Climate change impacts global mental health- ExpertsDecember 4th, 2009 more imagesWASHINGTON - Climate change can have an adverse effect on global mental health, according to experts. Dr Lisa Page and Dr Louise Howard from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London climate change have claimed these effects will be felt most by those with pre-existing serious mental illness.
Pets can help humans tide over adversities, mental illnessDecember 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Anyone who keeps a pet knows the immense joy and comfort that it can provide, especially in troubled times. A growing body of research now documents the value of the human-animal bond in child development, elderly care, mental illness, physical impairment, dementia, abuse and trauma recovery.
Gene linked to abnormalities in learning, behaviour identifiedNovember 9th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have identified a new gene linked to significant abnormalities in learning and behaviour. They said that the loss of CHRNA7 gene through deletion of genetic material on chromosome 15 is associated with abnormalities.
Junk food diet 'can give you depression'November 2nd, 2009 LONDON - People who indulge in diets high in processed food face an increased risk of depression, says a new study. To reach the conclusion, researchers at University College London examined the link between the diet and depression.
MBBS students should have separate paper on mental health: NHRCOctober 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mental illness will be the biggest health risk in India by next year but the number of specialist doctors to deal with it is grossly inadequate. Hoping to fill the huge gap, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has suggested that mental health be made a separate subject for medical students.
Gifts, greeting cards 'can support mentally-ill'October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Sending cards and gifts to friends and family suffering with mental health problems may aid their recovery, say experts. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, cards and gifts were a simple way to support people with mental illness.
Men more vulnerable to mental illness, say experts (Oct 10 is World Mental Health Day)October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Don't reprimand your son for sobbing over a problem he is facing or tick him off for "behaving like a sissy". It would only make him bottle up his emotions and lead to serious implications on his overall well being.
Gene that regulates breast cancer metastasis identifiedOctober 6th, 2009 LONDON - Wistar Institute scientists have identified a gene called KLF17, which appears to be involved in the spread of breast cancer throughout the body. "Identifying the gene that suppresses the spread of tumor cells and the mechanisms by which this suppression occurs can lead to the discovery of new markers of metastasis and potential targets for cancer prevention and treatment," Nature quoted Dr Qihong Huang, assistant professor at The Wistar Institute and senior author of the study as saying.
Gene that controls number of brain cells identifiedOctober 5th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists from University of North Carolina have identified a gene that controls the number of cells composing brain. Called GSK-3, the gene has been found to strike a balance between two key processes - proliferation, in which the cells multiply to provide plenty of starting materials, and differentiation, in which those materials evolve into functioning neurons.
Gene mutation behind pupils' low grades identifiedSeptember 24th, 2009 LONDON - A gene that affects memory and IQ among students has been identified, say researchers. Chun-Yen Chang, an education researcher at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, says that teens with a particular mutation in the COMT gene have been found to score significantly lower on a national placement exam, compared with students who had other versions of the gene.
Mental disorders may be more common than previously believedSeptember 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An international study suggests that the prevalence of anxiety, depression and substance dependency may be twice as high as the mental health community has been led to believe. Duke University psychologists Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi and their collaborators from the UK and New Zealand say that it depends upon how one goes about measuring.
Anxiety, depression much more common than thoughtSeptember 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The prevalence of anxiety, depression and drug dependency may be twice as high as the mental health community has been led to believe. Duke University psychologists Terrie Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi and colleagues used a long-term tracking study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders from birth to the age 32 to conclude that people vastly under-report the degree of mental illness they have suffered.
New Alzheimer's-related genes identifiedSeptember 7th, 2009 LONDON - A group of British scientists have identified two new genes that are linked with Alzheimer's disease. After analysing the gene pool of more than 19,000 older European and U.S.
'Addiction gene' puts white women at high risk of becoming drug, booze addictsSeptember 1st, 2009 LONDON - Scientists at Yale University have identified an 'addiction gene' that puts white women at high risk of drink or drug abuse. The finding paves way for a DNA test to screen for those people who are most at risk of becoming drug addicts or alcoholics.
Mental health stigma damaging to careerAugust 31st, 2009 LONDON - A shocking 92 percent of the British public believes that admitting mental illness is damaging to one's career. The three careers most damaged were doctors (56 percent), emergency services (54 percent) and teachers (48 percent).
November 26th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
How many times have we heard this before “Gene responsible for mental illness found”
Yet in fact with these “huge misleading headlines”, the science has never been able to back up these claims under scrutiny.
I suspect this was just another Pharmaceutical Corporate sponsored study to help keep this myth of the gene/disease/chemical imbalance theories alive.