Panic Disorder

... ::: u.tv ::: body {font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px } a:link {text-decoration:none; color:#001878;} a:visited {text-decoration:none; color:#181f40;} a:hover {text-decoration:none; color:#0024ce;} a:active {text-decoration:none; color:#0024ce;} WEATHER 0°c Galway 6°c TODAY 5 DAY WEDNESDAY 22/02/2006 09:13:07 Computer packages to combat depressionPeople suffering from depression and anxiety could get faster treatment after innovative computer programmes were recommended today for use in treatment for the first time.

VIDEO COMMENTS HOT TOPIC RELATED STORIES Two software packages which use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) have been approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).GPs now have the option of referring patients with mild and moderate depression to a computer programme called Beating the Blues and those suffering from panic and phobia to software named FearFighter.

Professor Peter Littlejohns, Nice`s clinical and public health director, said: "Today`s guidance will make a real difference in terms of increasing the range of options available to patients suffering from depression and anxiety."CBT is a form of treatment for depression and anxiety that aims to give sufferers a more positive outlook by making them aware that the way they think and act affects how they feel.Nigel Brabbins, chief executive of Ultrasis, which developed Beating the Blu...

... University of Ulster Online - News Release body { font-family: arial;} News Archives Current 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 Press Office Public Affairs Telephone: (028) 9036 6178 Email: pressoffice@ulster.ac.uk High Rate of Mental Health Disorders Among Unemployed Men - UU Research 22 February 2006 Email this Page There is a surprisingly high rate of mental health disorders and substance misuse among young long term unemployed men living in the Western Health and Social Services Board area, according to a report published this week by the University of Ulster and the Western Investing for Health Partnership.

One of the report’s authors, University of Ulster Psychology lecturer Dr Siobhan McCann, said that there were alarmingly high levels of potentially serious mental health symptoms being exhibited among this group, and she highlighted the urgent need for improved mental health services and mental health promotion initiatives to target this high-risk group.

“The findings suggest that unemployed men are experiencing higher levels of mental health symptoms than the general population, especially in the areas of depression, suicidal thoughts and feelings, panic attacks and incidence of alcohol and drug misuse.

Initiatives like the Core Gateway Programme offer an ideal forum in which an initial mental health assessment might be undertaken to allow referral to the appropriate services, but more needs to be done.” Dr McCann said that although...

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E-mail: Select one: HTML Text Breaking News E-Mail Alerts • Get breaking news in your inbox as it happens Little help available for mental trauma By Steven Komarow, USA TODAY Iraq is struggling to establish a mental health system to treat survivors of bombings and other attacks.

But adequate services are years away, in part because mental health professionals are fleeing the violence themselves.

A bombing victim is treated in a hospital in Mosul on Monday.

Survivors can face serious mental health issues, and Iraq has few facilities.

By Mohammed Ibrahim, AP Sabah Sadik, the country's first national adviser for mental health services, said only two mental health hospitals are operat...