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U. S. Department of Defense Has Awarded a $20 Million Contract to Abbott Laboratories

Aug 20, 2014

The U. S. Department of Defense has awarded a $20 million contract to Abbott Laboratories to improve traumatic brain injury testing for military personnel, according to a Pentagon report. The report details that the $19.5 million ...

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Spending on Health Care for Children Covered by ESI Increased

Feb 27, 2014

Health care spending higher for boys than girls; rise in teen use of prescriptions and mental health services; spending on babies highest of any children's age group Spending on health care for children covered by employer-sponsored ...

Tags: Health, Medicine, Health Care, Service

New Research Quantifying The Risk of Admission to Hospital Has Identified a Raised Risk

Feb 26, 2014

New research quantifying the risk of admission to hospital for self-harm has identified a raised risk of self-harm among groups of patients with certain physical illnesses. While it is known that psychiatric illnesses are associated with a ...

Tags: Risk of Self-Harm, Certain Physical Illnesses, migraine, psoriasis, eczema

Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents

Feb 26, 2014

Health Affairs: Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents And Generate Savings For Medicare Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are frequent and result in complications, morbidity, and Medicare ...

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Women Living in Rural Communities Are Less Likely to Receive Sufficient Mental Health Care

Feb 26, 2014

Women living in rural communities are less likely than urban-dwelling women to receive sufficient mental health care, in large part due to limited access to services and societal stigma, according to medicine and public health researchers. ...

Tags: Rural Women, Depressive Mood, Anxiety Symptoms, health care

More Seniority Employees Had on Job,More Positively They Viewed People with Mental Illness

Feb 14, 2014

One might think that after years of seeing people at their worst, mental health workers would harbor negative attitudes about mental illness, perhaps associating people with mental health issues as less competent or dangerous. But a new ...

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Some U.S. Behavioral Health Is Improving and More Are Getting off of Heroin

Feb 8, 2014

Some U.S. behavioral health is improving -- the rate of prescription pain reliever abuse dropped, and more are getting off of heroin, health officials say. A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of ...

Tags: prescription pain reliever abuse, teen, behavioral health problems

Griffith and Gold Coast Health Program to Help Teenagers Better Manage Their Condition

Feb 8, 2014

A Griffith University and Gold Coast Health program to help teenagers with diabetes better manage their condition has seen success on the Gold Coast. A joint collaboration between Griffith, Child, Youth and Mental Health Services, ...

Tags: diabetes, IPT, adolescent, Kelly Bowers

A New Community Program Is Helping African-American Women Embrace Good Health

Jan 22, 2014

A new community program is helping African-American women embrace good health by enabling treatment of substance abuse and mental health problems that increase their risk of HIV infection or spreading the virus. SHE PREVAILS, which is ...

Tags: HIV Risk, Health, Medicine

For The Mentally Ill, Finding Treatment Grows Harder

Jan 20, 2014

The impact of the health law on individuals needing mental health services, as well as on small businesses and the homeless are explored by various media outlets. The Wall Street Journal: For The Mentally Ill, Finding Treatment Grows ...

Tags: Mental Health Services, Health Law, Health&Medicine, Health&Medicine News

American Adults Who Use Illicit Drugs Are Much More Likely to Think About Suicide

Jan 18, 2014

American adults who use illicit drugs are much more likely to think about suicide than those in the general population, a new federal government survey says. Latest Mental Health News City Parks Boost Mood, Study Suggests Health Tip: Stop ...

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A Report Found 3.9 Percent of Age 18 or Older Had Serious Thoughts About Suicide

Jan 18, 2014

U.S. adults who use illicit drugs are far more likely than the general adult population to seriously consider suicide, health officials say. A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. ...

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The Number of U.S. Teens Taking The Club Drug Ecstasy Has More Than Doubled

Dec 27, 2013

The number of U.S. teens who wind up in the emergency room after taking the club drug Ecstasy has more than doubled in recent years, raising concerns that the hallucinogen is back in vogue, federal officials report. Emergency room visits ...

Tags: US teens, club drug, Ecstasy, hallucinogen, teens health

Ecstasy-Related Hospital ER Visits Rose 128 Percent for Those Age 21 and Younger

Dec 9, 2013

From 2005-11, ecstasy-related U.S. hospital emergency department visits rose 128 percent for those age 21 and younger, mental health officials said. A report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the ...

Tags: hospital, health

BBRF Has Announced The Latest Recipients of Its Narsad Distinguished Investigator Grants

Nov 12, 2013

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of president and CEO Dr Jeffrey Borenstein, has announced the latest ...

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