Mental Health in the News
Articles featured below include news about or mention of mental health. This is page 8 of 11.
Canada's Health Minister Clement Announces Joint Declaration of Intent with France
Canadian Minister of Health and France's Minister of Health and Solidarity signed a Joint Declaration of Intent that outlines mutual work the two countries plan to undertake in the next four years ...
UK Mental Health Charity urges Government to use Welfare Reform opportunity
Analysis of UK mental health patient safety incidents
Mental Health charity calls for zero tolerance policy of violence and abuse in inpatient units
Tánaiste Announces the full implementation of the Mental Health Act - Ireland
Ireland: The Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, today announced that all remaining provisions of the Mental Health Act, 2001 will be brought into operation on 1 November...
Children's Mental Health Doesn't Take a Summer Break
Summer can be an exciting time for children. There are often many new experiences to enjoy. Many children in the USA go to 'summer camp' for the first time, families go on holidays together and the...
UK Mental health charity awards new research grants
Poverty and deprivation – causes of mental health problems in Scottish children
Children from poorer backgrounds in the UK, children in care, asylum-seeker children and those who have witnessed domestic violence, are all at a higher risk of developing mental health problems, a...
Response to: The Depression Report – A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety
New drive to reduce suicide rate for young men in UK
Efforts to reduce the suicide rates in young men in the UK have been launched by the Health Minister. Marking Men's Mental Health week, she published a report outlining the findings of three pilots...
Intermittent Explosive Disorder affects up to 16M Americans
A recent study has found that the little-known mental disorder Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is more common than previously thought. IED is characterized by episodes of unwarranted anger an...
Children of Depressed Parents at Higher-Risk of Mental Disorders
The results from a 20-year study indicate that the children of depressed parents are at higher risk for psychiatric and medical problems when those children become adults, e.g. in their 30s.
Launch of Strategic Framework for Child and Adolescent - Mental Health Workforce Development (NZ)
MHF welcomes nutrition guidelines that will ban junk food from schools by 2009 (UK)
The UK-based Mental Health Foundation has welcomed nutrition guidelines that will improve school catering from 2009. In a statement Andrew McCulloch said that food can have an immediate and lasting...
New roles for mental health nurses in the UK National Health Service (NHS)
Mental health issues and emotional challenges are forms of dis-ease. Sensitivity and understanding is helpful.
