Not exact matches
Giving
patients drugs that are based on the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, known for their hallucinogenic properties, could help reboot the brains of people who suffer from
mental illness and who are otherwise resistant to treatment.
That's one reason researchers think the microbiome might be a crucial part of not only obesity and diabetes, but also some of society's most pervasive
mental health problems — the very
illnesses that, too often, leave doctors stuck and
patients frustrated.
It is true that our
mental health facilities have pretty much disappeared in the shadow of «drug management of
illness» which requires
patient compliance when an ill person is not equipped to comply.
equally important is the fact that in addition to family physicians, the clergymen of the community,... and the other guardians of
mental health can consult with the center's professional staff to aid in serving individual
patients about whom they share concern, as well as to add to their own knowledge of
mental health and
mental illness through formal and informal classes and meetings presented by the center's staff.
However, the new insights into
mental illness, as recorded in this volume, show us that
patients get well in the community and among the people they know best — their family, co-workers, and friends.
More than eight out of ten GPs say they have
patients who have developed
mental health problems due to a controversial benefits test, according to new polling released today by the charity Rethink
Mental Illness.
He noted the psychiatric ward at Allen handled many «dual diagnosis»
patients, meaning they were dealing with
mental illness and substance abuse simultaneously.
In addition, some
patients would dispute that they had a
mental illness, instead see themselves as victims of psychiatric oppression and again stop co-operating with
mental health professionals as soon as it was possible.
Patients are eligible if they are enrolled in Medicaid and have two or more chronic conditions such as substance use disorder, asthma, diabetes or one single chronic condition of either HIV / AIDS, serious
mental illness or serious emotional disturbance or complex trauma.
The training seek to equip the traditional healers and prayer camp managers with knowledge
mental illness, rights of
mental health
patients and management of
mental illness.
The state Office of
Mental Health is planning to move
patients with serious
mental illness out of state psychiatric centers and into Single Residency Occupancy (SRO) units throughout the state.
«The governor's budget is packed full of sneak attacks on services to cancer
patients, New Yorkers with
mental illness and developmental disabilities, and troubled children,» Brynien said.
These co-occurring
mental illnesses may have symptoms that overlap with BPD, making it difficult to recognize BPD in
patients with these other
mental illnesses.
This event focused on what we know about the causes, effects and treatments of
mental illness, from young children, to adolescents, to middle - age and elderly
patients.
Our research adds important evidence to the increasing literature on oxytocin treatments for
mental illnesses, and hints at the advent of a novel, ground - breaking treatment option for
patients with anorexia.»
«We're interested in determining
patients» sleep patterns,» says John Kane, head of schizophrenia research at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y. Kane, who is conducting a Proteus - funded pilot study, says, «For certain
mental illnesses, changes in sleep patterns are an early sign that an
illness is accelerating.»
Clearly
patients with
mental illness should receive care that is at least comparable with care given to the general population.
A 38 - year - old psychiatrist by training who still sees
patients once a week, Deisseroth entered the field of bioengineering because of his frustration over the inadequate tools available to research and treat
mental illness and neurodegenerative disorders.
Also, she says,
patients and parents of
patients had shared personal stories and testimonials with the researchers about their experience with yeast infections, and these discussions prompted the investigation into possible links between
mental illness and the microbiome — the body's natural collection of bacteria.
Delirium, or sudden severe confusion due to rapid changes in brain function that can occur with physical or
mental illness, affects 15 % to 53 % of older surgical
patients.
«However, most Candida infections can be treated in their early stages, and clinicians should make it a point to look out for these infections in their
patients with
mental illness.»
«In general, across all the health systems, people with serious
mental illness aren't getting a lot of psychotherapy as a form of treatment, and maybe that's a missed opportunity for our health systems to provide care to those
patients.»
Researchers are currently investigating many other
patient groups, including those with cancer,
mental illness and suicidal tendencies, using LIWC to uncover clues about their emotional well - being and their
mental state.
Even so, clinicians and researchers, together with
patients and their families, have made significant strides identifying and treating
mental illnesses.
The DSM describes the symptoms of more than 300 officially recognized
mental illnesses — depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and others — helping counselors, psychiatrists and general care practitioners diagnose their
patients.
At UC Berkeley, psychologists such as Allison Harvey, a co-author on the Journal of Neuroscience paper, have been garnering encouraging results in studies that use sleep therapy on
patients with depression, bipolar disorder and other
mental illnesses.
