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Current News Links Updated 5/1/2007
St. Clair County CMH News:
Medicaid Consumers Must Document Citizenship
In the past, if you had Medicaid or applied for Medicaid, you had to declare that you were a United States citizen or national, or that you were a “Qualified Alien.” All States have required that you be able to document Qualified Alien status, and some States have required you to… [Read more]
MedLine Plus Mental Health News:
Perfectionists More Stressed by Social Pressure
Perfectionists are more sensitive to psychosocial stresses than their more relaxed peers, and this greater responsiveness to stress may have health consequences… [Read more]
Spike in Neuroticism with Age Boosts Death Risk
Men with neurotic traits who become even more neurotic as they grow older face a greater risk of death than their equally neurotic peers who either mellow with age or stay the same, research shows.… [Read more]
Emotional Health Often Strong After Breast Cancer
Most older women who survive breast cancer maintain their emotional well-being, though some are at greater risk of a change for the worse, a new study suggests.… [Read more]
Study Probes Parkinson Drugs' Effect on Motivation
Drugs that modify levels of a key brain chemical, called dopamine, also influence how people react to success and failure, British scientists say.… [Read more]
Therapy of Limited Benefit After Suicide in Family
Family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy has little effect on many of the aspects of the bereavement following the suicide of a spouse or other family member, Dutch physicians have found.… [Read more]
Implantable Defibrillators Offer Heart Patients a Better Quality of Life
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) help heart disease patients live longer, lead more active lives and enjoy a quality of life comparable to that of average Americans.… [Read more]
Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Mental Problems
Mental health problems, such as anxiety disorders and depression, are common in women who smoke during pregnancy and may be part of the reason they do so, researchers have found.… [Read more]
One in Four Hospital Patients Is Admitted with a Mental Health or Substance Abuse Disorder
Almost one-fourth of all stays in U.S. community hospitals for patients age 18 and older—7.6 million of nearly 32 million stays—involved depressive, bipolar, schizophrenia and other mental health disorders or substance use related disorders in 2004.… [Read more]
Too Many Americans Shun Needed Mental Health Care
Nearly 30 percent of Americans need mental health care but only about a third of them receive it, researchers say.… [Read more]
National Institute of Mental Health News:
In Second Try to Treat Depression, Cognitive Therapy Generally As Effective As Medication
Switching to or adding cognitive therapy (CT) after a first unsuccessful attempt at treating depression with an antidepressant medication is generally as effective as switching to or adding another medication, but remission may take longer to achieve.… [Read more]
Cortex Area Thinner in Youth with Alzheimer's-Related Gene
A part of the brain first affected by Alzheimer's disease is thinner in youth with a risk gene for the disorder.… [Read more]
Benefits of Antidepressants May Outweigh Risks for Kids
The benefits of antidepressant medications likely outweigh their risks to children and adolescents with major depression and anxiety disorders, according to a new comprehensive review of pediatric trials conducted between 1988 and 2006.… [Read more]
Scientists Switch Neurons On and Off Using Light
Researchers have invented a genetically-engineered way to turn the electrical impulses of brain cells on and off with pulses of blue and yellow light — in synch with the split-second pace of real time neuronal activity.… [Read more]
In Other News:
Keeping up with the latest consumer health information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just got easier. FDA announced two new initiatives to enhance online communications. A Web page, Consumer Health Information for You and Your Family, provides comprehensive and timely consumer information. A free monthly e-newsletter, FDA Consumer Health Information, will alert consumers to content contained on the page.
