£500,000 boost for mental health - MONEY for extra emergency beds for mentally ill children has been released by the Welsh Assembly Government. Health Minister Jane Hutt yesterday announced a £500,000 boost, by Daniel Davies

A Credo for Support by Norman Kunc

A father's fight for mental health by Lorinda Bullock

A fresh look at depression by the Baltimore Sun

A path to healing Kids with special needs find balance, learn to connect with world on horseback by Rebecca McCarthy

Activity Of Enzyme That Affects Mood Decreased In Brains Of Teenage Suicide

Addressing the Interface Between Pediatrics and Psychiatry - Shortly after completing my training in both pediatrics and psychiatry, I spoke with a retired child and adolescent psychiatrist who had invested his career in improving the relationship between pediatrics and psychiatry. As I excitedly told him about plans to focus my own career on the interface between the disciplines, he wistfully stared off into the distance, then respectfully observed, "Hope springs eternal now, doesn't it?" It is no accident that I continue to think of him often. A quick MEDLINE search gives reason for despair--collaboration between pediatrics and psychiatry has been a topic of interest, discussion and annoyance for half a century, not only in the United States, but also in a host of different countries and cultures. Parallel systems of care for pediatric physical and mental health problems persist despite recommendations to better integrate existing research-based knowledge into routine clinical practice (e.g., U.S. Public Health Service, 2000). Yet despite several "botched beginnings" between the disciplines and the imperfect nature of existing knowledge and practice, there truly is reason for hope. Psychiatry and its affiliated disciplines now offer a better product that is increasingly relevant to the pediatricians and family physicians who are being called on to manage youths with mental disorders in traditional medical settings by John V. Campo, M.D. / Psychiatric Times September 2004 Vol. XXI Issue 10

ADHD Medication May Be Effective in Treatment of Hyperactivity in Autism - Children with autism may benefit from a drug commonly prescribed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to research published in the November issue of the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. In the largest study yet of a stimulant medication for autism, researchers at five centers associated with the Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network enrolled 72 children in a placebo-controlled study. The researchers were studying the effect of methylphenidate, better known by the brand name Ritalin, on hyperactive children with autism and other autism spectrum disorders associated with impairment of social interaction and functioning.

Anger, hostility, depression linked to heart disease marker - Otherwise healthy people who are prone to anger, hostility and depressive symptoms tend to have higher levels of a substance that's been linked to heart disease and stroke.  Reported by Susan Aldridge, PhD, medical journalist

Antisocial Personality Disorder - What is it? by David Baxter

Anxiety, stress impairs mental agility - Stressful situations interfere with mental agility, according to findings presented this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC. Dr David Beversdorf and colleagues at the Ohio State University in Columbus exposed volunteers to stressful situations, such as public speaking and watching a graphically violent and emotional movie. Compared with non-stressful tasks, such as watching a cartoon or reading aloud, the stressful situations impaired the subjects' ability to perform word association tasks and solve anagrams. By Karla Gale

Babies at risk from stress in pregnancy / Mothers' anxiety levels linked to autism and dyslexia. - An intriguing link between levels of anxiety in pregnant women and the damaging effect on the brain of the unborn child will be shown this week in a new study of ambidextrous children. Researchers have discovered that women who are very anxious in the middle of their pregnancies are significantly more likely to have a child who is ambidextrous or 'mixed handed', a condition associated with autism, dyslexia and hyperactivity. It is the first time scientists have found such a link, and they believe it may be necessary for midwives to tackle mothers' stress levels to reduce the effects on the foetus by Jo Revill

Boys will be boys - "Nicole Kidman complained last week that her young son is obsessed with winning. David Thomas thinks it right to let his competitive six-year-old son, Fred, beat him most of the time," by Telegrapg.co.uk

Brain device offers hope for some mental disorders - With its infamous history of crude ''icepick" lobotomies, psychiatric surgery has been widely shunned for decades. Now, it appears poised to make a careful comeback using a far gentler technology: a pacemaker for the brain that, once implanted, can be adjusted or turned off, by Carey Goldberg

Candidates agree on mental health issues / Candidates for county, state and federal office seem to agree on most mental health issues: that mental health deserves the same coverage by health insurance as the rest of the body and programs to help people are fragmented by Matt Neznanski

Chernobyl Children Have Normal Mental Function - "The low level of radiation that occurred after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 did not appear to affect the mental performance of exposed children, researchers in Israel have found," by Reuters Health

