When teens start experiencing changes in moods or emotions, they tend to fear sharing their blue days with their families and adults who can help them. As a consequence, they often suffer in silence. Case Western Reserve University KL2 Clinical Research Scholar and Instructor Melissa Pinto-Foltz from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing wants […]
A new study led by a Northern Illinois University sociologist shows that while family members often provide critical support, they also can sometimes be the source of stigmatizing attitudes that impede the recovery of mentally ill relatives. “Negative attitudes of family members have the potential to affect the ways that mentally ill persons view themselves, […]
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center scientists have found that having a regular outpatient mental health provider may not be enough to prevent children and teens with behavioral problems from repeatedly ending up in the emergency room (ER). The study is published in the June 1 issue of the journal Psychiatric Services.
As the United States’ immigrant population grows it will be necessary to address the vast number of immigrants who do not have access to health insurance coverage, or who face other barriers to accessing health care, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in a new policy paper released today at Internal Medicine 2011, ACP’s […]
Stigma against overweight people is becoming a cultural norm around the world even in places where larger bodies have traditionally been valued. That is according to a cross-cultural study of attitudes toward obesity to be published in the April issue of Current Anthropology.
Latinos benefit from antidepressants like everybody else – only they do not use them nearly as often. The trick is getting past some cultural barriers. A study appearing in the March-April issue of General Hospital Psychiatry confirms that the stigma of mental illness, poor communication with physicians, and the underuse of antidepressants all play a […]
Adolescents and young adults experience mental disorders, yet frequently tend not to seek help. Researchers set out to summarize reported barriers and facilitators of help-seeking in young people using both qualitative research from surveys, focus groups, and interviews and quantitative data from published surveys. The results appeared in the open access journal, BMC Psychiatry. Check […]
Despite the existence of effective programs for treating alcohol dependencies and disorders, less than a quarter of people who are diagnosed actually seek treatment. In a recent study by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health researchers report that people diagnosed with alcoholism at some point in their lifetime were more than 60% less likely […]
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