Delinquency detour: treating mental illness in young people can keep them from a future of crime and delinquency.
As many as 70 percent of youths in juvenile justice systems have some kind of mental disorder, according to Joseph J. Cocozza, director of the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice. One in five suffers from a mental illness so severe that it impairs their ability to...

The erratic front: YouTube and representations of mental illness.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, every fourth American adult and every tenth child suffers from a diagnosable mental illness, yet fewer than ten percent seek therapy or treatment. (1) Lack of health insurance coverage aside, consumer activist groups such as the National Alliance for Mental Illness...

Mental illness doesn't kill work ethic.
Byline: Sandy Quadros Bowles HOPEDALE - David Wormley of Douglas has a diagnosed mental illness. He also has a full-time job at Seven Hills Foundation in Worcester. Some people believe that people with mental illnesses cannot be responsible, productive members of society, Mr....

Battling mental illness within our ranks.
The prevalence of mental illness across the globe has reached alarming proportions. It's time that we addressed this problem within our own ranks. Psychiatrists are particularly vulnerable to mental illness. For example, the General Medical Council--a statutory body that regulates the licensing of doctors in the United...

New facilities bring new career opportunities: forensic mental health nursing is highly skilled and challenging, and demand for the specialty is growing, write Natalie Cutler (Nurse Manager Mental Health) and Julia Shaw (Operational Nurse Manager) at the new Long Bay Forensic Hospital.
Forensic mental health (FMH) nurses assess and treat adults and adolescents with mental illness who have come into contact with the criminal justice system. In mid July 2008, the new Long Bay Prison Hospital opened 40 mental health inpatient beds to replace the recently demolished prison hospital....

Music taste linked to mental health.
A new mental health study has identified a link between musical preferences and different types of mental illness. The report, published in last month's Australasian Psychiatry journal, found that teens listening to pop music are more likely to be struggling with their sexuality, those into to rap...

Mental health awareness growing.
Byline: Teale Karow-Reynolds FITCHBURG - Nelson J. Goguen of Ashby has seen improvements in the treatment and public awareness of mental illness since his son, now 50, was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 11. "It was very difficult at times, not knowing what we were...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Free film showing details schizophrenia in family The National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer a free showing of the movie "Canvas" on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Lane County Mental Health Building, 2411 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The movie...

Teens and marijuana.
A report, released by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, highlights the clinically important finding that teenage drug use is correlated with many negative outcomes, such as drug dependence, mental illness, and school failure, and it cites studies showing that the early use of marijuana is associated with...