Children are taken away – but the system can't admit it's wrong - "...The parents of a child with Asperger's syndrome fear adoption because they are accused of neglecting him by not sending him to school; they argue that he cannot cope," by Cassandra Jardine

Children with challenges - "Dr. Dennis Woody, a pediatric neuropsychologist from Boise, will discuss the signs, symptoms and treatment for children with Asperger's syndrome, autism and bipolar disorder at the Aug. 31 seminar at Wendell High School," by Sandy Miller

Combo Treatment Helps Adolescent Depression - "Combo treatment is effective in battling the teenage blues. That is the message being endorsed in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study published this week. According to the study, adolescents may have a better chance at dealing with major depressive disorders if their treatment includes both antidepressant medication and cognitive behavioral therapy, not just one or the other," by Ivanhoe Newswire

Compulsory Mental Health Screening Is Coming - There is a new major U.S. mental health initiative on the docket, based on a report of the New Freedom in Mental Health Commission, which recommends mental health screening for adults and children as young as preschool age, in primary care health settings, schools, and correctional facilities. It also includes expanding school-based mental health programs requiring specific treatments for specific conditions, including the use of specific medications by America Daily. 9/2004

Cymbalta gets Mixed Reception - "Eli Lilly's new antidepressant Cymbalta should be hitting the streets in the U.S. any day now. The company hopes that it has found a money-maker, since It's flagship antidepressant Prozac is now available in a cheaper generic version," by Leonard Holmes, Ph.D.

Delusions Linked to Brain Region, But Why? / Delusions may arise in the entorhinal cortex, which is located in the inner parts of the temporal lobes and serves as a relay station between the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus by Joan Arehart-Treichel

Democrats back mental health boost - THE mentally ill are the invisible people of the Federal Election, the Australian Democrats said today as they called for a doubling of funding for mental health. Democrats health spokeswoman Lyn Allison said mental illness – including anxiety, depression and attention deficit disorder – was responsible for about 13 per cent of Australia's disease burden but received only about seven per cent of health funding by the Herald Sun

Doctors Plead Case About Mental Health Crisis - Lawmakers received an earful about the dangerous state of our hospital emergency rooms Wednesday. The problem is overcrowding caused by mental health patients filling beds reserved for people with emergency physical problems," by Edward Lawerence

Documents: Prozac use reports more likely to list suicide / Internal documents from Eli Lilly and Co. appear to indicate that the drug maker had data more than 15 years ago showing that adverse-effect reports for Prozac were far more likely to list suicide attempts and violence than reports for other antidepressants. - One memo suggests a strategy for talking to doctors about unfavorable clinical trial data showing an increased risk of nervousness, anxiety, agitation, insomnia and sedation among patients. Lilly officials said Tuesday numbers in the documents made public Monday represented not clinical trials but "adverse effects" reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company acknowledged the documents belong to Lilly, by CNN

Educators to discuss mental health funding options - Several North County school district superintendents will meet Wednesday to begin mapping out a plan to deal with San Diego County's decision to abandon mental health services for special education students, officials said Monday. Educators have lined up to oppose the county's bid to drop the $10 million program. In abandoning the services, county officials placed the blame on Sacramento, saying the state has failed for years to fund the pricey program by Ben Frumen

Ellen Gray | 'Out of the Blue' revelation - "IT'S EASY to be cynical about a TV person who reveals a deep, dark secret less than two weeks before the launch of her daytime talk show.  It's hard, on the other hand, to be cynical about Jane Pauley, who doesn't have a history of such behavior, having somehow combined a three-decade career on network television, a marriage to "Doonesbury's" Garry Trudeau and a private life in a way that it would be difficult to imagine, say, Oprah Winfrey doing," by Philly.com

Experts search for the best diagnosis - THE STATE OF OUR CHILDREN: Trying to identify, treat mental disorders in children more difficult than in adults

Families Together: The Dangers of Dr. Phil / Family Organization, Representing Parents of Children With Special Mental Health Needs, Says Dr. Phil Misinforms and Shames Parents - "The Dr. Phil Show aired two recent episodes on children's mental health and parenting. In his primetime episode, which aired on CBS September 22nd, Dr. Phil highlighted a family whose nine-year-old son was rubbing his feces on the walls of the house, torturing animals, acting violently toward his siblings and was prone to intense tantrums. Dr. Phil informed the parents that their son did not have a behavior problem -- that his problems were the result of poor parenting. He continued by informing the parents that their child had 9 of the 14 characteristics of a serial killer," by PRNewswire

