Mental Health

A recent report found that 22 veterans committed suicide per day in 2010 — a trend advocates aim to alleviate through prevention efforts nationwide and locally.

Women who take folic acid supplements before becoming pregnant, as well as early in pregnancy, may reduce the risk of having a child with an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study.

Depression affects almost 1 in 10 adult Americans yearly. Depression is a frequent symptom that occurs following trauma. For instance, a survey of survivors from the Oklahoma City bombing revealed that 23% reported depression after the bombing as compared to 13% of survivors who reported having depression before the bombing. Depression is frequently experienced in people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

When you find out you have a mental illness what tends to be the first thing most of us feel? Embarrassment? Shame? Relief that you know what’s wrong? Very few people will feel the last emotion, instead first focusing on the shock and embarrassment of the whole situation. A mental health problem?! Does that mean I’m crazy? I know that’s how I felt when I was diagnosed with depression at a young age, so I kept it to myself.

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder are prescribed psychiatric drugs not supported by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs guidelines, researchers say.

While sitting at the airport gate last July, waiting to board the plane to  San Jose where I was scheduled to deliver two presentations on web accessibility, I wondered, “How did I, an individual with a significant speech impairment and a physical disability, get here?”

Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. In a new paper, Brown University scientists propose a neurophysiological framework to explain these clinical benefits.

There are many faces of mental illness, from the successful executive in downtown Calgary to the homeless man living on the streets. Mental illness can affect anyone, anywhere. Twenty percent of Canadians will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime, and one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illness is depression.

The following resources can be used to help you find mental health treatment services, including affordable treatment for those without insurance, in your community.

The Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act by a broad bipartisan margin, pushing the long-languishing act into the House Republicans who stalled the law’s enactment during the last session of Congress.

Every third woman falls victim to rape or abuse in her lifetime. With the world-population of seven billion, this means that one billion women and girls are being confronted with, or personally experience, violence daily.  Therefore, on February 14, 2013 one billion people are called upon worldwide to participate in demonstrations. All over the world, men and women will “strike, dance and rise” in public places and announce their solidarity through other directed activities.

About 11 million women older than age 15 in Turkey have been physically or sexually abused by their husband or partner.

A state task force is recommending that Minnesota pay for an intensive — and controversial — form of autism therapy for children on Medical Assistance, as part of a broad new effort to help struggling families.