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Farewell! 1 Apr 2011 | 09:15 pm
Dear Blog followers, I am moving to a new job on the 11th of April and will no longer be able to keep up my work on the Mental Health Update blog. I have really enjoyed writing for the blog over the ...
Antipsychotics and older people - new evidence on health risks 31 Mar 2011 | 10:28 pm
There has been much criticism in the past about the overuse of newer, atypical antipsychotic drugs to manage problem behaviour in elderly people with dementia. However, a new study by researchers from...
ADHD and creativity 31 Mar 2011 | 09:40 pm
Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) could be more creative than other people. Holly A. White from the University of Memphis and Priti Shah from the University of Michigan in An...
Body acceptance and social support 31 Mar 2011 | 09:25 pm
Women's acceptance of their bodies could have more to do with how other people see them than their actual weight. Researchers from Ohio State University studied 801 women between the ages of 18 and 65...
Ecstasy research moves into the real world 31 Mar 2011 | 08:58 pm
Studies into the effects of ecstasy tend to be carried out in the laboratory and don't always reflect what goes on in real life. A team of researchers led by Dr Rod Irvine from the University of Adela...
Why goody two-shoes isn't always top of the class 30 Mar 2011 | 09:35 pm
Better-behaved children don't always get better marks at school and naughtier ones don't always do worse. A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina studied 350 children in seven scho...
New research shows how violence spreads through society 30 Mar 2011 | 09:23 pm
Being exposed to violence, either watching it on TV, seeing it in the flesh or suffering it oneself is more likely to make children think it is normal and could lead to them behaving violently themsel...
Psychosis, insight and hearing voices 30 Mar 2011 | 08:49 pm
People with psychosis are said to lack insight when they have a poor awareness that they are mentally ill and don't think they need to get help. Lack of insight is associated with poorer outcomes and ...
Anxiety sensitivity and cannabis use 30 Mar 2011 | 08:30 pm
Anxiety sensitivity can be defined as being anxious about being anxious. People with anxiety sensitivity are anxious about the physical symptoms of being anxious (an upset tummy, sweaty palms, poundin...
Genetic link to suicide risk 29 Mar 2011 | 09:32 pm
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have identified a gene that could be linked to an increased risk of attempting suicide. The researchers studied 2,698 people with bipolar disorde...
