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Loss Of A Parent During Childhood Tied To Increased Risk Of Suicide Later In Life
TIME (11/12, Luscombe) reports that a study published online Nov. 11 in JAMA Psychiatry reveals that children “whose parents die while they are young are more likely to commit suicide later in life than kids whose parents survive until they are adults.” After examining “government data on 7.3 million kids from Denmark, Sweden and Finland,” researchers found that youngsters “who lost a parent were twice as likely to commit suicide as the control group, especially if they were boys.”
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— “Kids Who Lose a Parent More Likely to Commit Suicide,” Belinda Luscombe, Time, November 11, 2015.
California College Campuses Adopting New Tools To Help Respond To Students In Mental Distress
The Los Angeles Times (11/11, Rivera) reported that some college campuses “are adopting new tools that outline common situations and ways to respond” to students in mental distress, “such as the Red Folder, a quick reference guide developed at the University of California that is being adopted by the 23-campus California State University system and many community colleges.” The point “is to distill information from more detailed training into a set of simple actions – see something, say something, do something.” That initiative receives partial funding from “Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act approved by California voters in 2004 to expand such services through a 1% tax on incomes at or above $1 million.”
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— “California colleges step up efforts to help students in mental distress,” Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2015.
Capital Murder Cases Ignore Veterans’ Military Service And Mental Health Problems
According to the Texas Tribune (11/11, Silver), a report released Nov. 10 by the Death Penalty Information Center and called “Battle Scars: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty” finds that “veterans sentenced to death in Texas murder cases – and nationwide – might have escaped the punishment if juries had been told about their military service and any ensuing mental health problems.” In the report, “several examples” are cited of “veterans who have been executed or sentenced to death in Texas with little or no consideration of their mental state.”
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— “Report: Veteran Mental Health Ignored in Capital Cases,” Johnathan Silver, Texas Tribune, November 10, 2015.
Exploring Links Between Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disturbance, And Alzheimer’s
In a nearly 2,000-word article, the Chicago Tribune (11/11, Taylor) reports that “a growing body of research is exploring links among sleep deprivation, sleep disturbance and Alzheimer’s disease.” For example, Dr. Erik Musiek, an assistant professor of neurology at Washington University in St. Louis, “said new research suggests that sleep and circadian rhythm problems experienced earlier in life actually may contribute to the risk of Alzheimer’s and accelerate the disease.”
In addition, a PET scan study of 70 seniors conducted at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging revealed that people who reported “poorer sleep quality and shorter sleep duration had higher amounts of beta-amyloid in their brains than those who reported sleeping longer and better.”
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— [Free Registration Required] “Sleep Could be the Missing Link in Dementia,” Mark Taylor, Chicago Tribune, November 10, 2015.
House Speaker Ryan Calls For Overhaul Of Mental Health System
The Wall Street Journal (12/2, Peterson, Subscription Publication) reports that yesterday, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) called for Congress to overhaul the US mental healthcare system. Ryan’s remarks come as a response to the shootings last week at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.
The New York Times (12/2, A20, Pérez-Peña, Subscription Publication) reports, “While Democrats made it clear they believed that Republicans were avoiding the real problem – lax restrictions on access to guns – Mr. Ryan encouraged lawmakers from both” sides of the aisle “to present their ideas to address the problems with mental health care.”
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— “Ryan Calls for Mental-Health Overhaul After Planned Parenthood Shooting,” Kristina Peterson, Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2015.
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