Those promoting medical marijuana have cited the drug’s wide array of health benefits. However, a new study from Australia states otherwise. The study was published online in “Archives of General Psychiatry.” The article concludes that people who smoke marijuana are more likely to develop mental illnesses, like schizophrenia, faster than they would otherwise. The study [...]
A study in Singapore recently showed some troubling results for children who are “hard-core” gamers. 9% of children are pathological gamers. They reach this status by playing video games for such long hours that it affects their reality. These pathological gamers are prone to increased risks of anxiety, depression, bad grades, and social phobia. For [...]
Latuda FDA Approved: Sunovion Pharma Schizophrenia Drug – On Thursday a new drug (Latuda) to treat Schizophrenia in adults from Sunovion Pharma was approved by the United States Food and Drug administration. According to studies, Schizophrenia, which can cause some extreme symptoms ranging from hearing voices to hallucinations, affects up to one per cent of [...]
Mental Health Neglect Says W.H.O. – The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) has spoken recently, regarding mental health worldwide. The W.H.O. revealed how many people who are mentally ill are going without proper care, and that not much is being done to help them through out there life. Millions of sufferers of various mental illnesses do [...]
Mental Illness Awareness Week 2010 – Everyone knows at least one person who suffers from a mental illness. It was only recently that the general population started to recognize each individual illness and did not categorize everyone with a mental disorder as someone that is “crazy” or has some sort of problem. This week has [...]
Depression Treatment : New Psychiatric Guidelines – The treatment of depression is constantly changing and evolving as more information becomes available. Now, psychiatrists are recommending new ways for treating depression that could benefit patients in the long term. The adjustments that were announced were relatively simple, and are not huge widespread changes in the treatment [...]
Parents of children who are struggling in different areas of their lives, especially with self-made problems such as addiction, divorce, or debt, are much more likely to have a more negative outlook on their own lives, a study shows. The results of the study, which has been conducted over the last several years, shows that [...]
Severe Mental Illness on The Rise in College Students – College and University can be a stressful time in anyone’s life, as many of us know from experience. However, studies have shown that the rate of severe mental illness in college students has risen greatly, according to data release on Thursday at the annual meeting [...]
The damp summer may have made us all miserable, but research suggests it is hot weather that poses a far more serious problem for vulnerable people. A team from London’s Institute of Psychiatry found that suicide rates go up during hot weather. Analysis of more than 50,000 suicides in England and Wales between 1993 and [...]
Nearly 30 percent of Americans need mental health care but only about a third of them receive it, researchers say. Reporting in the March issue of the journal Psychiatric Services, researchers interviewed 816 people in Baltimore between 1993 and 1999. They found that the most common conditions requiring treatment were alcohol dependence (14 percent) and [...]
Experts describe the physical and mental signs that may indicate emotional distress. Maybe you’re having that proverbial “bad day” – or perhaps a rough few weeks: Feeling down, anxious, overstressed, as if you’re one breath away from the “last straw.” If so, you may be surprised to learn it’s quite common; doctors say it’s part [...]
