Recent Natural Products Based Drug Development: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective
Recent Natural Products Based Drug Development: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective ~ The search for new pharmacologically active agents obtained by screening natural sources such as microbial fermentations and plant extracts has led to the discovery of many clinically useful drugs that play a major role in the treatment of human diseases. A recent review pointed [...]
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The Role of glutathione in Mammalian Gametes
The Role of glutathione in Mammalian Gametes ~ The paper reviews a recent research on the role of glutathione (GSH) in the male and female germ cells as well as during the early stages of embryo development in mammals. In both the male and female gametes, GSH is involved in the protection of these cells [...]
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Use of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services Among Adults With HIV in the United States
Use of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services Among Adults With HIV in the United States ~ Background: The need for mental health and sub- stance abuse services is great among those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but little informationis available on services used by this population or onindividual factors associated with access to [...]
October 24, 2012 | Posted in : Mental Health | There’s no comment yet | » read more . . .
International Journal of Mental Health Systems
International Journal of Mental Health Systems ~ Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in Western countries andis related to increased morbidity and mortality from medical conditions and decreased quality oflife. The sociodemographic factors of age, gender, marital status, education, immigrant status, andincome have consistently been identified as important factors in explaining the [...]
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In Recovery: The Making of Mental Health Policy
In Recovery: The Making of Mental Health Policy ~ Nora Jacobson opens her book by describing the creation of the Commission on Mental Health.“With his signature on an executiveorder . . . (he) established the . . . Commission on Mental Health, abody to be made up of ‘representatives from government, the mental health professions, [...]
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Employment Status, Social Ties, and Caregivers’ Mental Health
Employment Status, Social Ties, and Caregivers’ Mental Health ~ This cross-sectional study included women ages 46–71, free from major disease, who provided complete health and social information in the 1992 Nurses’ Health Study follow-up survey. In logistic regression models predicting depressive symptoms, we examined the interaction between employment outside the home and informal careprovision for [...]
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The Impact of Current and Past Interpersonal Violence on Women’s Mental Health
The Impact of Current and Past Interpersonal Violence on Women’s Mental Health ~ Violence against women, and more particularly male partner violence, is frequent. Although there are many studies on the consequences of violence on women’s mental health, a number of aspects are still unclear. The impact of violenceis seldom studied in the context of [...]
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MDMA (ecstasy) Use, and its Association With High Risk Behaviors, Mental Health, and Other Factors Among Gay / Bisexual Men in New York City
MDMA (ecstasy) Use, and its Association With High Risk Behaviors, Mental Health, and Other Factors Among Gay / Bisexual Men in New York City ~ This study assesses patterns of use of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ‘ecstasy’), and the characteristics of users, in a sample of 733 men who have sex with men (MSM) in New [...]
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Combat and Peacekeeping Operations in Relation to Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Perceived Need for Mental Health Care
Combat and Peacekeeping Operations in Relation to Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Perceived Need for Mental Health Care ~ Although military personnel are trained for combat and peacekeeping operations, accumulating evidence indicates that deployment related exposure to traumatic events is associated with mental health problemsand mental health service use. Millitary personnels are exposed to high [...]
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Evidence-based Practices in Geriatric Mental Health Care: an Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
Evidence-based Practices in Geriatric Mental Health Care: an Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses ~ At least one in five people over the age of 65 suffer from mental disorders. It is anticipated that the number of older Americans with psychiatric dis-orders will double to equal the number of younger (ages 30 to 44) Americans [...]
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Suicide and Psychiatric Care In the Aging
Suicide and Psychiatric Care In the Aging ~ A cumulative psychiatric case register to which all psychiatric experience for residentsof a geographic area is routinely reported canfacilitate unique investigation into the epidemiology of suicide. For example, the register provides an accurate mechanism for learning which of the persons who suicide had psychiatric contact. It is, [...]
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Characteristics of Seriously Mentally Ill Adults in a Public Mental Health System
Characteristics of Seriously Mentally Ill Adults in a Public Mental Health System ~ To aid in planning mental health services,the state of Micbigan collected sociodemographic and dinical information on a sample of 2,447 mental health system dien tele in both hospital and community settings. Hospitalized patients were found to have poorer functioning and higher levels [...]
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