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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions/mental-health health Mental Health en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions/mental-health http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/paxilblockstamoxifenlowerssurvivaloddsagainstbreastcancer hsn/20100210/paxilblockstamoxifenlowerssurvivaloddsagainstbreastcancer HealthDay politics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:24 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who take both tamoxifen and the antidepressant Paxil may increase their risk of dying because Paxil reduces tamoxifen's effectiveness, Canadian researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_depression_work nm/20100209/us_depression_work Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:29 GMT Reuters - Workers with depression stay home sick more often than healthy colleagues, even when their disease is treated, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/financialwoesaddanxietytobreastcancerdiagnosis hsn/20100209/financialwoesaddanxietytobreastcancerdiagnosis HealthDay politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:35 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Financial pressure puts low- and medium-income women at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the noninvasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a U.S. study has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin afp/20100209/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:28:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265675303663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=UW_N1SbhPdYExvTwu.Mnog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265675303663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=UW_N1SbhPdYExvTwu.Mnog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression livescience/20100209/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression LiveScience.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:10:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100112/capt.87080173945447ec8fd573b01ea26430.plight_of_bumblebee_grp102.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=6nk9l7pk5ZwidHdndugBNg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a yellow-faced bumblebee gathers pollen on a California poppy outside Ruch, Ore. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees to prevent spreading deadly diseases to wild bumblebees. The groups said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 that four species of bumblebees once common in the United States have seen drastic declines &mdash; and the evidence points to diseases spreading out of greenhouses that use domesticated bumblebees. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Are you in a gray mood today? How about a blue funk? Maybe you're seeing red, because you're green with jealousy. The colors we use to describe emotions may be more useful than you think, according to new research.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/differentcolorsdescribehappinessvsdepression"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100112/capt.87080173945447ec8fd573b01ea26430.plight_of_bumblebee_grp102.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=6nk9l7pk5ZwidHdndugBNg--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a yellow-faced bumblebee gathers pollen on a California poppy outside Ruch, Ore. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees to prevent spreading deadly diseases to wild bumblebees. The groups said Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 that four species of bumblebees once common in the United States have seen drastic declines &mdash; and the evidence points to diseases spreading out of greenhouses that use domesticated bumblebees. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_cancer_breast_paxil nm/20100209/us_cancer_breast_paxil Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:12 GMT Reuters - The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/depressioninpregnancymayleadtoantisocialteens hsn/20100206/depressioninpregnancymayleadtoantisocialteens HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:22 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Teens whose mothers were depressed during pregnancy are at increased risk for antisocial behavior, including violence, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/untreatedmildmaybecomemajordepression hsn/20100205/untreatedmildmaybecomemajordepression HealthDay politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:46 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- For many people whose depression goes untreated, symptoms persist and worsen over time, eventually leading to a diagnosis of major depression, according to new research. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100204/hl_hsn/internetaddictsmorepronetodepression hsn/20100204/internetaddictsmorepronetodepression HealthDay politics Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:50:00 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Internet addicts who devote much of their lives to browsing the Web are more likely to show signs of depression, British researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/hl_nm/us_adhd_risks nm/20100203/us_adhd_risks Reuters politics Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:15:59 GMT Reuters - Girls with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely than their peers to develop depression, anxiety, eating disorders or other psychiatric problems by the time they reach adulthood, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_go_ot/us_pow_memoir ap/20100203/us_pow_memoir AP politics Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:34:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_go_ot/us_pow_memoir"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.600b170588b240d8a4a05359af415386.pow_memoir_wx101.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=DLXezY68Q3A4cZGWb1xTXg--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="Shoshana Johnson poses for a picture in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Johnson, the nation's first female black prisoner of war, was shot and captured in Iraq along with Jessica Lynch. In her new memoir, 'I'm Still Standing', she describes not only her captivity, but her life before and the mental health problems that followed that captivity. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shoshana Johnson survived gunshot wounds to both legs and 22 days as a prisoner of war in Iraq. Life wasn't so easy when she came home, either.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_go_ot/us_pow_memoir"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.600b170588b240d8a4a05359af415386.pow_memoir_wx101.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=DLXezY68Q3A4cZGWb1xTXg--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="photo" title="Shoshana Johnson poses for a picture in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Johnson, the nation's first female black prisoner of war, was shot and captured in Iraq along with Jessica Lynch. In her new memoir, 'I'm Still Standing', she describes not only her captivity, but her life before and the mental health problems that followed that captivity. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100203/hl_hsn/fishoilhelpedstaveoffpsychosisinstudypatients hsn/20100203/fishoilhelpedstaveoffpsychosisinstudypatients HealthDay politics Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:49:17 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Among people at high risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, fish oil may help reduce their risk, researchers have found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/geneticvariantsindepressedpeopleraisesuiciderisk hsn/20100202/geneticvariantsindepressedpeopleraisesuiciderisk HealthDay politics Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:38 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified five gene variants that raise the risk for suicide attempts in people suffering from depression. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/antidepressantsafterstrokemayboostmentalability hsn/20100202/antidepressantsafterstrokemayboostmentalability HealthDay politics Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:36 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Taking antidepressants after a stroke may help repair the damaged brain and improve mental functioning, a new study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_fish_oil nm/20100201/us_fish_oil Reuters politics Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:20:27 GMT Reuters - Taking fish oil may help prevent full-blown psychotic illness in at-risk adolescents and young adults, a study released today hints. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_he_me/us_med_fish_oil_mental_illness ap/20100201/us_med_fish_oil_mental_illness AP politics Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:00:42 GMT AP - Fish oil pills may be able to save some young people with signs of mental illness from descending into schizophrenia, according to a preliminary but first-of-its-kind study. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_antidepressants_milk nm/20100201/us_antidepressants_milk Reuters politics Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:35:09 GMT Reuters - Widely used antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may delay a woman's breast milk production soon after giving birth, a new study hints. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100201/hl_hsn/workersfearstigmaofseekingmentalhealthcare hsn/20100201/workersfearstigmaofseekingmentalhealthcare HealthDay politics Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:47:33 GMT HealthDay - SATURDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Fears about losing status at work and about confidentiality are among the main reasons that many American workers are more hesitant to seek treatment for mental health issues than for physical health problems, according to a national survey released this week by the American Psychiatric Association. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100130/hl_hsn/insurersmustofferequalcoverageforthosewithemotionaladdictionproblems hsn/20100130/insurersmustofferequalcoverageforthosewithemotionaladdictionproblems HealthDay politics Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:49:07 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Group health insurance plans can no longer limit benefits and require higher patient costs for people with mental health or substance abuse disorders, according to new rules issued Friday by the U.S. government. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mentalhealth/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/hl_nm/us_bipolar_parents nm/20100128/us_bipolar_parents Reuters health Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:31:13 GMT Reuters - Your preschool child is throwing a fit: is it just a temper tantrum, or could it be an early sign of something more serious, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or oppositional defiant disorder? The answer may lie in your own mental health.