Latest Health Articles for Mental Health

• Overwork-linked suicides in Japan have doubled over the past five years, report says

  article 2008-05-24  |  Author: Mari Yamaguchi
  The number of Japanese who committed or attempted suicide due to overwork and stress has doubled in the past five years, a government report published Saturday said.The Health Ministry report said 81 people killed themselves or attempted suicide in 2007 — compared with 40 in 2003 — due to work-related ......

• TV Lookout: highlights (and lowlights) for May 18-24

  article 2008-05-17  |  Author: Frazier Moore
  For an illness shared by so many, clinical depression should be better understood and more openly addressed.Even so, a social stigma and shame is still linked to this disorder on the part of its sufferers, who include some 15 million American adults, the vast majority of whom seek ......

• Louisiana teenager accused of poisoning teacher

  article 2008-05-16  |  Author: Staff
  A 16-year-old student is accused of poisoning his teacher, who went to the hospital with "severe intestinal distress" after the teen spiked a soft drink with eye drops, authorities said.Investigators said the Concordia Education Center student is alleged to have put about three-fourths of a bottle of eye drops into ......

• Pentagon changes rule for security clearances

  article 2008-05-02  |  Author: Pauline Jelinek
  Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday urged troops to get psychiatric counseling for wartime mental health problems, saying it's "not going to count against them" if they apply for national security clearances for sensitive jobs.Gates announced a new policy under which troops and civilian defense employees will no ......

• Veterans Affairs official denies cover-up of suicide rates

  article 2008-04-26  |  Author: Paul Elias
  A top-ranking official at the Department of Veterans Affairs defends the agency's treatment of disabled veterans and denies the agency has tried to cover up the number of veterans committing suicide.Dr. Michael Kussman, a department undersecretary for health, testified during a trial in San Francisco federal court that will determine ......

• Ship pilot in San Francisco Bay spill charged with lying about prescription drug use

  article 2008-04-23  |  Author: Paul Elias
  The pilot who guided the Hong Kong-registered container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons (200,620 liters) of oil into San Francisco Bay was charged with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials about his prescription drug use.Capt. John Cota, 60, previously was charged with two misdemeanor environmental crimes for ......

• Lawsuit: Veterans Affairs has failed to prevent suicides

  article 2008-04-20  |  Author: Paul Elias
  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is not doing enough to prevent suicide and provide adequate medical care for Americans who have served in the armed forces, a class-action lawsuit that goes to trial this week charges.The lawsuit, filed in July by two nonprofit groups representing military veterans, accuses the ......

• Adolescents, alcohol a dangerous mix

  article 2008-04-18  |  Author: Veronika Oleksyn
  A 13-year-old schoolgirl in southern Austria celebrated the start of her spring break with a bottle of schnapps.She ended up in intensive care.In other countries across Europe, adolescents are making similar headlines for drinking themselves into a stupor, often passing out in the process.And they're getting younger: A June 2006 ......

• Philips reports sharp drop in Q1 net income, shares fall on fading TV sales

  article 2008-04-15  |  Author: Arthur Max
  The television age appears to be fading for Philips, the Dutch company that carries a global reputation for its home electronics: Philips' first-quarter profit fell 75 percent.Sagging TV sales, especially in the United States, dragged down first-quarter profits, as Royal Philips Electronics NV reported net income of $347 million, nearly ......

• Bipolar gene test stirs debate over at-home genetic tests

  article 2008-03-23  |  Author: Marcus Wohlsen
  Dr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of depression.Then Kelsoe, a prominent psychiatric geneticist at the University of California, ......