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Study Finds Women Catch up with Men in Drinking Alcohol
Nov 18, 2016A new research has found that women are catching up with men on their alcohol consumption and its impact on their health. Research by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, said ...
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The Bill Will Be Tested in a One-Year Pilot From January 1, 2016
Jul 13, 2015The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill requiring pharmacy firms to provide numerical locking device for bottles containing prescribed painkillers, to avoid abuse by children. The bill will be tested in a one-year pilot from ...
Tags: Illinois General Assembly, locking device, packaging machine
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Pregnant and Postpartum Women Have Significant Mental Health and Mothering Challenges
Feb 27, 2014Pregnant and postpartum women with bipolar disorder more frequently have significant mental health and early mothering challenges than other perinatal women undergoing psychiatric treatment, according to a study in the Journal of Affective ...
Tags: Pregnant Woman, Mental Health, BD, PTSD
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Drexel University Will Begin a Major Expansion of Its Nurse-Managed Health Center
Feb 27, 2014Drexel University will begin a major expansion of its nurse-managed health center which is nationally recognized as a model of integrated care. With a new gift of $2.5 million from the Sheller Family Foundation, the center at 850 N. 11th ...
Tags: Health Center, RWJF, Drexel University, underserved community
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FMCSA Is Taking Comments on Its Proposed Clearinghouse for Drug and Alcohol Test Results
Feb 27, 2014Feb 24, 2014 01:48 PM ARLINGTON, VA — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is taking comments on its proposed clearinghouse for drug and alcohol test results until April 21. It will post a final rule after it has ...
Tags: FMCSA, Drug, Alcohol Reg, PCP
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Kentucky Heroin Overdose Deaths and Emergency Department Visits Increased
Feb 27, 2014LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Kentucky heroin overdose deaths and emergency department visits increased from 2011 to 2012, while prescription painkiller overdoses dropped, officials say. A report by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and ...
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Psychosis Patients Were More Likely Than Others to Disengage Intervention Program
Feb 27, 2014By Afsaneh Gray, medwireNews Reporter A study of first-episode psychosis patients in Hong Kong has found that those with fewer negative symptoms at presentation and poor medication compliance were more likely than others to disengage from ...
Tags: Intervention, Disengagement, negative symptom, schizoaffective disorder
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Psychosis Patients Were More Likely to Disengage From an Early Intervention Program
Feb 27, 2014By Afsaneh Gray, medwireNews Reporter A study of first-episode psychosis patients in Hong Kong has found that those with fewer negative symptoms at presentation and poor medication compliance were more likely than others to disengage from ...
Tags: Intervention, Disengagement, negative symptom, schizoaffective disorder
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Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents
Feb 26, 2014Health 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 ...
Tags: Telemedicine, Medicaid, Medicare Premium
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More Seniority Employees Had on Job,More Positively They Viewed People with Mental Illness
Feb 14, 2014One 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 ...
Tags: mental health, mental illness
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Some U.S. Behavioral Health Is Improving and More Are Getting off of Heroin
Feb 8, 2014Some 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
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A New Community Program Is Helping African-American Women Embrace Good Health
Jan 22, 2014A 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 ...
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American Adults Who Use Illicit Drugs Are Much More Likely to Think About Suicide
Jan 18, 2014American 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, 2014U.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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Single Question May Help Doctors Determine Whether a Patient Has a Drug or Alcohol Problem
Jan 16, 2014A single question may help doctors determine whether a patient has a drug or alcohol problem and the level of abuse, a new study suggests. Keep it simple is the message from the study of nearly 300 people recruited from the Boston Medical ...
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