Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from November 2004

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from November 2004

Problematic behavior of demented patients affected by caregivers' attitudes.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Maastricht researcher Marjolein de Vugt has found that carers of demented family members can exacerbate the demented patient's problematic behavior. If they cannot accept the behavioral...

Levels of fibroblast growth factors significantly lower in depressed people.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The brains of people with severe depression have lower levels of several related molecules that are key to the development, organization, growth and repair of the brain than the brains of people without...

Mothers' "emotion coaching" helps children overcome impacts of family violence.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When women engage in a technique called emotion coaching, even in families where there is domestic violence, their children are less aggressive, depressed, and withdrawn, researchers have found. ...

MMR vaccination not associated with developmental disorders.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found no evidence that measles-mumps-rubella vaccination causes developmental disorders. Concern that measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination might cause autism has led to a fall...

Life goals an important focus for successful treatment.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Details from a large-scale survey focusing on treatment goals for schizophrenia shed new light on what physicians and people with schizophrenia feel is important for long-term quality care, according to...

U.S. HHS awards grants to treat co-occurring substance abuse/mental disorders.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced the award of 4 grants totaling $19.3 million over 5 years to increase the capacity of state treatment systems to provide...

Forecast: Considerable research to be devoted to pathomechanism of Alzheimer.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Management of Alzheimer disease remains a challenge, with nearly 8 million sufferers from this condition in the 7 major world markets and anticipated increases in the future. Considerable research...

NSAID prodrugs show promise for CNS delivery.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A series of prodrugs of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) show promise for CNS delivery of these agents. NSAIDs "have been proposed to prevent or to cure Alzheimer disease," according...

Neuronal transport may play a role in neuritic degeneration.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neuronal transport may play a role in neuritic degeneration. According to a study from the United States, "The presence of amyloid plaques in the brain is one of the pathological hallmarks of...

U.S. government to launch major study of Alzheimer patients.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About 800 older Americans will be asked to lend their brains to science this spring, part of a major government study to track early Alzheimer disease. Researchers will use brain-scanning MRIs and...

p-tau 231 assay improves early stage Alzheimer disease detection.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An assay developed by Applied NeuroSolutions (APNS), when combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), was shown to identify neural signposts in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a...

ADHD not just a children's disease.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is usually associated with children, it can be a lifelong disorder. Studies uncover statistically significant numbers of adults with ADHD....

FDA approves ABILIFY for acute bipolar mania, including manic and mixed episodes.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ABILIFY (aripiprazole) for the treatment of acute bipolar...

Support groups aid women with BRCA1/2 gene mutations.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study finds support groups can relieve the anxiety and depression associated with carrying BRCA1 or 2 gene mutations, the so-called "cancer genes." The results of the first study to...

Chiropractors cite alternatives to antidepressants for pain-related depression.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Studies show that exercise and chiropractic care are can be helpful in treating depression. With the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings that antidepressant drugs may cause...

New York investigates rare brain-disease deaths in Ulster County.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New York State health officials are probing the deaths of four Ulster County residents who died in recent months of a rare brain disease. "It's a bit of a puzzle and we are trying to solve it now,"...

Major overhaul needed in end-of life care for patients with dementia.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three University of Chicago geriatricians are calling for creative and wide-reaching solutions to the problem of suboptimal end-of-life care for patients with dementia. An estimated 500,000 people...

Are depressed patients exploited by the drug industry?
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by an Italian group of investigators headed by Professor Giovanni A. Fava (University of Bologna) suggests that with appropriate psychosocial interventions, half of the patients with recurrent...

Scientists find new clues underlying mood disorders.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found altered gene activity in people who suffer from major depression, a discovery that may one day help doctors better diagnose and treat the condition. The research, conducted...

Sphingomyelinase inhibitors reduce ischemic neuron death.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) inhibitors significantly reduced ischemic neuron death in a murine model. Magnesium-dependent neutral N-SMase "present in plasma membranes is an enzyme that can be...

Laughter helps patients communicate emotion in therapy sessions.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Laughter may be the best medicine, but the role laughter plays in psychotherapy has been disputed since the days of Freud. Some early therapists believed that laughter could have a harmful effect,...

AND scent has gender-dependent effects on mood and autonomic function.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The scent of a sex steroid has gender- and dose-dependent effects on mood and autonomic arousal. In a recent study from the United States, the "effects of sniffing different concentrations of the...

