Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from July 2008

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from July 2008

Binge drinking tied to conditions in the college environment.
July 28, 2008... Heavy alcohol use, or binge drinking, among college students in the United States is tied to conditions in the college environment. That is one of the key findings from research conducted by researchers with the Harvard School of Public Health...

Genetic variations put youth at higher risk for lifetime of tobacco addiction.
July 28, 2008... Common genetic variations affecting nicotine receptors in the nervous system can significantly increase the chance that European Americans who begin smoking by age 17 will struggle with lifelong nicotine addiction, according to researchers at...

Incorrectly cleaved protein leads to schizophrenia.
July 28, 2008... Schizophrenia is a disease that strikes an average of 4000 Belgians every year. The causes of this psychiatric disorder are not yet clear. But now, VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that a disturbed...

New data from M. Linden et al illuminate research in adjustment disorders.(Report)
July 28, 2008... According to a study from Berlin, Germany, "The posttraumatic embitterment disorder (PTED) is a specific form of adjustment disorder. The purpose of this study was to specify diagnostic criteria of PTED, and to develop a standardized instrument...

Reports from M. Katerelos and co-researchers add new data to research in anxiety disorders.(Report)
July 28, 2008... According to a study from Hamilton, Canada, "This study explored the psychometric properties and utility of the exposure hierarchy as a measure of treatment outcome for social anxiety disorder (SAD). An exposure hierarchy was created for each...

Data from Chinese University of Hong Kong provide new insights into dementia.
July 28, 2008... According to a study from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, "With increasing demand for dementia care in the Chinese community, there is a pressing need to identify practical and valid assessment toot for early detection of dementia. In a...

Research from Duke University yields new findings on dementia.(Clinical report)
July 28, 2008... "Spouses are often the first providers of informal care when their partners develop dementia. We used The National Longitudinal Caregiver Study (NLCS, 4 annual surveys, 1999 to 2002) and identified 3 distinct longitudinal patterns (trajectory...

Studies from Chonnam National University reveal new findings on depression.
July 28, 2008... "It has been reported that prevalence estimates, symptom presentation, and sociocultural risk and protective factors for depression differ between Caucasian and East Asian populations. But, nonetheless, as the vast majority of twin studies of...

Investigators at Indiana University target life sciences.
July 28, 2008... "This article describes several field and laboratory experiments that investigate an identity congruency effect on donations. Experiment 1 is a field experiment showing that consumers give more money to a public radio station if they are told...

Research from C.H. Warner and co-authors yields new data on mental health.
July 28, 2008... "This study examined soldier attitudes about postdeployment mental health screening, treatment, barriers to care, strategies for overcoming barriers, and settings, personnel and timing for conducting postdeployment mental health screening....

Research from Columbia University provide new insights into mental health.
July 28, 2008... According to recent research published in the Community Mental Health Journal, "The evidence-based practice demonstration for services to adults with serious mental illness has ended its pilot stage. This paper presents the approaches states...

Scientists at University of Texas release new data on mental health.
July 28, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "The study compares counselor and client characteristics of state-funded co-occurring disorder (COPSD) programs in mental health (MH) versus substance abuse (SA) settings." "SA...

Research on mental illness discussed by S.R. Currie and co-researchers.
July 28, 2008... "Six and 12-month outcomes are reported on 79 mentally ill persons attending either a 4- or 8-session community-based smoking cessation group. Quit rates at post, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups were 16, 19, 16, and 19%, respectively, with no...

Researchers from University of Padua report recent findings in mental retardation.
July 28, 2008... "People's ideas about work can greatly affect the ways in which they characterize their own work experience and their lives. The first aim of the present study was to analyze the concept of work in individuals with mild or moderate intellectual...

Scientists at Australian National University, Center for Mental Health Research discuss research in depression.
July 28, 2008... Data detailed in 'Plenty of activity but little outcome data: a review of the "grey literature" on primary care anxiety and depression programs in Australia' have been presented. According to a study from Canberra, Australia, "To identify...

Scientists at Monash University detail research in depression.(Report)
July 28, 2008... New research, 'What do general practitioners think depression is? A taxonomy of distress and depression for general practice,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Melbourne, Australia, "To create a taxonomy of distress...

Studies from Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College in the area of life sciences published.
July 28, 2008... Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Firearm death rates and association with level of firearm purchase background check.' "Past ecologic analyses of firearm deaths have studied the effects of various gun-control laws;...

Diageo Applauds New Law in California That Increases Penalties on Alcohol-Related Reckless Drivers.
July 28, 2008... Diageo, the world's leading spirits, wine and beer company applauds California's Legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger for adopting Assembly Bill No. 2802, increasing the penalties for motorists convicted of alcohol-related reckless driving....

Helping Children Through Divorce - B.B. the Bear Nationwide Children's Book.
July 28, 2008... On September 19, 2008, International Kids Alliance Network (IKAN) will host the second in a series of nationwide children's book charity events to launch the book, You and Me Make Three. Held from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Walter P. Chrysler...

IPT: Madrid Interfaith Conference Run by Alleged Associate of Al Qaeda Financier and Suicide Bombing Supporter.(Conference news)
July 28, 2008... The Investigative Project on Terrorism (www.investigativeproject.org) exclusively reveals today that a major international interfaith conference set to start Wednesday in Madrid was organized by an alleged associate of a senior Al Qaeda...

Phlo Affiliate Announces Significant Distribution Expansion In California.
July 28, 2008... Phlo Corporation (Pink Sheets: PHCP) (the "Company") announced that the market penetration in Northern California of its vitality beverage, AQISS(TM), will be significantly expanded with the help of Morris Distributing, one of the largest...

Groundbreaking American Journal of Play from Strong National Museum of Play(R) Premiers July 2008.
July 28, 2008... Strong National Museum of Play is pleased to announce the launch in mid-July of the American Journal of Play, the first interdisciplinary journal anywhere dedicated solely to the study of play (see also Strong National Museum of Play). The...