Adults with schizophrenia were more than 3.5 times as likely to die as adults in the general U.S. population, particularly from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and that implicates tobacco as a modifiable risk factor, …
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Responsiveness essential for mental health care in Iran
The Iranian mental health system should pay more attention to responding to non-medical expectations of service users. The measurement of responsiveness can inform us how well the mental health care system interacts …
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Patients May Be Quitting Too Soon …
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Patients May Be Quitting Too Soon : A University of Houston study tracked more than 100 cognitive behavioral therapy patients over a twelve-week course to treat anxiety. Houston Public Media …
Youth with Mental Illness, Brain Injury More Likely to Use Inhalants …
Young people who are severe polyinhalant users tend to have the highest rates of mental illness diagnoses, the highest rates of traumatic experiences and more than double the rates of head injuries compared to their peers …
Depression intervention for at-risk youth shows sustained effects …
Six years later, positive effects of a cognitive-behavioral therapy were still present in youths at risk for depression. (iStock). Depression commonly emerges in adolescence, and teens whose parents have a history of …