Comprehensive Care Corp. announces Q1 2005 profit increase of 47%.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Comprehensive Care Corp. (CHCR) (CompCare), a company specializing in managed behavioral healthcare and employee assistance services through its operating subsidiaries, reported results for its first...

Novel sialidase confers normal phenotype to sialidosis cells.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel sialidase fixes the phenotypical abnormalities of sialidosis and galactosialidosis cells. "Three different mammalian sialidases have been described as follows: lysosomal (Neu1, gene NEU1),...

Primary hotline questions in Netherlands regard HIV transmission/risk/testing.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Primary AIDS hotline questions in the Netherlands regard HIV transmission, HIV risk and HIV testing. According to recent research from the Netherlands, "AIDS telephone hotlines have an important...

India pulls out the stops to draw stressed-out travelers.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- India is fast becoming a top destination for weary, work-worn tourists thanks to an aggressive campaign to push the country's Himalayan spas and secluded beaches, officials say. Tourism officials...

Poll shows California voters support several healthcare ballot measures.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Facing a range of healthcare measures on the November 2 ballot, a majority of California voters say they favor an initiative to establish a 1% tax on incomes of over $1 million to pay for mental health...

Huntington disease gene mutations in Russia and Europe share similarities.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Huntington disease gene mutations in Russia and Europe share similarities. According to published research from Russia, "direct molecular genetic testing carried out in 59 Huntington disease...

Ogden, Utah, health agency gets $2.7 million grant to prevent lead poisoning.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A local health department will use a $2.7 million grant to protect children from lead poisoning. The Weber-Morgan Health Department will partner with Ogden, Utah, which plans to match and add to...

Accused nurse admits addiction, denies depriving patients.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An Indiana nurse accused of stealing narcotics from nursing home patients told a newspaper that she took the drugs to help cope with stress while her husband was dying of lung disease. Sherrie...

North Dakota doctor sues Trinity Health.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An eye specialist is suing Trinity Health, saying he was wrongly fired and alleging breach of contract and malpractice. George Boutros, an ophthalmologist and retina specialist, filed the lawsuit...

Nurse accused of assaulting Alzheimer patient.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A nurse at a Mandeville, Louisiana, nursing home has been arrested and accused of raping an 82-year-old woman who has Alzheimer disease. Booked with aggravated rape, Derrick Garrett, 46, of Folsom,...

Scientists solve mystery of long-term memory formation.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dr. Bai Lu of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Dr. Barbara Hempstead of Weill Medical College of Cornell University have teamed up to solve one of the fundamental mysteries of human...

Temporoammonic pathway important in spatial or location memory.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biologist Erin Schuman is interested in how memories are formed - or forgotten. The landscape the professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology explores is the hippocampus, the part of...

APA applauds passage of Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Psychological Association (APA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing S. 1194, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004. Sponsored by Sen....

Black Caribbean women in U.K. less likely to get postnatal depression therapy.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Black Caribbean women in Manchester, England, are less likely to receive treatment for postnatal depression than white British women there. D. Edge at the University of Salford, U.K., and...

Four agencies share federal grant to help victims of torture.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Five years ago, the Mental Health Board of St. Louis, Missouri, was not aware that immigrants and refugees who had resettled in this city were wrestling with psychological wounds stemming from an often...

Pharma company launches Mirtazapine orally disintegrating tablets.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prasco Laboratories announced that it began shipping its antidepressant Mirtazapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets. Mirtazapine Orally Disintegrating Tablets is a Prasco "Authorized Generic" for the...

Terrorist suspects detained in Britain suffering mental damage.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Foreign terrorist suspects detained indefinitely without trial in Britain have suffered severe and possibly irreparable damage to their mental health, a group of psychiatrists who examined the men...

In situ microdialysis useful in combination with phMRI.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In situ microdialysis can facilitate analysis of pharmacological magnetic resonance imaging (phMRI) results. According to researchers in Italy, the "mechanisms underlying the signal changes"...

More nursing homes in Chicago grouping residents by ethnic groups.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jane Ngo noticed first that her mother's few words of English were gone. Then it was her mother's memory of where she lived, even as she stood just steps from her door. The idea of placing Mei Ruan...

Publication investigates relationship between mental health and obesity.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The October issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter looks at the undefined relationship between mental health and obesity. The American Psychiatric Association has never regarded overeating or...

