mental health problems

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems, jumping in to help because the military is short on therapists.

Background. Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking primary care consultations. GPs' experience of managing patients with pain from a multicultural community has not previously been examined.

Objectives. We explored GPs' experiences of managing patients with chronic pain from a South Asian community in Leicester.

Methods. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with GPs from practices in two primary care trusts within Leicester.

Eighteen GPs (11 males and 7 females) were interviewed in this study.

People with mental health problems are struggling to make ends meet, the charity Mind finds.

Studies show that at least 1 in 5 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer post-traumatic stress or other mental health problems -- but they're too afraid to ask for help

Alcohol dependence, depression, and anxiety top the list of the most common mental health issues that U.S. adults develop.

A pioneering hospital treating people with complex mental health problems is to close next week.

RICHMOND, April 9 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed a package of bills Wednesday that will make it easier for Virginians to receive treatment for mental health problems as part of the first significant overhaul of the state's mental health system in three decades.

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The sequelae of violence against women is similar round the world, with wide-ranging physical and mental health problems beyond the initial trauma, according to a 10-nation study.

Mental health problems in childhood blight adult working life, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

And problems in working life are associated with mid life depression and anxiety.