Mindful exercise and mental health
By Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS There is currently extensive use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) — also known as integrative or mind-body medicine — in the United States to sustain well-being in both aging baby boomers and in children and adolescents. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines CAM therapies as [...]
Groundbreaking mental health study to be repeated 30 years later
A sweeping study of children’s mental health is being updated (Getty Images ) A Hamilton study that became the gold standard globally for measuring children’s…
Wrap of health news from the Federal Budget – Croakey
This post offers an overview of health-related news from the Budget and a wrap of reaction. Here are links to: • Health and Ageing Budget statements…
Relax: It’s Good for Your Genes
Getty Images / Getty Images While it might seem that your body and brain aren’t doing much when you’re on break, relaxing triggers a flurry…
National Institute Of Mental Health Forsakes the DSM, the Bible Of Psychiatry
Tragic stories of misdiagnosis, over-medication, and addiction to prescription medications abound in psychiatry. Though the field asserts that its diagnostic system, described in the American…
Israel planning major expansion in mental health treatment
HMOs to open 39 mental health clinics, in move expected to increase the number of patients by 40…
Why The US National Institute Of Mental Health Plans To Abandon The DSM
The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health is turning its back on the so-called bible of its field.…
Reasearch reveals nation’s mental health cost blow-out
THE real costs of mental health services in Australia are at least $28.6 billion, or more than three…
Mental health issues pushing up juvenile detention rates
PAIGE TAYLOR From:The Australian AN extraordinary level of untreated mental illness among child prisoners is central to Western Australia’s…
Mental health moves up global agenda
A mentally ill patient holds a plate after lunch at the Galuh foundation compound in East Bekasi, outskirt…
