Fri Mar 16, 2012
U.S. scientists have been investigating whether prenatal exposure to mobile phone radiation has any impact on mice, though the authors caution that their findings may be difficult to translate to human risks. Female mice were exposed to an active mobile phone call throughout their pregnancy. The authors found that fetal exposure to mobile phone radiation [...]
Thu Mar 1, 2012
Dutch researchers have trialled the first web-based therapeutic programme for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) with positive results. The study, Fatigue In Teenagers on the interNET (FITNET)*, included 135 teenagers aged between 12-18 years with chronic fatigue syndrome and showed that using a web-based cognitive behavioural therapy programme is substantially more effective than usual [...]
Fri Jan 6, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED 10.30am AEDT Friday 6 Jan, 2012 International researchers report that the brain’s capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension skills can start to deteriorate from age 45, which is 15 years earlier than it is normally thought to begin. They assessed the onset of cognitive decline by observing more than 7,000 men and women [...]
Thu Nov 17, 2011
Embargo lifted 11am AEDT Thu 17 Nov Australian and UK researchers track the course of self-harm from adolescence to young adulthood by following up Australian children in a population-based study.
Wed May 11, 2011
Following the release of the Federal Budget last night, the AusSMC invited mental health professionals to give their perspective – see comments below.
Tue Dec 7, 2010
Research using Danish families has identified a link between mobile phone use by pregnant mums and their children and the development of behavioural problems. Children who were exposed to mobile phones before birth and who used phones before the age of 7 were 50% more likely to have behavioural problems, while those who were exposed [...]
Thu Sep 9, 2010
Embargo lifted 7am AEST Thursday 9 September Expert reaction to research published in PLoS ONE on B vitamins and cognitive decline
Tue Jul 27, 2010
Today the Australian Labor Party announced a $113.9-million national mental health and suicide prevention plan in the lead up to the federal election. The plan, which would start in July next year, promises to boost mental health services and increase direct suicide prevention. Mental health experts respond.