Drug taking early warning
@CCDHB's Dr Paul Quigley talking now on #drugchecking #earlywarning system http://t.co/hBrj6y6t52 pic.twitter.com/9pnZUjv8IC — NZ Drug Foundation (@nzdrug) July 3, 2015
Excluding people because of mental distress can mean a much longer recovery time
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/69794236/mental-illness-discrimination-common-in-new-zealand The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) looks at New Zealanders’ attitudes to a range of health topics, including mental illness. In 2014, it asked respondents about their attitudes to people experiencing mental illness, using the scenario of the opening of a community mental health centre in their neighbourhood. They were asked if they would…
Mental Health Foundation backs peer support scheme in face of criticism
ONE News has learned that at least one of the dozens of peer support workers in communities, clinics and psych wards around the country has killed someone. The peer role requires “lived experience” in mental health, including people sectioned by the court for taking a life – that is, acquitted of murder by reason of…
Misconceptions about Mental Health
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/06/20/8-misconceptions-about-mental-health-and-mental-illness/ Some of the so-called “mentally ill” are just making excuses for their weakness or failure. These people need to stop whining, get up off the couch and go find a job. Anyone who claims mental health conditions are the bogus rationalizations of the chronic underachiever is talking out of his or her you-know-what. Mental…
Suicide toll reaches highest rate since records kept
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/69920289/suicide-toll-reaches-highest-rate-since-records-kept “It seems to have completely bucked the trend,” says Stephen Bell of youth mental health service Youthline. Last year’s figures had been the lowest number by two since the annual coronial figures were first produced for the 2007/2008 year. The figures provided a breakdown of suicides by region and month, with August proving the…
4 Bad Habits That Sabotage Your Sleep
4 bad habits that sabotage your sleep http://t.co/eQ4FGCjp8A pic.twitter.com/kvb8EqjIDx — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) July 2, 2015 Scientists at the Sleep Disorders & Research Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found that consuming 400 milligrams of caffeine (equal to two to four eight-ounce cups of brewed coffee) six hours before bedtime reduced sleep by more…
Chronic depression shrinks brain
Fascinating new research shows #depression causes ongoing physical changes to part of brain managing emotion & memory http://t.co/ljFZgB4Pe3 — Black Dog Institute (@blackdoginst) July 1, 2015 The researchers found 65% of the depressed study participants had recurrent depression and it was these people who had a smaller hippocampus, which is near the centre of the…
PTSD raises risk of heart disease for women
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/post.traumatic.disorder.ptsd.raises.heart.disease.risk.for.women/57707.htm A new study suggests that post-traumatic disorder (PTSD) in women can increase their risk of incurring heart disease. The study came out in JAMA’s Circulation and is based on the work of investigators from Columbia University, led by Jennifer Sumner. It found that women who have been through traumatic events or have developed PTSD…
From PsycheCentral – Misconceptions about Mental Illness
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/06/20/8-misconceptions-about-mental-health-and-mental-illness/ Mental illness is destructive, but thankfully it is still not all that common. According to a recent study by the National Institute of Mental Health, 18.6 percent of American adults (43.7 million people) will suffer from some form of mental illness in any given year. Among the adolescent age group (ages 13 to 18),…
@kylemacd
So I think we can safely say this “lets just not talk about/report suicide” approach has failed. We need a national conversation about this — Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) July 2, 2015