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Children With Serious Mental Health Problems Do Not Receive Adequate Care In One In Five States, Survey Finds
Children with serious mental health problems do not receive adequate care in more than one in five states, according to a survey released on Thursday, USA Today reports. The survey, conducted by Janice Cooper of the

Appalling Failures Of Uk Government In Health Care Of Children In Detention Centres
The appalling failures in the health care of children in detention centres, which are the ultimate responsibility of the UK Home Office, are discussed in the lead Editorial in this week's Lancet. About 2000 children up to the age of 18 years are held in UK detention centres every year. Many are children of families who have been refused asylum or have overstayed their visas; some are asylum seekers or are detained on arrival because they have no identification papers.

FDA 510(k) Clinical Trial Progress For AppyScore, World's First Blood-Based Diagnostic Test For Human Appendicitis
AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPY), an emerging bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel drugs and diagnostics for humans and animals, reported the enrollment level in the ongoing FDA 510(k) clinical trial for AppyScore(TM), the world's first blood-based diagnostic test for human appendicitis exceeds 700 patients.

British Psychological Society Response To Government Announcement Of New Advisory Council On Children's Mental Health And Psychological Well-Being
The British Psychological Society has issued the following statements in response to the Government announcement. The British Psychological Society strongly welcomes the announcement today of planned major investment in mental health care and related services for children and young people.

North Carolina State Spending On A Community-based Mental Health Program Drops 50% In One Year
The State Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has reduced spending on a community-based mental health program by nearly 50 percent over the past year. For the first four months of the current fiscal year, which began July 1, expenditures for Community Support totaled $183 million. Over the same period last year, July-October 2007, Community Support expenditures surpassed $355 million.

NIMH Grant Awarded To Rutgers Center For Behavioral Health Services, Criminal Justice Research
Since its founding in 2002 with a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Rutgers Center for Behavioral Health Services and Criminal Justice Research has focused exclusively on mental health services issues that arise when persons with mental illness have encounters with the criminal justice system.

Prognosis After Attempted Suicide Impaired By Psychiatric Disorder
People who have attempted suicide at some point in their lives are more likely to actually succeed in committing suicide at a later date. The risk is particularly high for people with serious psychiatric disorder, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. One in ten suicide attempters actually commit suicide later on in life.

Youngminds Calls For Extra Support For 18-25 Year Olds With Mental Health Problems, UK
YoungMinds welcomes today's recommendations in the child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) review to provide CAMHS users with a clear transition plan up to the age 25. Roger Catchpole, YoungMinds Principal consultant and member of the CAMHS Review Expert Panel said: "Young people in CAMHS often find themselves without the support they need when they reach 18.

Somerset Mental Health Trust Will Support Armed Services Personnel, England
NHS and MOD collaborate to provide mental health care closer to home. A Somerset mental health Trust is one of only seven organisations selected by the Ministry of Defence to support members of the armed services affected by mental ill health.

Briefs Highlight Issues Involving Integration Of Mental Health Services In Health Reform; Statehealthfacts.org Adds New, Updated Data; More
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MPS Responds To Misleading Media Comments About GPs' Eligibility To Conduct Mental Health Assessments Under New Legislation, UK
Following recent misleading comments in some online media that GPs who are involved in assessing the mental capacity of patients must have insurance under the Mental Capacity Regulations 2008 the Medical Protection Society (MPS) has issued advice to its members to make the position absolutely clear.

Temple Sociologist Identifies Patterns Of Suicide In Las Vegas
Every day 85 Americans die by suicide and hundreds of thousands more make attempts every year. The vast majority of recent studies on suicide have focused on identifying psychiatric risk factors. However, a new study by Temple University Sociology Professor Matt Wray, published online this month in Social Science and Medicine, explores time and place as factors in suicide by closely analyzing the patterns of suicide in a single geographic area - Las Vegas - over a 30 year period.

Practical Toolkit Provides Fresh Perspective On Generalised Anxiety Disorder
The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) is delighted to announce the publication of a comprehensive toolkit "Understanding generalised anxiety disorder" which represents a major advance in helping people understand this debilitating condition. The toolkit provides essential, up-to date information about generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) in both adults and children, its current treatments, and the effects of stigma on those living with the disorder.

Link Between Mental Health And Stillbirth, Newborn Deaths
Women with a history of serious mental illness are much more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life, new research reveals. Researchers at the Centre for Women's Mental Health at The University of Manchester studied almost 1.5 million births in Denmark between 1973 and 1998, including 7,021 stillbirths.

Babies Who Get Incubator Care After Birth Have Lower Risk Of Depression As Adults, University Of Montreal
Babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression as adults according to a new study published in the journal Pyschiatry Research. The surprising discovery was made by scientists from the Université de Montréal and Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center in collaboration with researchers from McGill University, the Douglas Hospital Research Centre and the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College in the U.K.