FDA warns about antipsychotic drug claims. Manufacturer's letter to doctors minimized Risperdal risks by Reuters

FORCING Kids Into a Mental Health Ghetto - A presidential initiative called The "New Freedom Commission on Mental Health" has issued a report recommending forced mental health screening for every child in America, including preschool children. The goal is to promote the patently false idea that we have a nation of children with undiagnosed mental disorders crying out for treatment, by Ron Paul

Former Surgeon General Speaks at Mental Health Event - The Janet Wattles Center held their annual meeting and awards dinner Thursday night. Special guest speaker was former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher. He talked about children with mental illness and how to better handle children with special needs. Satcher also said children's needs should be the main area of focus so that the children get the treatment they deserve by WTVO News

Fun and games or addiction? - "...A growing problem. Video-game addiction is a widespread problem among adolescents and young adults, and it's ever-increasing, according to Dr. Maressa Hecht Orzack, clinical psychologist and director of the computer addiction study center at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Massachusetts. After discovering she was becoming addicted to playing solitaire on her computer, Orzack started studying computer addiction and discovered it's like many other addictions. "There's one big thing that's different — in the 21st century, people need a computer. They have to face it every day," she said. And the addiction doesn't usually come by itself. It is common for addicts to also suffer from mood or anxiety disorders, including Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hypertension Disorder or an Autism Spectrum Disorder."  By Amie Thompson

Just Give them a Pill - ABC's and 123's- all across this nation our public schools are reaping what we've so carelessly sown as parents. There are sixth graders having sex before comprehension of consequences, and there are seventh grade students lying in hospital beds after a Wednesday morning "cat fight" at a local Jr. High School. We have first graders lashing out in anger at their teachers, and we have police officers being called in because fourth grade students are threatening their teachers with physical harm. Jr. Highs are practicing lockdowns as routinely as fire drills. High Schools have weapons and narcotic shakedowns on a regular basis to keep the students under control. Almost every campus in America--from high school down to grade school--have police officers patrolling their campuses, ticking their walks to the beat of our school time clocks. America's children are exploding emotionally. What are we as their parents going to do? by Kerry Marsala

How to Help Your Child Overpower an Eating Disorder by Tauri Hall, M.Ed., C.C.C.

Is Depression Contagious? - Like the flu, depression is a highly contagious disorder that can be transmitted socially. It is especially apt to take up residence in a household, jumping from one family member to others. And just as individuals can be depressed, so can whole families, often without their awareness, by Ellen McGrath

ISSUES in Black Mental Health Drum Online - UK - "According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation, one in four people around the world will suffer from mental health problems at some point in their lives. By 2020, mental disorders are expected to rank second behind heart disease as the most common illness in the world. This disturbing pattern is reflected in the UK with a recent survey indicating that almost one in six adults have a neurotic disorder (such as depression, anxiety, phobias etc.), while one in 250 suffer from a psychotic illness (such as schizophrenia or delusional disorder). Our reporter Jon Hill investigates the why and how?"

IL Children's Mental Health Plan gives legislators headache - "Illinois recently gained national and international attention as the first state to put into law a template for mental health screening that could become a national model for government mandated “evidence-based practices screening" for emotional and social disorders for the state’s children. But now, some state legislators are expressing concern that those putting the law into practice are either over-reaching its original intent, or the language of the law is problematic," by Rhonda Robinson

Is there a pill for greed? - " When your aunt had depression 10 years ago, she took Prozac. When her son needed treatment a few years later, he got Paxil. Not long after, your friend was told by her doctor that Zoloft was the best pill for the job.  To some, this might seem evidence of the relentless march of the pharmaceutical industry to find new and better treatments for debilitating illnesses. But Marcia Angell, author of The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It, sees it differently, by Allison Mutlo

It's just a really bad idea - six letters on IL mental health screening - "As a father of an eight year old boy with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, I am extremely disturbed about this legislation that passed in the General Assembly last year. The fact there were only five NO votes in the State House and none in the State Senate is not only chilling, it is unconscionable. The fact there was such little opposition to this legislation that usurps parental child rearing, let alone the stealth way it was presented and received by lawmakers, and assigns it to the state means we Illinoisans need to pack the bags of almost every legislator up for reelection this November by the Illinois Leader