Many
patients who overdosed shared common coexisting
illnesses, including chronic
mental health, circulatory and respiratory diseases, so health care providers who prescribe opioids to
patients with these preexisting conditions should do so with care and counsel the
patients, according to the authors.
Here, a
patient with
mental illness is under restraint at Habeb Public
Mental Hospital in Mogadishu.
«Because of the vulnerable nature of
patients with
mental illness, such as their susceptibility for opioid dependency and abuse, this finding warrants urgent attention to determine if the risks associated with such prescribing are balanced with therapeutic benefits,» said study co-author Brian Sites, an anesthesiologist at Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center.
Finally, the authors found that the rate of growth in
mental health conditions as a primary diagnosis was significant among the uninsured, Medicare beneficiaries, and the privately insured, showing the emergency department is also serving as a place of care for
patients with
mental illness.
The study, funded by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, followed nearly 300
patients over a six - month period following admission to an outpatient dual - diagnosis treatment program that provided both substance abuse and
mental illness treatment.
Patients with mental illness may attribute greater benefits and reward value to smoking compared with patients without psychiatric disorders or may experience more difficult life circumstances, higher negative affect, or a relative lack of alternative
Patients with
mental illness may attribute greater benefits and reward value to smoking compared with
patients without psychiatric disorders or may experience more difficult life circumstances, higher negative affect, or a relative lack of alternative
patients without psychiatric disorders or may experience more difficult life circumstances, higher negative affect, or a relative lack of alternative rewards.
A third (29) of these
patient victims were killed by other
patients with
mental illness.
However, violence experienced in the past year would have been after diagnosis of severe
mental illness since all participating
patients had been under the care of
mental health services for at least a year.
The researchers studied the prevalence and treatment of
mental illness among
patients turning up with physical symptoms at 15 health centres in 14 countries (This Week, 25 March).
Homicides committed by
patients with
mental illness have received much media attention, but
patients» risk of being victims of homicide and their relationship to the perpetrators has rarely been examined.
Despite the public's concern about violence being perpetrated by
patients with severe
mental illness, the reality for
patients is that they are at increased risk of being victims of some of the most damaging types of violence.»
Patients with
mental illness are two and a half times more likely to be victims of homicide than people in the general population, according to a national study examining the characteristics of homicide victims across England and Wales, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.
Of clinical significance in terms of helping people with
mental illness, the
patients» happiness was unrelated to the severity or duration of their
illness, to cognitive or physical function or to socioeconomic factors such as age and education, which among healthy adults have been linked to a greater sense of well - being.
Even worse is the plight of
patients in places such as Moezzi's homeland of Iran, where
mental illness is simply ignored.
The study was conducted on 60 lymphoblastoid cell lines from female
patients, most of whom had a family history of
mental illness.
However, if confirmed, they may have significant clinical implications for professionals working with those with arthritis, particularly with
patients who have experienced childhood adversities, and a history of
mental illness and substance abuse.
For the first time, researchers report identifying a biological marker: the over-production of specific genes that could be a diagnostic indicator of
mental illness in female psychiatric
patients.
Zhou and his team said reversing the abnormal activity of the inactive X chromosome in
patients suffering from
mental illness may offer a potential new strategy for treating psychiatric disorders.
Alterations in the genetic coding for a nerve cell receptor, which detects a chemical signal that is key to behavioral change, could point the way to designing therapies most effective for
patients suffering from schizophrenia, drug addiction and other
mental illnesses.
He says the study could improve current treatments for
patients suffering from
mental illnesses.
Researchers found that the gene XIST, which is responsible for inactivating one of the two copies of the X chromosome in cells that store genetic material, works overtime in female
patients with
mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia.
«As
mental illnesses are increasing at a very fast rate it is absolutely essential to expand the treatment alternatives for this
patient group in primary healthcare.
Yet that figure included not only
patients in the
mental health system but also individuals who were judged retrospectively by researchers to be experiencing symptoms of
mental illness, a judgment that is highly subjective.
Steven E. Gelda, MD, focuses his clinical interest and expertise on ways to help stabilize psychiatrically hospitalized
patients who enter the hospital in crisis due to environmental and interpersonal factors as well as those experiencing an episode of major
mental illness.