On Saturday, April 24, 2010, families throughout New York City will have a rare opportunity to learn about new breakthroughs and emerging treatments in mental health from some of the nation's best and brightest mental health researchers...

A report just released by a federal working group highlights 11 key categories of diseases and other health consequences that are occurring or will occur due to climate change. The report, A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change, provides a starting point for coordination of federal research to better understand climate's impact on human health...

Losing a parent to suicide makes children more likely to die by suicide themselves and increases their risk of developing a range of major psychiatric disorders, according to a study led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center that is believed to be the largest one to date on the subject...

A new guide designed to help employers improve the delivery of child and adolescent behavioral services, and provide services for family caregivers, was officially released today by the National Business Group on Health, a national non-profit organization representing more than 280 mostly large, U.S. employers...

SAN JOSE, California--Michael Bledsoe's story begins like that of many other Iraqi war veterans. In 2007, he was chasing insurgents through Anbar province when a roadside bomb exploded, breaking Bledsoe's back and both his feet. A former Army Ranger working as a security contractor, Bledsoe soon knew his high-paying military career was over. [More]

Scientists have finally verified something that Jersey Shore stars Snooki and Pauly D have probably known all along--that getting your bronze on at the tanning salon may be addictive. And the more often you tan, the more likely you are to get hooked, according to a study in the Archives of Dermatology . [Catherine Mosher and Sharon Danoff-Burg, http://bit.ly/bulE8u ]

The researchers started with two questionnaires commonly used to assess patients for alcohol abuse and substance-related disorders. But they modified the questions to focus on indoor tanning habits. For example: "Do you try to cut down on the time you spend in tanning beds or booths but find yourself still tanning?" [More]

ERICE, Italy--If you think of Earth's poles as fraternal twins, the Arctic has been the wild one in recent years, while the Antarctic has been a steady plodder. Withered by summer heat, Arctic sea ice has shrunk to record low coverage several times since 2005, only to rebound to within 95 percent of its long-term average extent this winter. By comparison, Antarctica, with some 90 percent of the world's glacial reserves, has generally shed ice in more stately fashion.     [More]

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will hold its 24th Annual Mood Disorders Research and Education Symposium on April 20, focusing on joint efforts between researchers and clinicians to study and treat depression and bipolar disease. Speakers on these topics from Hopkins and elsewhere will give talks from 12:45 p.m. to 6 p.m...

The potential future individual electronic health record (IEHR) will give healthcare providers better access to patient information and improve information-sharing among different health care professionals, leading to better quality care for patients...

Mr. John Moloney, T.D., Minister for Disability and Mental Health, together with the partnership organisations launched the National Stigma Reduction Campaign'See Change'. Minister Moloney said "Stigma has no place in Irish society today...