Thailand to launch unchaining campaign for mental patients
Bangkok – Thailand’s mental health department will next month launch a campaign to encourage families not to physically restrain relations suffering psychosis or schizophrenia. Click here for full article. With thanks to M&C News online.
Read MoreTough luck for the luckless caught up in the riot crackdown
When Tory MPs warn of threats to civil liberties, you know things have got quite bad: James Clappison, a senior member of the Commons home affairs committee, warned of “rushed justice” following this paper’s revelation that the police had devised an on-the-hoof policy of refusing bail to anyone arrested on a riot-related offence. Click here for full [...]
Read MoreScientists make schizophrenia breakthrough
US scientists say they have “fundamentally transformed” the understanding of the genetics of schizophrenia. A report in the journal Nature Genetics showed that “fresh mutations” in DNA are involved in at least half of schizophrenia cases, when there is no family history of the illness. For full article click here. With thanks to the BBC
Read MoreMental health campaigners welcome book about schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is perhaps the most widely misunderstood and misrepresented of all serious mental illnesses in popular culture and media. So, when first-person accounts offering insights into the experience of someone who has lived with schizophrenia come along, they tend to be welcomed by mental health campaigners as an antidote to misinformation. Such has been the case [...]
Read MoreThinking Globally to Improve Mental Health
Mental health experts are calling for a greater world focus on improving access to care and treatment for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders, as well as increasing discoveries in research that will enable this goal to be met. Click here for full article. With thanks to the National Institute of Mental Health
Read MoreRare Gene Glitch May Hold Clues for Schizophrenia – NIH-funded Study
Scientists are eyeing a rare genetic glitch for clues to improved treatments for some people with schizophrenia — even though they found the mutation in only one third of 1 percent of patients. Click here to read full article. With thanks to the National Institute of Mental Health
Read MoreFunny, haha: the comedy of mental health issues
Brian Logan reports on a comedy show taking on mental health taboos. Click here to read the full article. With thanks to the Guardian
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