Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from November 2007

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from November 2007

Protecting the heart while treating the mind.
November 1, 2007... Preventing and treating heart disease in people with schizophrenia Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and it's about twice as deadly for people with schizophrenia compared with other Americans. While roughly...

Children's mental health care costly for families.(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... When a child develops any illness, the family often suffers financially as well as emotionally. A study from Yale Medical School indicates that caring for a child with a mental health problem creates more of an economic burden for many families...

Preventing depression in people with age-related macular degeneration.(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in older Americans, often leads to depression. One study found that about 30% of people will develop depression within a few months after AMD is diagnosed in both eyes. A...

Writer's cramp is partly in your head a[euro]" but where?(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... Writer's cramp is a painful spasm that may afflict anyone who wields a pen. Clearly writer's cramp involves hand muscles, but its brain basis remains unclear. Previous studies have suggested that the basal ganglia, a part of the brain that...