Stricter gun laws reduce domestic violence murders
THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- More stringent gun laws might spur a decline in domestic violence murders, new research suggests.Thirteen states and federal law prohibit people convicted of domestic violence from buying guns. But the study found that states that extended this ban to people convicted of any violent crime had 23 percent fewer domestic violence murders.The researchers also found that larger reductions in these deaths were seen when gun restriction laws included dating partners in addition to spouses or ex-spouses, and a requirement that abusers turn in their guns."The evidence from this study and ...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Smart phone addiction alters brain chemistry
From Health Day on 11/30/17:THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Teens fixated on their smartphones experience changes to their brain chemistry that mirror those prompted by addiction, a new study suggests.For moreclick here. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 2, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 2, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Monthly injections of buprenorphine approved for opioid addiction treatment
From the American Psychiatric Association Psychiatric News Alert on 12/01/17The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sublocade, the first once-monthly injectable buprenorphine product for the treatment of moderate-to-severe opioid use disorder (OUD) in adults who have initiated treatment with a transmucosal (absorbed through mucus membrane) buprenorphine-containing product. Sublocade is indicated for patients who have been on a stable dose of buprenorphine treatment for a minimum of seven days and is meant to be used as part of a complete treatment program that includes counseling and psychosocial supp...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Hang in there
"English is hard. It can be understood through, tough, thorough, thought, though." (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Risk factors in later adolescent alcohol abuse
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - June 27, 2016 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Risk factors in later adolescent alcohol abuse
As former Executive Director of GCASA, the Genesee Council On Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, I am proud of the fact that we won the Drug Free Communities coalition of the year in 2006 out of 711 coalitions in the United States. I have continued to follow the prevention research and noticed today a study reported by Science Daily entitled, "Understanding Risk Factors Involved In The Initiation of Adolescent Alcohol Abuse" which was based on information provided by the Research Society On Alcoholism. The article highlights the findings that adolescent alcohol abusers tend to be male from higher socioeconomic groups, have ...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - June 27, 2016 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Dr. Raymond Barfield is interviewed in January, 2016 issue of The Sun Magazine
The interview in the January, 2016 issue of The Sun Magazine is with Raymond Barfield is a pediatric oncologist with a Ph.D also in philosophy. He currently works at Duke University where he is a professor in both the schools of medicine and divinity. Dr. Barfield has many interesting and exciting ideas about the integration of medicine and existential concerns. For example he says, “Physicians use biology to help people, but to be good doctors, we also need to know something about what matters to people when they are sick or dying.” Barfield advocates for the physician and other healthcare professionals to minister ...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - February 14, 2016 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Resuming posts
New articles will be appearing on Markham's Behavioral Health on Typepad after a hiatus of two years. The posts will be of interest to other Mental Heatlh Professionals as well as the public interested in mental health issues. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - February 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Dr. Raymond Barfield is interviewed in January, 2016 issue of The Sun Magazine
The interview in the January, 2016 issue of The Sun Magazine is with Raymond Barfield is a pediatric oncologist with a Ph.D also in philosophy. He currently works at Duke University where he is a professor in both the schools of medicine and divinity. Dr. Barfield has many interesting and exciting ideas about the integration of medicine and existential concerns. For example he says, “Physicians use biology to help people, but to be good doctors, we also need to know something about what matters to people when they are sick or dying.” Barfield advocates for the physician and other healthcare professionals to ministe...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - February 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Link between reduced sleep and childhood obesity
From Science Daily on 05/20/14:
One of the most comprehensive studies of the potential link between reduced sleep and childhood obesity finds compelling evidence that children who consistently received less than the recommended hours of sleep during infancy and early childhood had increases in both obesity and in adiposity or overall body fat at age 7.
Editor's note:
I have found this research on the link between obesity and sleep deprivation interesting because most of my adult life I was sleep deprived due to my work schedule. I noticed over those years I gained almost 100 lbs going from 180 to 280 over a period of ...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - May 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: David Markham Source Type: blogs
MBH moving from typepad to blogspot- please follow the move. Thanks
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The new web address for Markham's Behavioral Health is http://markhamsbehavioralhealth.blogspot.com/ (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - May 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: David Markham Source Type: blogs
Copycat suicides
From Science Daily
Heightened newspaper coverage after a suicide might have a significant impact on the initiation of some teenage suicide clusters, according to new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal. The study reveals that the content of media reports is also important, with more prominent stories (ie, published on the front page) and those that describe the suicide in considerable detail more likely to be associated with so-called copycat suicides.
"Our findings indicate that the more sensational the coverage of the suicides, and the more details the story provides, then the more likely there are...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - May 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: David Markham Source Type: blogs
Markham's Behavioral Health Returning to Typepad
After a six year haitus, Markham's Behavioral Health will be returning to Typepad. I will be posting here weekly about topics that pertain to mental health. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - February 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: David Markham Source Type: blogs
