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September 25, 2018     Psychiatry     The latest psychiatry news from News Medical

Short-termpsychotherapy improves mental health of women caring for children with chronic conditions   Brief cognitive behavioral therapy significantly improved the mental health of women overwhelmed by caring for children with severe chronic health conditions, researchers at the University of Louisville have found.

Arthritis common in individuals with varying degrees of depression, finds study   Arthritis is common in individuals with varying degrees of depression, according to a new International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry study.         Robert Koch Institute publishes new data on allergies, mental health problems, and accident injuries   The Robert Koch Institute has published new data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents on allergies, mental health problems and accident injuries.

Breakthrough shows immune cells may play a role in schizophrenia   A type of immune cell called the “macrophages” are known to be one of the first soldiers of the body that can fight off infections and plays a role in maintaining immunity and in inflammation.       Grieving patients treated with talk therapy have lower risk of suicide and psychiatric illness   In a comprehensive study, researchers from Aarhus University show that grieving patients who receive what is known as talk therapy at the general practitioner shortly after a relative's death, have a lower risk of suicide and psychiatric illness than others.       Brain region for stress control is enlarged in people with depression, finds study   According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 322 million people worldwide were affected by depression in 2015--4.4 percent of the world's population. In the search for the underlying causes of this widespread disorder, researchers have concluded that it could arise from predisposition combined with an individual's environmental stress factors.       LGBT community reports more number of poor mental health days than general population   The local LGBT community reports twice the number of poor mental health days as the general population of Richmond and Columbia Counties, and those who identified as transgender report twice that, according to a health needs assessment conducted by faculty and students at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.       Benefit and harm of new screening program for depression still remain unclear   Almost 12% of all adults in Germany are diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care investigated whether participants in a screening programme could have advantages or disadvantages if their general practitioner, for example, offers regular tests based on a questionnaire that can reveal signs of depression.       Conquer the Corrugations: Walking together to raise awareness about mental health   Conquer the Corrugations is a Cape York Mental Health Awareness Walk that stretches 42 kilometers from the Coen Information Centre to the Archer River Roadhouse. The goal of the walk is to raise awareness, to support and to remember those affected by mental illness.       Researchers identify a new cause of chronic stress in the brain   In an international collaboration between MedUni Vienna, Semmelweis University in Budapest, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and Yale University in the USA, researchers have identified a new process in the brain that is responsible for the delayed stress response and the long-term effects of stress: with a delay of 10 minutes after the "danger", the area of the brain that reacts to stress and responsible for further action is activated via...

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