Proactive mental health care reduces preventable hospitalizations
Communities with local health departments that promote and provide mental health care have lower rates of preventable hospitalizations.
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Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets on the subject of mental health
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How adolescents cope with digital stress
2015 study in the Journal of Adolescent Research that analyzes online comment threads from adolescents to better understand how they advise one another about online bullying.
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Suicides during the Great Recession in the United States, Canada and Europe
2014 study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry on the Great Recession’s effects on suicide rates, based on World Health Organization and CDC data.
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Rates of homicide during the first episode of psychosis
2010 study from the University of Sydney and St. Vincent’s Hospital in Schizophrenic Bulletin on the link between homicidal behavior and early untreated schizophrenia.
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Mentally ill offenders involved with the U.S. criminal justice system
2013 study from Chatham University published in Sage Open on research relating to mentally ill offenders.
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Suicide among adults aged 35-64 years: United States, 1999-2010
2013 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noting that the suicide rate for middle-aged Americans has been increasing.
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Is It generalized anxiety disorder or poverty? Poor mothers and their children
2012 study from Rutgers finds that overly broad definitions of mental illness have resulted in improper categorization of some poor mothers as suffering from psychiatric conditions.
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Suicide among patients treated by the Veterans Health Administration
2012 study in the American Journal of Public Health comparing suicide rates among veterans to those among the general public.
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Psychological costs of war: Military combat and mental health
2011 study by the Georgia State and San Diego State on the psychological costs associated with PTSD in service members returning from the post-9/11 conflicts.
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What is the rate of mental illness in the United States?
2012 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report mental illness rates across the population.
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