CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health articles from December 2005

CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health archives from December 2005

Note from the editor.(Editorial)
December 22, 2005... In today's globalized economy, with its emphasis on rapid reaction, innovation and the capacity to constantly renew skills, ignoring workplace mental health and substance use problems and absorbing their costs is not a viable option. Mental...

A view from CAMH.(CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH)
December 22, 2005... This issue of CrossCurrents deals with the intersection between mental illness, addiction and work. Work is, for many of us, essential not only to our self-definition but also to our self-worth. As a clinician, I believe self-esteem is...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2005... I was most disappointed with Peter Menzies' review of my book Fighting Firewater Fictions: Beyond the Disease Model of Alcoholism, which appeared in the summer issue of CrossCurrents, and thus feel compelled to reply. Menzies makes the...

Study emphasizes need for individualized medication plans to treat schizophrenia.(news)(Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness)
December 22, 2005... New is not necessarily improved. At least not when it comes to antipsychotic drugs used to treat people diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to the results of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, funded by the...

Validating the voices of young women around depression.(news)
December 22, 2005... "I have great friends and an awesome family who support me... but they don't fully understand. The girls do!" --VALIDITY participant, northern Ontario Research over the past decade has shown that throughout childhood and...

Risk factors emerge for treatment-resistant depression.(research update)(Brief article)
December 22, 2005... Concurrent anxiety disorder, a poor initial response to antidepressants and current suicide risk increase the risk of developing treatment-resistant depression (TRD), according to researchers at the University Clinic of Brussels in Belgium. TRD...

ADHD predicts future smoking.(research update)(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief article)
December 22, 2005... Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to become smokers, and those with more ADHD symptoms are at higher risk, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Although ADHD has already been...

Eating disorders and anxiety go hand in hand.(research update)(Brief article)
December 22, 2005... Adolescent girls with eating disorders may be at risk of developing anxiety disorders, and vice versa, according to a study out of the University of Iowa. Researchers examined the simultaneous occurrence of eating disorders and mood disorders...

Family alcohol dependence and child drinking.(research update)(Brief article)
December 22, 2005... A family history of alcohol dependence has little to do with the age at which a child takes his or her first alcoholic drink, according to researchers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Using data collected through the ongoing...

Early treatment for schizophrenia leads to better outcomes.(research update)(Brief article)
December 22, 2005... The greater the time between onset of psychosis and its treatment, the greater the severity of negative symptoms, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Researchers conducted a literature search and 43...

Brain region linked to addiction.(research update)(Brief article)
December 22, 2005... Researchers at McLean Hospital in Boston have identified an area of the brain that appears to play a key role in why cocaine and other stimulants are highly addictive. Researchers found that the cerebellar vermis, which is involved in other...

Childhood stress may cause early memory impairment.(research update)(Brief article)
December 22, 2005... Psychological stress caused by parental loss, abuse or neglect during infancy may result in memory loss and cognitive decline in middle age, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. The study,...

Afghanistan: Narco-state or the future of pain treatment?(news)
December 22, 2005... After more than two decades of war, Afghanistan has finally emerged into a kind of peace. With the recent success of parliamentary elections behind him, President Hamid Karzai's moderate central government is hoping that the next few years will...

Betting on the job: gambling as a workplace issue.(focus)
December 22, 2005... PETER * WORKED AT A SOFTWARE COMPANY. AT THE CASINO, his game was blackjack. He was a "card counter," memorizing which cards had already been played. He would sneak out of work early and took too many sick days. By the time the casino...

From awareness to action: promoting a holistic vision for healthy workplaces.(focus)
December 22, 2005... JOE STOPPED SAYING GOOD MORNING TO YOU WEEKS AGO. Instead, he now walks into the office, head down, ill a fast and angry clip. He doesn't chat with you like he used to about the weather, last night's episode of Survivor or anything else. He...

Returning to work and staying there: supportive workplaces promote recovery.(focus)
December 22, 2005... AS THE FORMER OWNER OF A BROKERAGE FIRM, MARY ANN Baynton regularly made accommodations for the special needs of staff--chairs for back problems and flextime to pick up children from school, for example. These are the kinds of workplace...

Bullying in nursing: building a culture of respect combats lateral violence.(focus)
December 22, 2005... "When Mary retired, we realized she'd been hoarding equipment in her locker. We'd all wanted to be as organized as her but we hadn't realized all those years that she was preventing us from doing our jobs." "On my very first shift out of...

Too crazy to work: six myths that have misguided vocational rehabilitation.(focus)
December 22, 2005... INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL, ILLNESS FACE THE most stigmatization in the workplace and the greatest barriers to employment of all people with disabilities, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association. These individuals face many...

Common questions about substance use and the workplace.(q & a)(Interview)
December 22, 2005... This Q&A is based on an interview with Jeff Wilbee, executive director of Addictions Ontario in Kingston, which represents addiction services providers across the province. How does substance abuse present itself at work? It makes...

Downloaded.(web sites on workplace drug and alcohol policies)(Website overview)
December 22, 2005... WORKPLACE POLICIES AROUND ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS Developing workplace drug and alcohol policies and drug testing in the workplace continue to be key topics for information seekers, whether individuals or representatives of business and...

Don't assume we're too sick to work.(the last word)
December 22, 2005... It's one thing if an employee is recovering from depression, or struggling with anxiety. It's another if he or she is a frequent flyer with symptoms that may make it very difficult to perform on the job. How do you accommodate someone...

Conferences.(Calendar)
December 22, 2005... CANADA Early Years Biennial Conference: "Child Development Practices--A Decade of Change" February 2-4, Vancouver, British Columbia Contact: University of British Columbia, Division of Healthcare Communication, College of Health...