Chronic opiate use may raise vulnerability to stress.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronic use of opiate drugs may alter brain neurons to make animal brains more sensitive to stress, according to a new study. If the research proves applicable to humans, the findings may help...

Novel method measures knowledge of prostate cancer screening risks/benefits.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel method measures patient knowledge of prostate cancer screening risks and benefits. According to published research from the United States, "This manuscript describes the development and...

SARS knowledge in Qatar is generally inaccurate despite claims to the contrary.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SARS knowledge in Qatar is generally inaccurate despite claims to the contrary. "The objective of the study was to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of the population of Qatar towards...

Providing SARS infection control information to outpatients increases compliance.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Providing SARS infection control information to outpatients increases their compliance for continued outpatient visits. According to recent research from Japan, "To examine the effect of provision...

Neurologic improvement a week after a stroke indicates later deterioration.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Poststroke neurological improvement within 7 days is associated with subsequent deterioration According to a study from Scotland, "Improvement in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale...

More than 250 global leaders endorse U.N. women's rights agenda.
November 1, 2004... 2004 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 250 global leaders in all fields, including 85 heads of state and government, have signed a statement endorsing a U.N. plan adopted 10 years ago to ensure every woman's right to education,...

Tau cleavage during disease progression characterized.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tau cleavage during the progression of Alzheimer disease (AD) has been characterized. AD "is a progressive amnestic dementia that involves post-translational hyperphosphorylation, enzymatic...

Mercury exposure not associated with autistic spectrum disorder.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have concluded that mercury exposure in children is not associated with autistic spectrum disorder. According to a study from China, "Although mercury has been proven to be a...

Human-specific loci contribute to the risk for neurodegenerative diseases.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human-specific loci contribute to the risk for neurodegenerative diseases. According to published research from Spain, "several human neurodegenerative disorders are caused by the expansion of...

Estrogen therapy enhances dopaminergic responsivity in postmenopausal women.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen therapy seems to have a positive effect on dopaminergic responsivity in postmenopausal women and may help assuage neuropsychiatric disorders in which dopaminergic abnormalities play a role. ...

Temporal cortex genes with altered expression identified.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A number of temporal cortex genes with altered expression in schizophrenia have been identified through microarray analysis. "To examine molecular mechanisms associated with schizophrenia,"...

Melatonin has potential to treat dementia in postmenopausal women.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Melatonin shows promise as a treatment for dementia in postmenopausal women. According to a study from China, "Melatonin is an endogenously generated potent antioxidant. Our previous studies...

Early life stress can inhibit development of brain-cell communication zones.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High stress levels during infancy and early childhood can lead to the poor development of communication zones in brain cells - a condition found in mental disorders such as autism, depression and mental...

Ten companies receive best practices honors from psychological association.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Psychological Association (APA) recognized 10 companies for their innovative programs and policies that help create psychologically healthy workplaces. APA announced the following...

Behavioral health company announces expansion at the Detroit Medical Center.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PHC, Inc., d.b.a. Pioneer Behavioral Health (BULLETIN BOARD: PIHC), announced the opening of the first 30 beds at the Detroit Medical Center. The company also received its Michigan state approval...

Hythiam to offer HANDS protocols to treatment facility for chemical dependency.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hythiam, Inc., (HTM) has signed a licensing and services agreement to offer its HANDS Treatment Protocols to Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center. Memorial Hermann is a not-for-profit...

Connecticut prison will increase treatment of mentally ill inmates.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Connecticut prison is being used to ramp up efforts to treat mentally ill inmates, raising questions about whether such treatment is best offered behind bars. Nearly all of Garner Correctional...

Awareness helps primary doctors prevent patients' suicide.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although few of their patients commit suicide in a year, primary care physicians should use office visits to note possible risk factors for suicidal behavior, bolstered by candid discussions if needed,...

Future antidepressants may target the immune system.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Future pharmacological treatment may target the immune system by either blocking the actions of pro-inflammatory cytokines or increasing the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines. According to...

Program aims to reduce untreated depression.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health care data show major depression is one of the top causes of worker disability in the United States. Some studies estimate the total cost of depression at $43 billion annually, primarily from...

Second pivotal phase III clinical trial of CORLUX begins.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corcept Therapeutics, Inc., (CORT), a pharmaceutical company, announced the commencement of its second pivotal phase III clinical trial, known as Corcept 06, evaluating CORLUX (mifepristone) for the...

