China is Prepared to Fight Against Emerging Mental Health Disorders?

Emerging Pharmacotherapies to Fight Obesity and Related Disorders

Obesity is a chronic disease, characterized by an accumulation of excess adipose tissue and associated with an increased risk for cardio-vascular diseases and mortality. Weight loss of a 5-10% prevents or tempers the severity of many obesity-related morbidities. The current therapy of obesity comprises diet, increased physical activity, and pharmacotherapy. At the moment, the only approved drug...

China struggles to rebuild mental health programs.

a dozen workers leapt to their death in the same factory compound in southern China in 2010, while nearly 30 people died and 80 were injured in a spate of school stabbings. Yet, contrary to instinct, there is little evidence to confirm that there has been a rapid rise in the rate of mental illnesses in China, and strong evidence of a dramatic drop in suicide rates over the past two decades, say...

Mental health services in China.

Neuropsychiatric conditions in China pose a huge and growing public health problem that is unrecognized by policy makers, the health care establishment, and the public. The Global Burden of Disease project (Murray & Lopez, 1996a, b) estimates that in 1990 over 5% of the Chinese population (66 million individuals) suffered from mental disorders and that by 2020 neuropsychiatric conditions and su...

Food Insecurity is Related to Women\'s Mental and Physical Health in Babolsar, Iran

Background and Objectives: Food insecurity has some adverse effects on health. Studies show that, there is a significant relationship between poor mental and physical health and food insecurity among low-income households. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between household food insecurity and physical and mental health in Iranian women with high school age children. ...

Mental Health and Neurological Disorders