:21 am by | 0 Comments

Someone with a mental illness lights up three of every 10 cigarettes smoked in America, according to a report released Tuesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The ... Read more
U.S. mental health experts urge focus on childhood screening

U.S. mental health experts urge focus on childhood screening

January 24, 2013 5:29 pm by | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. mental health system has huge gaps that prevent many children with psychological problems from receiving effective treatment that could prevent tragic consequences later in life, ... Read more
Children’s mental illness treated early with new approach

Children’s mental illness treated early with new approach

January 21, 2013 11:03 am by | 1 Comments

A new model of treating childhood depression that's playing out at St. Luke's hospital and clinics in Duluth emerged from soul-searching over the 2005 Red Lake High School shootings."At the ... Read more
Medicaid expansion will help states restore lost mental healthcare money

Medicaid expansion will help states restore lost mental healthcare money

January 18, 2013 6:30 am by | 0 Comments

Because Medicaid includes mental-health benefits, those states that opt into the Medicaid expansion included in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will be able to make mental health coverage available to thousands ... Read more
Dutch researchers say some teenagers may use pot to manage psychotic symptoms

Dutch researchers say some teenagers may use pot to manage psychotic symptoms

December 25, 2012 4:57 pm by | 3 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Marijuana (cannabis) use may be linked to the development of psychotic symptoms in teens - but the reverse could also be true: psychosis in adolescents ... Read more