Bright Light therapy used to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder may also be effective in reducing depression symptoms in older adults, according to a new study. Dutch researchers, whose findings are reported in the Archives of General Psychiatry, studied 89 men and women age 60 or older who were randomly assigned to one of two groups. [...]
A substantial proportion of youth with severe mental disorders do not receive mental health care, according to data from an NIMH-funded survey published in the January 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Background Kathleen Merikangas, Ph.D., of NIMH and colleagues analyzed data from the National Comorbidity Study-Adolescent [...]
People with a family history of alcoholism, especially women, have an elevated risk of also becoming obese, according to a new study. Researchers, whose findings are reported in the Archives of General Psychiatry, analyzed data from two large alcoholism surveys from the last two decades. They found that in 2001 and 2002, women with a [...]
ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 4, 2011) – A study of a national sample of more than 13,500 nursing home residents found that those with serious mental illness were 24 percent less likely to have any advance care directives compared to nursing home residents without mental illness. Advance care plans allow nursing home residents to make informed [...]
Combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is more likely to have long-lasting effects on soldiers than concussions or “mild traumatic” brain injuries, according to a new study. Researchers, whose findings are reported in the Archives of General Psychiatry, questioned 953 National Guard soldier deployed in combat. The soldiers were interviewed in Iraq one month before returning home, [...]