Mental Health Information Centre of South Africa http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic Mental Health Information Centre of South Africa Fri, 03 May 2013 06:57:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Electroconvulsive Therapy Can Restore Quality of Life for Some Severely Depressed Patients http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/04/16/electroconvulsive-therapy-can-restore-quality-of-life-for-some-severely-depressed-patients/ http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/04/16/electroconvulsive-therapy-can-restore-quality-of-life-for-some-severely-depressed-patients/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:44:04 +0000 jroos http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/?p=1496 Patients whose severe depression goes into remission for six months following electroconvulsive therapy report a quality of life similar to that of healthy individuals, researchers say.

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]]> http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/03/12/hospitals-playing-russian-roulette-with-dementia-patients/feed/ 0 The Real Cost of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/20/the-real-cost-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/ http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/20/the-real-cost-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:12:45 +0000 jroos http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/?p=1423 The devastating effects of the mental illness, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)  are widely misunderstood.

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]]> http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/15/a-potential-therapy-for-ptsd/feed/ 0 HRT ‘protects’ against rapid ageing that may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, study finds http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/15/hrt-protects-against-rapid-ageing-that-may-be-linked-to-alzheimers-disease-study-finds/ http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/15/hrt-protects-against-rapid-ageing-that-may-be-linked-to-alzheimers-disease-study-finds/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:53:31 +0000 jroos http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/?p=1419 Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can block signs of accelerated ageing that may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a study has found. Read more about this study from Stanford University in California, US.

]]> http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/15/hrt-protects-against-rapid-ageing-that-may-be-linked-to-alzheimers-disease-study-finds/feed/ 0 Cortisol and white matter integrity relationship disrupted in bipolar disorder http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/15/cortisol-and-white-matter-integrity-relationship-disrupted-in-bipolar-disorder/ http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/15/cortisol-and-white-matter-integrity-relationship-disrupted-in-bipolar-disorder/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:38:31 +0000 jroos http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/?p=1416 Researchers have found evidence in support of hypercortisol-induced glial dysfunction affecting periventricular white matter integrity in patients with bipolar disorder. Read about it in news.medical.net

]]> http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/15/cortisol-and-white-matter-integrity-relationship-disrupted-in-bipolar-disorder/feed/ 0 Overcrowded ERs, PTSD signs tied in heart patients http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/13/overcrowded-ers-ptsd-signs-tied-in-heart-patients/ http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/02/13/overcrowded-ers-ptsd-signs-tied-in-heart-patients/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:30:35 +0000 jroos http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/?p=1406 Read more

 

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]]> http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/01/28/information-on/feed/ 0 Information on: http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/01/28/1306/ http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/2013/01/28/1306/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:25:29 +0000 jroos http://blogs.sun.ac.za/mhic/?p=1306 (1) Generalised Anxiety Disorder information sheet;  brochure

(2) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder information sheet;  brochure

(3) Panic Disorder information sheet;  brochure

(4) PTSD information sheet;  brochure

(5) SAD information sheet;  brochure 

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