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7/23/13 - Millions of Opioid Prescriptions Go to 'Doctor Shoppers'

7/23/13 Millions of Opioid Prescriptions Go to 'Doctor Shoppers'

Medscape

"In the second category, there would be a patient receiving a few prescriptions from a few doctors, but these looked to me like patients in the chronic care ...

6/13/13 - Bias Against Schizophrenic Patients Seeking Medical Care

6/13/13 Bias Against Schizophrenic Patients Seeking Medical Care Psychiatric Times Although at high risk for chronic medical conditions, persons with serious and persistent mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, often receive poor care for ...

6/10/13 - Treatment of mental illness lowers arrest rates, saves money

6/10/13 Treatment of mental illness lowers arrest rates, saves money Science Daily The researchers also compared criminal justice costs with mental health treatment costs. Individuals who were arrested received less treatment and each cost ...

5/23/13 - Depression raises diabetics' risk of severe low blood sugar episodes

5/23/13 Depression raises diabetics' risk of severe low blood sugar episodes

UW Today

By Michael Mc Carthy, UW Health Sciences/ UW Medicine ... The project was supported by funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, grant numbers: ...

3/22/13 - Childhood Depression Ups Teens' Cardiovascular Risk

3/22/13 Childhood Depression Ups Teens' Cardiovascular Risk Medscape Childhood depression is associated with a higher rate of obesity, a higher prevalence of smoking, and a more sedentary lifestyle in the ...

3/22/13 - Hip replacement reduces heart failure, depression and diabetes risk

3/22/13 Hip replacement reduces heart failure, depression and diabetes risk

Medical Xpress

In addition to improving life quality and diminishing pain, total hip replacement (THR) is associated with reduced mortality, heart failure, depression and diabetes ...

3/20/13 - Health officials: 1 in 50 school kids have autism

3/20/13 Health officials: 1 in 50 school kids have autism

Fox News

A government survey of parents says 1 in 50 U.S. schoolchildren has autism, surpassing another federal estimate for the disorder. Health officials say the new ...

3/18/13 Dating in Middle School Linked to Dropouts and Drug Use Science World Report The study was conducted on a group of 624 students who were a part of the Healthy Teens Longitudinal Study. It included students from six school districts in ...

3/12/13 - Doctors urge mental health screenings with physicals

3/12/13 Doctors urge mental health screenings with physicals USA TODAY Most general practitioners can administer mental health screenings during an ... long before it complicates their lives and costs them thousands of dollars." ...

3/11/13 - Studies link heart problems to stress from war, Hurricane Katrina

3/11/13 Studies link heart problems to stress from war, Hurricane Katrina CBS News Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiacproblems in veterans with PTSD, New Orleans residents ...

3/8/13 - Study: Random Drug Testing of Middle Schools Students Proves ...

3/8/13 Study: Random Drug Testing of Middle Schools Students Proves ...

NJ TODAY

Now, the first longitudinal study measuring the effectiveness of these programs indicates these tests tend to reduce rates of drug abuse in later years.

3/8/13 - Treating substance abuse alone helps patients with co-occurring ...

3/8/13 Treating substance abuse alone helps patients with co-occurring ... News-Medical.net Patients with co-occurring substance use disorder and psychiatric disorders (SUD-PSY) may benefit from standard substance use disorder treatment, with the ...

3/4/13 - Mental health minimum benefits bolstered

3/4/13 Mental health minimum benefits bolstered

American Medical News

The Dept. of Health and Human Services issued a final rule mandating a core package of 10 “essential health benefits” categories that qualified plans on ...

3/4/13 - Majority of kids with ADHD face mental health woes as adults, study ...

3/4/13 Majority of kids with ADHD face mental health woes as adults, study ...

CBS News-by Ryan Jaslow

Substance abuse disorder, antisocial personality disorder, hypomanic episodes (such as what might occur when someone has bipolar disorder), generalized ...

2/13/13 - Conn. Bill to Require Homeschoolers to Undergo Behavioral Health ...

2/13/13 Conn. Bill to Require Homeschoolers to Undergo Behavioral Health ...

Christian Post

A controversial bill requiring behavioral health assessments of all home-schooled and public schooleducated children has been introduced in Connecticut.

2/13/13 - In US, Women's Emotional Health Worse After Heart Attack

2/13/13 In US, Women's Emotional Health Worse After Heart Attack

Gallup.com

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Heart attacks appear to be emotionally tougher on women in the U.S. than men. American women who say they have experienced a ...

2/6/13 - People With Mental Illness More Likely to Be Smokers, Study Finds

2/6/13 People With Mental Illness More Likely to Be Smokers, Study Finds

New York Times-by Pam Belluck

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration show that one of every ...

2/4/13 Workplace mental health: It pays to be proactive

2/4/13  Workplace mental health:  It pays to be proactive 

Forbes.com

... Workplace mental health is a crucial factor to consider when building and maintaining a successful business ...

1/12/13 - Mental health key to work productivity

1/12/13 - Mental health key to work productivity

Winnipeg Free Press

 ... One way to achieve a psychologically safe workplace is to create and implement a Comprehensive Workplace Health and Safety (CWHS) Program ... Organizations that implement a CWHS program have shown improvement in areas such as employee cooperation, engagement, retention, and productivity. CWHS programs are also known to reduce key productivity killers such as absenteeism, presenteeism, grievances, and workplace injuries and accidents ...

11/18/12 Kansas Mental Health Coalition seeks advocate

11/18/12 Kansas Mental Health Coalition seeks advocates St. John News Online DODGE CITY -- The Kansas Mental Health Coalition (KMHC), a coalition of over ... a mental health professional or even a community member who understands ...