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1. Results from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use & Health – Mental Health Findings This report provides information about the prevalence of mental disorders and use of mental health services for youth aged 12 to 17 and adults aged 18 or older.  It also looks at mental health, suicidal thoughts and behavior and the co-occurrence of mental illness and substance use. One of the report’s findings is that among the 45.1 million adults aged 18 or older with […]...
2. Little Action Has Been Taken On Recommendations Aimed To Curb College Drinking Few colleges and college communities have taken steps to implement recommendations to reduce college student drinking, according to a new study released by researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Alcohol consumption by U.S…...
3. Share of Cost: Watch Out for the American Opportunity Act Scam Did you know that by calling a special 1-800 number you may qualify to receive $500 from the American Opportunity Act?  By providing your Social Security number, date of birth and other personal information, in just 4 weeks you will receive a Visa Check card ready to be loaded with money.  Sound too good to […]...
4. Researchers Validate Concerns With Internet Addiction Among College Students, And The Link Between Media Use And Sleep Problems Among Children In today’s society where access to media is ever present, many parents worry about what is appropriate media usage for their children and how media consumption can potentially affect them. Two new studies led by Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH and Dr. Michelle M....
5. Partners In Health, Abbott And The Abbott Fund Unite To Combat Severe Childhood Malnutrition In Haiti Partners In Health (PIH) and Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and its philanthropic foundation, the Abbott Fund, announced a partnership to empower Haitians to create local solutions to the longstanding problem of severe malnutrition in Haiti. Together, PIH and Abbott plan to build a nutritional food production facility that will allow Haitians to produce locally-sourced, high-quality nutritious […]...
6. DeepBrain Study Shows That Thinking About God Reduces Distress – But Only For Believers Thinking about God may make you less upset about making errors, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The researchers measured brain waves for a particular kind of distress-response while participants made mistakes on a test....
7. California witnesses largest repatriation of Native American artifacts Over 200 sacred Native American artifacts, held by private collectors and later the Smithsonian Institution and other museums, have been returned to the Yurok people of Northern California. According to Peter Fimrite of the San Francisco Chronicle, it is one of the largest repatriations of ceremonial artifacts in U.S. History. The necklaces, headdresses, arrows, hides […]...
8. No to oligarchy: The American people are hurting The American people are hurting. As a result of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, millions of Americans have lost their jobs, homes, life savings and their ability to get a higher education. Today, some 22 percent of our children live in poverty, and millions more have become dependent on food stamps […]...
9. Parents Of Students With Asthma And Allergies, How Do You Know When Your Child Is Ready To Self-Medicate At School? Students with asthma and allergies will pack more than just a lunchbox and bookbag when they start school this year: They’ll be devising ways to keep their life-saving medications close at hand should they need them. No longer do they have to be locked up in the nurse’s cabinet or the office…...
10. Top Of The List For Dropping Out Of High School – ADHD, Conduct Disorder And Smoking Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – the most common childhood psychiatric condition in the United States – are less likely to finish high school on time than students with other mental-health disorders that often are considered more serious, a large national study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine....
11. Link Between Childhood Trauma And Higher Rates Of Mental Health Problems New research has shown that children’s risk for learning and behavior problems and obesity rises in correlation to their level of trauma exposure, says the psychiatrist at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital who oversaw the study....