Leo reveals his secret obsessions - Hollywood actor Leonardo Di Caprio has revealed he suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. The 30-year-old star admitted he won’t step on cracks in the pavement and has to force himself not to step on every chewing gum stain. He also fights the urge to walk through a doorway several times and touch it in a certain way. Di Caprio revealed his condition became worse after filming his latest movie, The Aviator, in which he plays the role of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, by NewsScotsman.com

Link between marijuana and mental health - "Over the past few years, there has been extensive research into the link between cannabis use and mental illness. This conference provides a timely and comprehensive update on the psychiatry and neurobiology of cannabis and its effect on evolving and established illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression," by News-Medical in Medical Research News

Mandatory Mental Health Screening Threatens Privacy, Parental Rights - On Sept. 9, the 'Ron Paul Amendment' was defeated in the House of Representatives by a vote of 95-315. The Amendment would have prevented the funds sought by an appropriations bill (HR 5006) from being used for the mandatory mental-health screening of Americans, including public schoolchildren by Wendy McElroy

Mental Health Crisis: More Violent Patients - Those who know murder suspect Richard Lentino tell Eyewitness News his bi-polar disorder made him a violent person. It's a trait, which is becoming prominent in the Valley by Brian Allen

Mental health crisis builds - John Allbright's daughter was shackled, cuffed and taken across the state not once, but four times - and the straight-A "all American girl" hadn't broken any laws. "She didn't do anything. She didn't commit a crime, but is shackled and taken off to Pueblo," Allbright said Tuesday by Katharhynn Heidelberg

Mental health groups urges boycott of pizza chain - A peak mental health group is calling on people to boycott a popular pizza chain during the AFL grand final because they have received complaints that their recent advertisements are insulting. Executive Director of SANE Australia Barbara Hocking says SANE runs a Stigmawatch program and it has received a lot of calls from people across Australia upset and offended by Domino Pizza's advertising campaign that brands their new pizza range as maniac pizzas. She says there are also visuals and characterisations of people on the ad acting eccentrically and this combined with the name of the pizza provides a drip down effect on the way people perceive mental illness. "So that's why we've then been calling upon those same people, plus many others who haven't maybe seen the ad, to boycott Dominos pizzas to send a very strong message to them that people with mental illness are absolutely fed up with having their illness and their character demeaned and trivialised in this way," she said. Dominos has apologised for the advertisement and says the company will be more careful in future.

Mental health network vital for some by Vicki Pounders

Mental health patients plead for programs - Mental health patients affected by state reforms pleaded Monday with the Lee County Board of Commissioners to keep their treatment programs intact. "If we close down, it's going to be us that's doing the suffering," Janice Rutherford said. Rutherford, who is 45, said she has depression and was once schizophrenic by Julia Oliver

Mental-health screening of children - "The American tradition of parents deciding what is best for their children is, yet again, under attack.  The pharmaceutical industry has convinced President Bush to support mandatory mental-health screening for every child in America, including preschool children, and the industry is now working to convince Congress as well.  But mandatory screening alone is not what the pharmaceutical industry wants.  The real payoff for the drug companies is the forced drugging of children that will result – as we learned tragically with Ritalin – even when parents refuse." - Action Alert

Mental Health Screening for Kids - Part II - Last week I wrote about a presidential initiative called the "New Freedom Commission on Mental Health," which issued a report calling for the mandatory mental health screening of American schoolchildren. This new proposal threatens to force millions of kids to undergo psychiatric screening, whether their parents consent or not. At issue is the fundamental right of parents to decide what medical treatment is appropriate for their children by Ron Paul

Mental illness affects children differently - By T. BERRY BRAZELTON, M.D., and JOSHUA SPARROW, M.D.

Mental illness carries unfair stigma by DAVE WHALEY , The Telegraph

Mental illness, genetics link explored by clinic scientist - When someone has a broken bone, they not only have obvious symptoms, but a physician can look at an X-ray and physically point to the break. Something like an X-ray for mental health does not yet exist. "One of the biggest issues with mental health today is not necessarily treatment. There are a lot of good treatment options out there," said Seth Dobrin, a research scientist at Marshfield Clinic. "The issue is how to diagnose someone. How do you know if 'John' is really depressed? You don't." Instead, someone develops symptoms, and their doctor must make a determination what those mean.

