Entries for month: October 2010

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This week's Mental Health in the Headlines

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In this week’s Mental Health in the Headlines:

·         The state of Georgia agrees to a landmark legal settlement to move people mental health conditions and developmental disabilities out of state mental hospitals and provide services in their communities.

·         Researchers have identified a gene as a possible cause of depression

·         The American Academy of Pediatrics report is encouraging doctors to screen mothers for postpartum depression because it can have serious adverse effects on babies.

·         A new study finds that people who have depression and anxiety are at increased risk of death after undergoing surgery.

     Read this week's edition