Read more mental health stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1285/mental-health.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-12T13:41:46http://www.newser.com/story/78546/brit-dj-plays-jump-for-suicidal-woman-on-bridge.htmlMental health charities are blasting UK Radio DJ Steve Penk for playing Van Halen’s “Jump” for a suicidal woman police were trying to talk off a bridge. The woman had caused traffic on the four-lane bridge to come to a dead halt, and one frustrated driver called Penk to suggest...http://www.newser.com/story/78546/brit-dj-plays-jump-for-suicidal-woman-on-bridge.html2010-01-19T17:03:18http://www.newser.com/story/77901/mental-health-problems-jump-among-young.htmlToday's high school and college students are five times more likely to suffer from mental health issues than their counterparts who lived during the Great Depression. A study of responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory administered between 1938 and 2007 shows a fivefold increase in categories like anxiety and...http://www.newser.com/story/77901/mental-health-problems-jump-among-young.html2010-01-11T17:50:47http://www.newser.com/story/77478/group-urges-docs-to-prescribe-meditation.htmlThe best prescription for recurrent depression isn't pills or talk therapy, it's "mindfulness"—a combination of meditation, yoga, and breathing techniques that empties the mind of negative thoughts. So claims a UK mental health organization so impressed by its effectiveness in combating chronic depression that they're urging doctors to start...http://www.newser.com/story/77478/group-urges-docs-to-prescribe-meditation.html2010-01-05T11:00:00http://www.newser.com/story/77155/20-mins-of-exercise-a-week-keeps-shrink-at-bay.htmlIf the goal of your exercise program is better mental health, a new study shows that even 20 minutes a week of sports, gardening, or housecleaning may be enough to boost your mood. But if you want to improve your cardiovascular fitness, lose weight, or reduce your risk of life-threatening...http://www.newser.com/story/77155/20-mins-of-exercise-a-week-keeps-shrink-at-bay.html2009-12-30T17:25:00http://www.newser.com/story/76190/poll-lays-bare-jobless-toll-on-families.htmlUnemployment is taking an alarming toll on the mental health and family life of American workers, a New York Times / CBS poll finds. Some 86% say unemployment has caused a life crisis. Almost half say they've suffered from anxiety and depression, they've argued more with their family and friends...http://www.newser.com/story/76190/poll-lays-bare-jobless-toll-on-families.html2009-12-15T15:33:33http://www.newser.com/story/75495/army-shrinks-minus-5-deployed-to-afghanistan.htmlThe unit of psychiatric specialists who were among those fired on by rogue psychiatrist Nadal Malik Hasan Nov. 5th, seeing five comrades killed and 17 wounded, left for Afghanistan yesterday, right on schedule, reports the Washington Post . "This promises to be the most challenging year of our lives, though we...http://www.newser.com/story/75495/army-shrinks-minus-5-deployed-to-afghanistan.html2009-12-05T12:45:44http://www.newser.com/story/74791/soldiers-family-pushes-for-suicide-condolences.htmlThe longstanding policy that allows the president to send letters of condolence only to the families of soldiers killed in combat or accidents is part of a military culture that stigmatizes suicide, says the family of recent Army suicide victim Chancellor Keesling. The Keeslings' effort to change that policy comes...http://www.newser.com/story/74791/soldiers-family-pushes-for-suicide-condolences.html2009-11-25T13:13:44http://www.newser.com/story/73948/speed-shrinking-offers-quicker-fixes.htmlFreud must be shuddering in his grave, but that doesn't bother Susan Shapiro, the author of Speed Shrinking and the cheerful organizer of speed-dating-style therapy sessions for New Yorkers. On a recent evening, 200 talk-therapy-seekers stood in line at a lecture hall for their turn to spill their problems and...http://www.newser.com/story/73948/speed-shrinking-offers-quicker-fixes.html2009-11-14T11:35:33http://www.newser.com/story/74019/morale-down-in-afghanistan-army.htmlMorale is down and psychological problems rampant among troops in Afghanistan, who face a shortage of mental health professionals to help them deal with the stress of war. Only 5.7% of soldiers described their unit's moral as high or very high, down from 10.2% in 2007 and 10....http://www.newser.com/story/74019/morale-down-in-afghanistan-army.html2009-11-14T00:00:35