Pilot Program Successfully Addresses Mental Health Issues In Pennsylvania's Children Pennsylvania's youngest citizens are benefiting from improvements in the quality of social and emotional supports through an innovative pilot program, according to a report released by the University of Pittsburgh and announced by the Department of Public Welfare.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Examines Health Of Women Along Mexico-U.S. Border A new study in the October issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, a CDC journal, examined rates of unplanned pregnancies, prenatal care and other reproductive
health factors among women living in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBoosting Mental Capital And Wellbeing In The UK A UK government think tank has recommended a strategy for boosting the nation's mental capital and wellbeing "from cradle to grave" and identified three key policy change areas: learning in the early years, wellbeing at work, and the ageing population. The report, which was released on 22 October, was sponsored by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and produced by Foresight, the UK government's think tank on future issues.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPost Traumatic Stress Therapy Wins Award For Researcher, CQUniversity Australia A CQUniversity researcher's work with multiply-abused children has been applauded by an Australasian traumatic stress organisation. Dr Jacqueline Feather was awarded first prize in the 2008 ASTSS (Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies) Research Awards for the development of a successful trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for abused children suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCharities Join Forces To Amplify Voices Of People With Mental Health Problems Two respected mental
health charities are set to merge to make their work more effective. Mental
Health Media has taken the decision to join forces with Mind to put a powerful infrastructure behind its work in giving a strong voice to people with direct experience of mental distress. Mental
Health Media rewards positive portrayals of mental
health through the prestigious Mental
Health Media Awards.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSuicide Rises In White Middle Aged Americans Teen suicide gets plenty of airtime, but a new U.S. study finds that middle-aged whites are an emerging high-risk group. Before 1999, white middle-aged men were the least likely to kill themselves. However, for the period from 1999 to 2005, the rate for African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Native Americans declined or stayed stable even as middle-aged whites experienced a significant increase in suicides.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWindsor Medicare Extra Hosts Behavioral Health Symposium In Spartanburg Hundreds of mental
health patients flood emergency rooms in South Carolina each year seeking care for their mental
health conditions. The situation has become so dire that a legislative committee has been formed to advise the State's General Assembly on sorely needed solutions to this growing problem. Help is coming from another source in leading change, including one of the nation's most uniquely designed Medicare special needs plans.
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