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Dear Friends,
Is it hot enough for you? Every night when I go to bed I say my prayers to the air conditioner gods, hoping that my unit makes it through the heat of this summer. I guess you have been spending as much time indoors as I have. Can’t wait until winter so I can [...]

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March 15, 2010
OptumHealth Inc. is supporting a national memorial being built to honor people nationwide who died in state psychiatric hospitals and are buried in unnamed graves.
While noting the significant advancements in behavioral health care that today are helping millions find paths to recovery, OptumHealth unveiled a traveling fund-raising display for the memorial and presented [...]

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Women who suffer from depression and anxiety may want to take a look at their diet as possible contributors to these conditions, study findings hint.
Dr. Felice N. Jacka, at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues report mood disorders were more common among women 20 to 93 years old who, over 10 years, ate [...]

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The New Pittsburg Courier reports- Too often, those who suffer with mental illness suffer in silence. Close family members may know the full extent of the affected person’s condition but co-workers and friends rarely do. The individual who has been diagnosed would much rather bear the weight of their illness alone that risk being ostracized [...]

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FP/File – A diet heavy in processed and fatty foods increases the risk of depression, according to researchers …
Mon Nov 2, 10:54 am ET
Researchers at University College London also found that a diet including plenty of fresh vegetables, fruit and fish could help prevent the onset of depression. The study was carried out on 3,486 [...]

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For some, exercise is fun and exciting. For others, it is grueling and tedious. We often think that the purpose of exercise is merely to improve one’s physical health. However, recent research shows that exercise has many other benefits, particularly related to mental and emotional health.
According to the Mental Health Foundation, exercise naturally improves one’s [...]

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A study found in participants older than 25, the disorder was less common.

By Rachel Rice / Katie Prince - Graphic Designer

Published September 1, 2009
Almost half of young adults suffering from bipolar disorder will recover from the condition when they reach their 30s, a study led by MU graduate student David Cicero found.
Bipolar disorder is a [...]

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Psychiatrists in London are a step closer to personalizing treatment and prevention for manic depressive illness - also known as bipolar disorder. Their research has shown why some people are more at risk and why others are more resilient to genetic and environmental factors underlying bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorder occurs when the brain cannot regulate [...]

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MONDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) — Invega Sustenna (paliperidone palmitate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat schizophrenia, drug maker Janssen said in a news release.
The longer-acting version of the previously approved drug should help prevent relapses commonly caused when schizophrenia patients fail to take a more frequent dose, the [...]

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By MALCOLM RITTER - AP Science Writer
PORTLAND, Maine — She was sociable and happy in high school. But in college that changed abruptly: Depressed and withdrawn, some days she couldn’t get out of bed.
And that wasn’t all. “I had really odd thoughts,” recalled the woman, now 21, who asked that her name not [...]

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