Book Review: The Link between Childhood Trauma and Mental Illness

Examining the Link Between Obesity and Mental Illness

When medical professionals think of the health consequences of obesity, we usually think of increased prevalence of coronary artery disease, stroke, some cancers, diabetes, and hypertension. If we think a bit more, osteoarthritis, gallstones, asthma, and sleep disorders come to mind.1 How many of us are aware of the connection between obesity and the increased risk of various mental illnesses a...

Smoking and mental illness--breaking the link.

“M doctor told me I’m too stressed out to quit smoking,” remarked a woman hospitalized with severe depression. “Well, 43 years later, I’m still stressed and I’m still smoking.” This woman’s dilemma is all too familiar to health care providers and patients seeking the ideal time to treat tobacco dependence in the face of chronic mental illness. Since smoking and mental illness commonly occur tog...

Mental Illness in Children: Childhood Illness and Supporting the Family

Childhood is a stage of life that is filled with potential for development, and the early years of childhood see immense physical changes in growth; mastery over body functions like movement; the acquisition of language and cognitive development to understand their own and others' thinking and reasoning; and the psychosocial development of trust in the world, comfort in the care they receive fr...

Childhood Trauma and Major Mental Illness – Integration of Psychopharmacology with Psychological Treatments

Effective treatment of major mental illness in children, adolescents and adults poses a continuing challenge to psychiatry, and unaddressed childhood trauma plays an important role in this challenge. The aim of this communication is based on an earlier paper, is to highlight research that has been carried out on the relationship between childhood maltreatment and major mental illness, and the e...

Mental Health Book Review Index