MONIQUE: Teen with history of mental problems fights the shadows, voices in a youth offender facility - "At 16, Monique struggles with the same anguish caused by schizophrenia that her birth mother has lived with for years, said Cynthia Hunter of Detroit, who is her legal guardian and who has raised Monique since infancy. The nightly terror of shadows and the daily torment of voices are the same things that drove Monique to hoard knives and shudder at things others can't see or hear," by Laura Potts

NIMH Facing Tough Challenges In Psychotic Depression Study by Jim Rosack

Not enough docs to treat depression - "Despite modern psychiatry's 80% success rate in treating depression, there are currently less than 4,000 psychologists and psychiatrists practising in India. New anti-depressant drugs are much improved from their predecessors as they relatively free of side effects, but they still reach a comparatively small number of people here. So what does all this mean for India?," by the Times of India

On Psychiatry and Child Protective Services in the United States: Child Abuse is Child Protection is Mental Health Treatment is Drugging Children by Fred Baughman, Jr., MD and John Breeding, PhD

ON THE RECORD: DAVID NEELEMAN - ... And you live amongst the people and you learn the language. ... I hated it. I found out later I had ADD (attention deficit disorder), but it just drove me insane by San Francisco Chronicl

Parents' ability to discourage adolescent problem behavior by Society for Research in Child Development

Parkinson's, Epilepsy Linked with Depression - Patients with chronic brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy have an unusually high rate of depression, too -- suggesting links between the conditions, doctors said on Wednesday by Reuters UK

Pediatricians Feel Unprepared To Treat Mental Illness -- Lehmann 39 (20): 21 -- Psychiatric News

Perlegen to Seek Genetic Basis of Autism with Grant from National Institute of Mental Health; Autism Genetic Resource Exchange To Provide Genetic Material for Study - "Perlegen will utilize DNA samples collected by the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE), the world's largest publicly available gene bank for autism research. Founded in 1997 by Cure Autism Now, AGRE has collected important genetic material from over 500 families with two or more children with autism. Cure Autism Now pioneered the concept of data sharing and collaboration which is now largely accepted by the autism community. Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD, who serves as AGRE's Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of the Neurogenetics Program at UCLA, will act as an advisor for the study," by Business Wire

Personality Disorders Common in U.S.- "Personality disorders are much more common in the United States than researchers had thought, affecting nearly one in seven adult Americans, a new survey finds," by Forbes

Prevalence and Predictors of Depression Treatment in an International Primary Care Study - "OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of depression treatment in a diverse cross-national sample of primary care patients," by Gregory E. Simon, M.D., M.P.H., Marcelo Fleck, M.D., Ramona Lucas, M.D., and Donald M. Bushnell, M.A. LIDO Group / Am J Psychiatry 161:1626-1634, September 2004

Program for kids is in critical condition - "Mental health services for more than 1,200 severely emotionally disturbed children in San Diego County are in jeopardy because of a dispute involving the county, local school districts and the state over funding and operational responsibility for the program," by Helen Gao

Propositon 63: A tax for mental health / Prop. 63 would bill the rich for improvements to programs. "As the pressures increase on California's mental health system, its workers and advocates say they are forced to do more with a supply of money that seems to shrink each year. "The number of people who need services is growing. The cost of the services is growing. The revenue source is not growing," said Patricia Ryan, executive director of the California Mental Health Directors Association," by Bilen Mesfin

Prozac 'found in drinking water' - Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation's drinking water, it has been revealed by BBC News UK

Prozac or talk for troubled teens? by Benedict Carey

Rise In Autism - A growing number of parents are being told their child has autism - a brain disorder that can affect a child's developing social and communication skills. But what researches haven't figured out yet is the reason behind such the sharp increase over the past 20 some years. In the mid 1980s an estimated 1 in 25 hundred people were diagnosed with autism. But today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates as many as 1 in 166 kids have autism - that's 1.5 million children nationwide.

