News tagged with emotional health problems

Happy children make happy adults

Being a 'happy' teenager is linked to increased well-being in adulthood, new research finds.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emotional response may predict how the body responds to stress

Your emotional response to challenging situations could predict how your body responds to stress, according to research published this month in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: No higher mental health risk after abortion

(AP) -- Having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental health problems, but having a baby does, one of the largest studies to compare the aftermath of both decisions suggests.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The correlation between acne and social and mental health problems

Researchers have looked into the association between acne and mental health in teenagers and report their findings online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Their work suggests adverse events including suicidal ideati ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Victimized children involved with disasters more likely to have mental health issues

A new national study not only has confirmed that children who have been exposed to disasters from earthquakes to fires are more prone to emotional problems, but many of those children may already have been experiencing maltreatment, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Up to 1 in 4 patients report more physical problems a year after surgery than before

One in seven patients experience more pain, physical and emotional problems a year after surgery than before their operation and a quarter have less vitality. Those are the key findings of a research study of more than 400 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long-term sick could be identified 3 years prior to going on benefit

Individuals on long term incapacity benefit because of mental health problems could be identified by their GPs three years before they stop working, finds a research paper published on British Medical Journal.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disabilities strike the middle-aged: Sedentary lifestyle, obesity among major reasons

Lucille Morris was in her mid-50s when she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Not long after, she began experiencing pain and numbness in her feet from neuropathy. Walking felt painful and wobbly.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Extremely preterm children are three times as likely to have psychiatric disorder

Significant advances in the neonatal intensive care have resulted in increased survival rates of children who are born at less than 26 weeks of gestation, so termed "extremely preterm children". Notably, however, improved ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Critical communication for caregivers

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with emotional difficulties at higher risk for adult obesity

Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese- but not which influences which. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine, sheds ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in ten 16 year olds have self-harmed

One in ten 16 year olds in Northern Ireland have self-harmed in the past year, according to new research by ARK at Queen’s University and the University of Ulster.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0