These services operate alongside family relationship services and provide a way for families to get help for their children who are suffering from, or
at risk of mental illness, outside of the clinical mental health system.
A study of data on almost 10,000 people born in the UK in 1958 has found that being a member of the Scouts or Guides during childhood is linked to a
lower risk of mental illness in middle age.
Meditation only takes a few minutes every day, but it can bring many benefits like a
decreased risk of mental illness and brain degeneration, increased serotonin production, lower blood pressure, and decreased anxiety, explains user Joshua Raichur.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, 8 June 2015 — A study led by scientists at deCODE genetics and published today demonstrates at population scale that variations in the sequence of the genome that increase
risk of mental illness characterized by psychosis are also predictors of creativity.
Through a new flexible primary mental health care funding pool, PHNs improve outcomes for people with or
at risk of mental illness and / or suicide, in partnership with relevant services.
One mechanism for these associations is that adolescents with mental health problems have an increased
risk of mental illness later in life, 18, 50 which may be the direct cause of work impairment.
A new Risk Index for Depression (RID) developed in Australia «provides further support» of the link between diet, gut health and
the risk of mental illness, researchers claim.
«Poor mental health is associated with diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; and poor physical health increases
the risk of mental illness.
A GENE linking schizophrenia and psychosis to creativity could help explain why genes that up
the risk of mental illness have been preserved in human evolution.
Some researchers believe that smoking cigarettes and taking recreational drugs like LSD, ecstasy and cannabis, may elevate a user's
risk of mental illnesses, including schizophrenia — although it can be difficult to assess whether drug use is a cause or effect.
Heightened inflammation during pregnancy may increase
the risk of mental illness or brain development problems in children, according to a new study led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland.
Every doctor and patient needs to carefully weigh
the risks of the mental illness versus the potential weight gain.
It also lowers
the risk of mental illnesses.
FMHSS provides flexible, responsive options for children and young people up to the age of 18 who are affected by, or at
risk of mental illness, and their families.
With a strong focus on early intervention, i - Connect works with children and young people in East Gippsland who are affected by or at
risk of mental illness.