QUESTION NUMBER 8 - Narcissistic Personality Disorder and other mental health disorders  by Sam Vakin

Scattered son: A Taylorsville family struggles with a child's mental illness - "Taylor has been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder, attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, hyperactivity and Asperger syndrome, a form of autism," by Jacob Santini

Shootings indict mental health care - The tragic deaths of two policemen and shootings of three others may have been prevented if Arizona had an adequate mental health system. The tragic deaths of two policemen and shootings of three others may have been prevented if Arizona had an adequate mental health system, by Jack G. Wiggins

Should we be mad about movie madness? - How mental illness is portrayed in films is a hot topic by Daily News

Strong warnings expected on antidepressants for kids - "Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration next week are expected to recommend tougher warning labels or other restrictions on antidepressants linked to suicidal behavior in children," by Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY

Study: Generally, Prozac's OK for Kids by Gardinar Harris

So Good to Talk - "Mental illness, says Jill Shelton, needs to be talked about, not hidden away," by By Barbara Argument

Taking odds on a gambler - "Simon, 39, has bipolar disorder and such free-spending is a symptom of mania, which with its polar opposite, depression, characterise the disorder," by Phil Taylor

Taking revenge is good for your mental health / Swiss study involving brain scans on volunteers reveals that the brain derives satisfaction from punishing cheats - "REVENGE is sweet. Many of us have felt that way, and now scientists say they know why.  A new brain-imaging study suggests we feel satisfaction when we punish others for bad behaviour, says the National Geographic News website," by the Straits Times

The price of an A / Student look to medications for study relief - Evan, a senior, tested the Adderall waters last week for the first time. He had to complete three papers, several extra credit assignments and a 35-minute presentation. He also had a test to study for. All of his work was due last Friday. He finished it in time with the help of Adderall, he said. Sometimes caffeine just isn’t by Alison Fosbenne

THE STATE OF OUR CHILDREN: Officials call for research of antidepressant use by children  by Marc Chase

Turning Mentally Ill Children Into Criminals by Michael Jonathan Grinfeld - Psychiatric Times February 2000 Vol. XVII Issue 2 

UP FRONT -- MENTAL ILLNESS - "..."No one thinks children can have mental illness," Ms Hess said, noting the province has made no new investment in children's mental health in the past 12 years.  "A large number of the agencies are running poor. Some have had to cut programs and let staff go. Mental illness is the orphaned area of understanding and children's mental health is the orphan's orphan."  The problems with support infrastructure are as complex and ranging as the illness, Ms Hess said. And many of these children purposely go undiagnosed because of the massive societal stigma attached to mental illness.  "Along with the stigma, parents shoulder the blame and shame," she said. "It's the only illness where parents are automatically blamed."  Not unlike Ms Hess, whose now adult daughter was suicidal at age five, Newmarket's Anny Chow is acutely aware of the wait and worry associated with a child's mental health problems.  Her son, Nicholas, was diagnosed at age five with Tourette's syndrome, a disorder affecting communication skills, thought processes and the ability to control emotions. At eight, doctors diagnosed Aspergers, a form of autism..."

UK report claims environmental factors likely cause of brain disease - A new report from the United Kingdom today shows an alarming increase in the number of deaths linked to brain disease, particularly in women. The report published in the journal Public Health states that environmental factors are the likely cause of the increase in the number of people suffering from diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's by Brigid Glanville

U.S. Starts Inquiry Into Purchasing for Health Care, NYT Says - "The U.S. Department of Justice has started a criminal investigation of the medical-supply industry to determine whether hospitals are overcharging Medicare and other government health programs for medicines, rubber gloves and other goods, the New York Times reported.," by Bloomberg

Vollum scientists find new form of dopamine transmission by Oregon Health & Science University

Warnings over anti-depressants spark praise, concerns - Antidepressants have a valuable role in the treatment of children, several doctors said yesterday. Most interviewed expressed concern that a Food and Drug Administration panel's recommendation -- that such drugs bear a label warning of increased risk of suicidal thought and behavior -- might discourage use of the drugs for children already at risk by Jamie Talan

We must end stigma of mental illness - When former NBC News anchor Jane Pauley hesitates for years to tell even her co-workers she has bi-polar disorder, we know the stigma of mental illness is still a big issue. Pauley, who has dedicated her life to the public's right to know, didn't tell her colleagues about her struggle until recently when she wrote Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue, which details her life with mental illness. Part of the book, which I read in People magazine, describes her hospitalization three years ago for treatment of the disorder, which consists of wide mood swings, by Marlene Davis

Why the drugs don't work - The problem isn't that doctors are too quick to prescribe anti-depressants, but that they have stretched the label of depression to cover the full range of human unhappiness. by Dr Michael Fitzpatrick

Workout partners pump each other up / Fitness buddies are good for physical and mental health by Bill Wingell

Wyeth Comments on FDA Joint Advisory Committee Antidepressant Safety Recommendation for Pediatric Population / Wyeth Commits to Work With FDA to Develop Appropriate Warnings for Pediatric Use - Press Release

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