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New PTSD program answers need for comprehensive treatment

dangerousbehaviour wrote 4 months ago: July 02, 2009 Jul 02, 2009 (DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks via COMTEX) … more →

Tags: trauma, military, ptsd, symptoms, Treatment

Professor helps train mental-health workers in Iraq

dangerousbehaviour wrote 4 months ago: July 04, 2009 Victims of traumatic events sometimes get so hung up thinking about what happened to t … more →

Tags: trauma, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, iraq, Mental Health, ptsd

Black & Minority Ethnic Groups: Concern over mental health training in public sector

dangerousbehaviour wrote 4 months ago: Educating police and teachers on early signs of mental illness could be catastrophic for black and m … more →

Tags: Ethnic Groups, Mental Health, Training

A new scheme trains adults in 'first aid' for young people who turn to them in a time of crisis

dangerousbehaviour wrote 4 months ago: Emotional rescue Lucy is explaining why she didn’t go to school today. “I just couldn … more →

Tags: Crisis, psychological first aid, Suicide, Training, Young People

Stressed Men More Likely To Gamble And Takes Risks

dangerousbehaviour wrote 4 months ago: Stressed Men More Likely To Gamble And Takes Risks ScienceDaily (July 1, 2009) — Stressed out, dude? … more →

Tags: Violence, Gambling, Gender, Risk Taking, Sress

Where Fear Is Stored In The Brain

dangerousbehaviour wrote 4 months ago: ScienceDaily (July 8, 2009) — Fear is a powerful emotion, and neuroscientists have for the first tim … more →

Tags: trauma, amygdala, brain, Emotion, Fear, Limbic System

From anger management to addiction: online therapies

dangerousbehaviour wrote 6 months ago: * Lucy Atkins * The Guardian, Tuesday 12 May 2009 Eating Disorders www.b-eat.co.uk offers multimedia … more →

Tags: Internet, on-line therapy

Trust 'sorry' for murders by patients in its care

dangerousbehaviour wrote 6 months ago: • Reports criticise Humber mental health trust for failure of care • Mother of five and elderly woma … more →

Tags: Psychosis, Violence, Healthcare, Mental Health, schizophrenia

Untold stories set to tackle stigma

dangerousbehaviour wrote 6 months ago: * Fay Wertheimer * The Guardian, Wednesday 6 May 2009 Profesor Protasia Torkington, director, Granby … more →

Tags: Mental Health, Stigma, Stories

Mental health and offending: One man's prison experience

dangerousbehaviour wrote 6 months ago: A new report today by Lord Keith Bradley says offenders with mental health problems are being failed … more →

Tags: Psychosis, Violence, Mental Health, prisons, Schizoaffective Disorder

Adolescents At Risk Of Developing Psychosis Benefit From Early And Network-Oriented Care

dangerousbehaviour wrote 6 months ago: Date: 15 May 2009 – 3:00 Family and network oriented, stress-reducing care improves level of o … more →

Tags: Psychosis, Early Intervention, Family, Stress, Young People

Man has admitted killing Philip Ellison, the Lancashire Council social care worker

dangerousbehaviour wrote 7 months ago: Posted: 24 April 2009 | Community Care A man has admitted killing Philip Ellison, the Lancashire Cou … more →

Tags: Violence, Ellison, Health and Safety, murder, searle, social care worker

Training Curbs Anger And Aggression In Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome

dangerousbehaviour wrote 7 months ago: Article Date: 24 Apr 2009 In the first study to gauge the benefits of anger control training in adol … more →

Tags: Violence, anger management, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Tourette's, Training, Young People

Suicide: The Risk Factors 1 comment

dangerousbehaviour wrote 7 months ago: Date: 19 Apr 2009 – 0:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146507.php There are man … more →

Tags: Suicide, statistics, Risk Factors

Hollow Mask Illusion Fails To Fool Schizophrenia Patients

dangerousbehaviour wrote 7 months ago: ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2009) — Patients with schizophrenia are able to correctly see through an illu … more →

Tags: Psychosis, schizophrenia, Illusion, Perception, Top-Down, bottom-up, Cannabis

What's it like to be a young person with mental health issues?

dangerousbehaviour wrote 7 months ago: Three teenagers who have found it hard to forge their sense of identity as young people with mental … more →

Tags: Suicide, Self-harm, Mental Health, Young People, young minds

Mentally Disordered More Likely To Become Victims Of Violence When Showing Increased Symptoms

dangerousbehaviour wrote 7 months ago: Article Date: 16 Apr 2009 – 0:00 PDT Contrary to common stereotypes, individuals with major me … more →

Tags: Violence, Mental Health, Hallucinations, victims delusions, Victimisation, Stigma

Working to understand men's mental health

dangerousbehaviour wrote 7 months ago: More can be done to help men in this little studied area of wellbeing Men’s mental health is a … more →

Tags: Suicide, Self-harm

Prozac, used by 40m people, does not work say scientists

dangerousbehaviour wrote 8 months ago: I am posting this because on a recent course on responding to suicidal behaviour, I suggested that f … more →

Tags: Suicide, Psychosis, Impact Training, Anti-Depressants, prozac, fluxetine


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