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By LocalHealthGuide on July 10th, 2010
VA benefits for PTSD will become easier to obtain — Obama
Easier access to benefits and treatment to begin this week.
Psychology & Psychiatry
By ProPublica on June 23rd, 2010
Congress questions military leaders on suicides, traumatic brain injury
Senators press military leaders to improve efforts to address traumatic brain injuries, suicide and other wounds suffered by soldiers returning from wars.
By Sandra G. Boodman on March 02nd, 2010
Parity law expands mental health access
New law means higher deductibles, steeper co-pays and other restrictions are no longer allowed for mental health and substance abuse treatment.
By LocalHealthGuide on August 09th, 2009
Health stories in the News–Aug. 9th
New rules to protect your prescription information
Information collected with your prescriptions, including your name, the drug and its dosage but your address and social security number, can be sold without your knowledge or permission, New York Times reporter Milt Freudenheim writes in today’s paper.
Freudenheim writes:
That may change if some little-noted protections from the Obama administration [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on May 08th, 2009
UWTV to podcast six new psychology lectures in June
Next June, UWTV will add six new lectures to its psychology lecture series.
The talks, which will be broadcast and podcast, will include two talks each on addiction and the mind, social networks, and language and the brain.
The series, the Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures, is made possible by a bequest from Professor Edwards.
You can subscribe to the [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on December 31st, 2008
Traffic accidents deaths and homicides in King County fell in 2007, report says
2007 was a slightly safer year in Seattle and King County, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s office.
According to the Medical Examiners 2007 annual report, deaths due to homicide fell in King County from 91 in 2006 to 76 in 2007 and deaths due to suicide fell slightly, from 227 to 223.
Most homicides [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on December 18th, 2008
Say it’s not so – Christmas medical myths exposed
Sugar causes hyperactivity in children, yes? — No.
Suicides increase over the holidays, yes? — No.
Poinsettias are poisonous, yes? — No.
You lose most of your body heat through your head, yes? — No, again
Eating at night makes you fatter, yes? — No.
You can cure or prevent an hangover, yes? — Unfortunately, no.
Those, at least, are the conclusions of the two authors of [...]
By LocalHealthGuide on October 16th, 2008
“Making sense” of your cancer may improve your health
hile most women who survive breast cancer find a way to deal with the emotional and psychological aspects of having the disease and put the experience behind them, about one in ten will continue to struggle for many years to understand why they developed cancer, Seattle researchers report in the current issue of the journal Women & Health.
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