Mental Suffering

Mental health leaves cost economy $51 billion: Study

Mental illness is linked to more lost work days than any other chronic condition, costing the Canadian economy $51 billion a year in lost productivity, a new report shows.

Mental illness alone not linked to violence

Mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder alone do not make people more violent, but the tendency of people with psychiatric problems to abuse drugs or alcohol does, scientists said on Monday.

Mental illness, violence not linked

Individuals solely suffering from mental problems such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are not more vulnerable to violent crime, a new study says.

Mental maturity scan tracks brain development

Five minutes in a scanner can reveal how far a child's brain has come along the path from childhood to maturity and potentially shed light on a range of psychological and developmental disorders, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown.

Patients ‘cannot afford’ GP visits

SOME people suffering from mental health issues may be avoiding visits to their GP because they cannot afford it, the Samaritans said yesterday.

The link between mental health & HIV Living with AIDS # 447

People living with HIV and AIDS are at an increased risk of developing serious mental disorders, according to mental health professionals at a Johannesburg meeting this week.

YOUR VIEW: Faith healing vs. medical science

"If a sense of disease produces suffering, and a sense of ease antidotes it, disease is mental. Hence the fact in Christian Science that the human mind alone suffers, and the divine mind alone heals it."

Funding crisis averted at mental health centers

JACKSON – The seemingly perpetual financial crisis facing the state’s 15 community mental health centers apparently has been averted through at least June 2012.

Mental illness alone doesn't raise risk of crime: study

A British study has found severe mental illness alone does not make a person commit more violent crimes.

B vitamins may slow brain shrinkage

High doses of selected B vitamins may significantly slow the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people suffering from mild mental decline, say British researchers.