Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center say treating children with atypical antipsychotics for aggression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia may trigger insulin resistance – a condition that increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease later in life.
Schizophrenia Risk Higher in Children of Older Fathers
Children of older fathers are more likely to develop schizophrenia in later life – that’s the conclusion of new research published on bmj.com, the online edition of the British Medical Journal. The findings add weight to the theory that accumulating mutations in the sperm of older fathers contributes to the overall risk of schizophrenia.
Welsh Win at MHM Awards
Mental Health Bill: Bulletin
Today the Health and Social Services Committee at the National Assembly will consider the Draft Mental Health Bill, published in September for pre-legislative scrutiny.
1 in 100 Launches in Wales
European Ruling on Informal Admission to Hospital
A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights could mean that tens of thousands of people in Britain informally admitted to hospital are being illegally detained.
1 in 20 Report Psychotic Symptoms
A new study has found that over one in 20 people in the general population have reported experiencing psychotic symptoms. Being male was associated with paranoid thoughts, whereas female gender predicted hallucinatory experiences.
Draft Mental Health Bill: What are People Saying?
On 8th of September the Government published its latest draft Mental Health Bill. The Bill could replace the Mental Health Act 1983 which determines how people can be subject to ‘section’ – compulsory detention and treatment.
Draft Mental Health Bill – “Unjust and Unworkable”
Wales’ leading mental health charity slams the new Mental Health Bill published today by the UK Government.
Hafal, the Welsh charity which provides support to people with severe mental illness and their families, has condemned the latest version of the UK Government’s Mental Health Bill as “Unjust and unworkable”.
Mental Health Bill – watch this space . . .
The new Draft Mental Health Bill is expected to be published imminently by the government and we will provide information shortly thereafter.