News tagged with chronic mental illness

Mental health leaves most costly disability to Canadian employers

Mental illness is associated with more lost work days than any other chronic condition, costing the Canadian economy $51 billion annually in lost productivity. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Centre for ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Delinquent boys at increased risk of premature death and disability by middle age

Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behaviour, new research indicates.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia

A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2