Archive for the ‘Mental Health’ Category
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Mental Health America presented six outstanding young advocates with mpower awards for their exceptional efforts to raise awareness of mental health issues among America's youth at the Dinner and Awards Ceremony of its 2008 Conference, No Health Without Mental Health, June 7, 2008, in Washington, D.C. A Mental Health America ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Mental Health America will honor twelve professional and student journalists for outstanding coverage of mental health issues tomorrow at a Media Awards luncheon held during its Inaugural Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Summit in Washington, D.C. "The Media Awards bring together the very best mental health stories in print ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Mental Health America honored four leading mental health advocates today for their tireless efforts to improve conditions for mental health consumers, during its 2008 Annual Conference, featuring the Inaugural Promotion and Prevention Summit in Washington, D.C. "Their compassion, dedication and optimism should serve as a benchmark for all of us ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Depression will affect up to 25% of the population at some point in their lives. It also has been shown to have a strong genetic component. For example, if one of your close family members has depression, your chance of also being a sufferer is three to four times ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Teenage cannabis users are more likely to suffer psychotic symptoms that raise the risk of full-blown mental illness in later life, according to a new study in the British Journal of Psychiatry. Adolescent drug takers interviewed for the largest study of its kind reported experiencing at least three symptoms indicating ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Mental Health America will honor Congressman Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) with its Career Achievement Award for his invaluable contributions and untiring leadership in championing parity legislation to improve access to mental health and addiction treatment. Ramstad will be presented the award at the kickoff of the Capitol Hill Advocacy Day of ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Commenting on the Government's consultation launched about the future of volunteering in health and social care, Mind's Chief Executive Paul Farmer said:"The contribution that volunteers make in supporting health and social care services cannot be underestimated. It is appropriate that during National Volunteers Week that the Government has acknowledged the ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
As the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works to close the last trailer parks that many Gulf-area hurricane survivors call home this weekend, the findings of a new study suggest that displacement affects survivors' mental health. More than half of the study participants reported significant long-term mental health distress, ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Mr John Moloney, T.D. Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children welcomed the publication of the 2007 Mental Health Commission Annual Report which includes the Report of the Inspector of Mental Health Services.Full implementation of the Mental Health Act 2001 in November 2007 heralded the beginning ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Commenting on the release of the King's Fund report on the cost of mental health care, Paying the Price, Mind Chief Executive Paul Farmer said:"Today's report makes a robust economic case to invest more broadly in mental health because it's worth it. We've got the clinical evidence, we've got the ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Leading mental health charity Mind would like to thank Positive Weather Solutions for their continued support over the last six months. Positive Weather Solutions, which presents the only long-range forecast giving an indication of the weather for the next three months, has been giving Mind plenty of exposure featuring the ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
People with dementia are entitled to the same dignity and quality of care as any other patient, but the symptoms of this devastating condition can make this a real challenge. People may find their dignity is compromised by problems with communication. In these situations the support of dementia trained care ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The news that Oscar Pistorius, the disabled athlete known as the 'Blade Runner', will be able to try to represent his country in the Olympic Games is welcome and timely. In that same spirit, RADAR and the UK Sports Association for People with Learning Disability (UKSA) are calling on the ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
This study investigates the relationship between personality constructs and different anxiety types among Chinese and Caucasian college students, and found that socially-prescribed perfectionism appeared to be a more accurate predictor of anxiety for the Chinese group as compared to their Caucasian counterparts. For the individualistic Caucasian culture - which ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
This June 6-7 in Washington, D.C., Mental Health America will convene an extraordinary group of mental health experts, advocates, organizations and researchers committed to advancing a promotion and prevention agenda to drive down the tragically high rates and profound impact of mental health and substance use conditions in the United ...
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