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Innovative Therapy That Offers New Hope For Borderline Personality Disorder Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome studies have shown that many patients with Borderline Personality Disorder can achieve full recovery across the complete range of symptoms. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd Withdraws Its Application For An Extension Of Indication For Abilify (aripiprazole), Europe The European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd of its decision to withdraw its application for an extension of indication for the centrally authorised medicine Abilify (aripiprazole) tablets, orodispersible tablets and oral solution. Abilify was expected to be used in the treatment of major depressive episodes, as adjunctive therapy, in patients who have had an inadequate response to previous treatment with antidepressants. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Mental Health America Endorses Nomination Of Chai Feldblum As EEOC Commissioner "Mental Health America is pleased to endorse the nomination of Chai Feldblum to serve as a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Government's Social Care Green Paper Overlooks Mental Health, UK On the day that the consultation period for the Government's Green Paper on adult social care closes, mental health charity Mind has expressed its concerns that the Paper does not address the needs of adults with mental health problems, instead skewing the debate towards older people. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Results Of 2009 Pfizer Index Show Unemployed Claim To Have Four Times Higher Rate Of Depression The results of the 2009 Pfizer Health Index announced at the Royal College of Physicians Ireland reveal that the recently unemployed are four times more likely to claim to have depression than the general population. There is also evidence that the recession is leading to anxiety over money, is bad for self-esteem and is leading to relationship tension. The greatest impact of the recession is apparent among those between the ages of 25 and 50, who are parents and who live in urban areas. ...more	16 Nov 2009
Major Schizophrenia Study Finds Striking Similarities Across 37 Countries In Six Regions An international study of more than 17,000 people with schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual problems, despite the fact that it covered a diverse range of patients and healthcare systems in 37 different countries. ...more	16 Nov 2009
Veterans' Health: Measuring The Scope Of Mental Health Challenges NPR profiles retired General Eric Shinseki, the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and his efforts to measure the scope of veterans' mental health issues. In his first nine months in this position, he "has spent hours just listening to veterans talk. Shinseki tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that he feels a strong obligation to 'give back' to the men and women he once served with. ...more	16 Nov 2009
Depression Patients More Apt To Receive Opioids For Chronic Pain Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according to new research. The study, published in the November-December issue of the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, analyzed the medical records of tens of thousands of patients enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente and Group Health plans between 1997 and 2005. ...more	16 Nov 2009
Heart Disease A 'Silent Killer' In Patients With Severe Mental Illness A large new study confirms that people with severe mental disorders - such as schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders - are 25 percent to 40 percent more prone to die from heart disease than people without mental illness are. Moreover, smoking and physical inactivity - behaviors that individuals potentially can change - significantly contribute to this increased risk of death, found researchers led by Amy Kilbourne, Ph.D. ...more	15 Nov 2009
Nurses Welcome Government Action On Overuse Of Anti-psychotics, UK Commenting on the announcement of a Government action plan to tackle the over prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia, Dr Peter Carter, RCN Chief Executive & General Secretary said: "It is welcome news that the Government has made a commitment to deal with the overuse of anti-psychotic drugs. We look forward to working with the new National Clinical Director for Dementia on these ambitious proposals which offer hope for patients with dementia and their families. ...more	15 Nov 2009
Analysis Underscores Financial Burden Of Mental Illness On Criminal Justice And Health Care Systems Results from a large, retrospective analysis of inmates with a serious mental illness (SMI) underscores the financial burden of mental illness on the criminal justice and health and human services (HHS) systems, and may provide useful information to policy makers. ...more	13 Nov 2009
Queen's And Yale Researchers Win Award For Study That Links Health And Education Queen's University researcher Steven Lehrer has won a prestigious international award in recognition of his contributions to health economics. A professor in Queen's School of Policy Studies and Department of Economics, Dr. Lehrer shares the RAND Corporation's Victor R. Fuchs Research Award with Jason Fletcher of Yale University. ...more	13 Nov 2009
African-American Teens' Mental Health May Be Boosted By Ethnic Pride Most adolescents who belong to an ethnic minority group wrestle not only with their self-esteem (like most teens), but also with identity issues unique to their ethnic group, such as dealing with social stigma. A new study tells us that young people's ethnic pride may affect their mental health. ...more	13 Nov 2009
Tentative Agreement Reached With Oklahoma Lawmaker Stalling Veterans' Health Bill Congressional Quarterly: "Senate Democratic leaders reached a tentative agreement with Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Tuesday night that averted the necessity of filing cloture on a veterans' health care omnibus measure and could lead to passage of the bill early next week. ... On Monday, Coburn said he objected to the bill because its five-year, $3.7 billion cost was not offset" (Oliveri, 11/10). ...more	12 Nov 2009
Getting Emergency Mental Healthcare To A Good Place A joint report from the Ambulance Serive Network and the Mental Health Network sets out how thousands of patients could get better treatment through joint working between ambulance services and mental health trusts Too many patients who are suffering from mental illness end up in Acciden ...more	12 Nov 2009
Mental Health Network Comment On 18 Week Waiting Time Legislation Commenting on the plans to enshrine waiting times in law, Mental Health Network director Steve Shrubb said: "Some patients will undoubtedly support and benefit from this measure yet we can not lose sight of the fact that over 12 per cent of the NHS budget is spent on mental health which this policy does not concern. ...more	12 Nov 2009
We Must Avoid The Mistakes Of The Past In Fighting The Downturn A major new report from the Mental Health Network, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the London School of Economics makes the case for mental health as health spending faces a spending squeeze A major new report sets out the case for mental health services as the economy faces its longest recession since records began and mental health problems look set to rise. ...more	12 Nov 2009
Shedding Light On Brain's Response To Distress, Unexpected Events In a new study, psychologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are able to see in detail for the first time how various regions of the human brain respond when people experience an unexpected or traumatic event. The study could lead to the creation of biological measures that could identify people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or identify PTSD sufferers who would benefit from specific treatments. ...more	11 Nov 2009
"Veterans' Children" Validates Trans-Generational Trauma Of War Since the Vietnam Era, the American psychiatric community has recognized the returning war veterans' affliction of what is now commonly known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While there has been much research and advancements in the treatment of PTSD, the focus has always been on the veterans themselves. What has never been addressed or understood, until now, is how the stress from distant battlefields has affected the families of veterans. ...more	11 Nov 2009
State News: State Budgets And Medicaid Continue To Draw Headlines The Associated Press/The Houston Chronicle reports that Texas lawmakers will add $5 million to expand mental health services - specifically veteran-to-veteran peer support groups - in the state. "Gov. Rick Perry on Monday announced the plan that calls for directing money from the state Health and Human Services Commission budget toward mental health treatment programs for veterans and their families" (11/9). ...more	11 Nov 2009
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