Super-selective antidepressant effective, fast acting, better tolerated.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cipralex/Lexapro (escitalopram) is at least as effective and better tolerated in the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), according to a review of 2 comparative studies presented...

U.S. FDA approves ANDAs for fluoxetine capsules, tablets.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IVAX Corporation (IVX) has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Applications for fluoxetine capsules in a 40-mg dosage and fluoxetine tablets...

Schizophrenia and diabetes reviewed.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review the link between schizophrenia and diabetes in a recent issue of Hospital Medicine. "Alongside other risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes, the presence of severe...

Emotion coaching can help children overcome impacts of family violence.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When women engage in a technique called emotion coaching, even in families where there is domestic violence, their children are less aggressive, depressed and withdrawn, researchers have found. The...

Researchers review inhibin A in second-trimester screening.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Inhibin A is secreted in significant quantities by the corpus luteum and fetoplacental unit, suggesting a role in fertility and pregnancy. "Negative...

Casino gambling induces activation of the HPA-axis and sympathoadrenergic system.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study investigated the neuroendocrine response to casino gambling in problem gamblers. According to the study from Germany, "Problematic gambling is thought to be influenced by...

Study: Cymbalta provides sustained pain relief for women with fibromyalgia.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The antidepressant Cymbalta (duloxetine HCl), a dual-reuptake inhibitor of serotonin and norepinephrine, 60 mg once or twice daily, significantly reduced pain in more than half of women treated for...

Marker studies grow closer to identifying a gene for the MRX84 disorder.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Marker studies grow closer to identifying a gene for the MRX84 disorder. According to a study from the Peoples Republic of China, "by using several microsatellite markers scattered along the X...

New data suggest Cipralex is superior to Paxil for GAD.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data presented by H. Lundbeck, A/S, at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology in Stockholm, Sweden, shows that Cipralex (escitalopram) is effective and has a favorable tolerability profile...

Genitourinary medicine/HIV services have important role in immigrant management.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genitourinary medicine/HIV services have important role in immigrant management. "Over the past three years many genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics have anecdotally reported large numbers of...

Alterations in MCP-1 may influence the pathology of Alzheimer disease.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alterations in MCP-1 may influence the pathology of Alzheimer disease. "Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 levels are increased in cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) of patients with Alzheimer disease...

Educational needs identified for family caregivers of AIDS patients in Thailand.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Educational needs were identified for family caregivers of AIDS patients in Thailand. According to recent research from Thailand, "As the AIDS epidemic continues to overwhelm the acute care hospital...

HIV high-risk behavior is increased in probationers and parolees.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV high-risk behavior is increased in probationers and parolees. "Numerous studies have established that incarcerated populations are at substantial risk for HIV infection. In response, many jails...

Psychosocial behaviors predict intention to reduce HIV-associated injection risk.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychosocial behaviors predict the intention to reduce HIV-associated injection risk. "The AIDS risk reduction model (ARRM) predicts decreased occurrence of AIDS risk behavior through a three-stage...

Perceiving unprotected anal sex as more gratifying is associated with risky sex.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Perceiving unprotected anal sex as more gratifying is associated with risky sexual behavior. According to recent research published in the journal AIDS Education and Prevention, "Steady partners...

HIV/AIDS effect on life expectancy in the United States updated.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effect of HIV/AIDS on life expectancy in the United States has been updated. "We used the potential gains in life expectancy to quantify the impact of eliminating HIV/AIDS, heart disease and...

Stigma was predictive of modified high sexual risk in men having sex with men.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stigma was predictive of modified high sexual risk in men having sex with men. According to recent research from the United States, "Research investigating predictors of risky sexual behavior of...

California proposition expands mental health services and taxes.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As pressures increase on California's mental health system, its workers and advocates say they are forced to do more with a supply of money that seems to shrink each year. "The number of people who...

Group looks to address family health problems facing Wyoming.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A small group of residents turned out to hear of a new statewide initiative that aims to help Wyoming families challenged by poverty, substance abuse and health problems. Marilyn Patton, assistant...

Mental incapacity among patients in medical wards widespread.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors working in medical wards with acutely ill and predominantly elderly patients need to be more aware that mental incapacity among their patients - and therefore the inability to give informed...

Panel finds that scare tactics for violence prevention are harmful.
November 8, 2004... 2004 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Programs that rely on "scare tactics" to prevent children and adolescents from engaging in violent behavior are not only ineffective, but may actually make the problem worse, according to an independent...