Search Results for 'Mental'

Exercise benefits overweight kids' mental health

Regular exercise is not just good for an overweight child's physical health, it also improves their ability to think, plan and do maths, the results of a new study indicate. US researchers looked at 171 overweight children who were a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Do video games fuel mental health problems?

There might be trouble brewing behind the glassy eyes of kids who spend too much time and energy on video games, according to a controversial new study. In the 2-year study of more than 3,000 school children in Singapore, researchers fou [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids' Mental Health May Dip When Parents Are Deployed

The young children of U.S. service members may suffer more mental health or behavioral problems when a parent is deployed overseas, a study published Monday suggests. Military researchers found that among more than 640,000 children [...]

Posted On : Nov, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

PC use 'could lead to child mental health issues'

Children that spend more than two hours a day at a PC or watching TV could suffer from mental health problems. Research by the University of Bristol, which has been published by Pediatrics revealed that while sitting in front of a [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Children’s Mental Health Information Hard to Find, Survey Sh...

Although most Canadian parents are concerned about their children’s mental health, they cannot find a definitive source of information to learn more about the related issues, according to a survey released just before Mental Health [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Children's mental health being ignored

A coalition of mental health advocates is calling for greater funding for services for children, as a national debate into overall support for people with mental illnesses continues. Convenor of the Children's Mental Health Coalition [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Solving the Mental Health Crisis for Our Children

When I was a child in Plains, everyone knew everyone else in town. Church and school were the center of our community and were strong and positive influences on my life and those of my siblings and friends. So much has changed since then [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids wind up in ER for lack of mental health care

Two children a day on average show up at a Hamilton emergency ward because of a mental health disorder, The Spectator has learned. The children are often in crisis -- either suicidal, extremely aggressive or trying to harm themselves or [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Grant for Wyo children's mental health treatment

Wyoming has been awarded a federal grant to help improve treatment of children with serious behavioral health disorders. The children involved are enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. The CHIP pr [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Europe vows to cut environmental risks to children's health

Parma, Italy - Europe's 53 member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday pledged to implement national programmes aimed at providing equal health opportunities to children in their countries by 2020. In a final [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids' Mental Problems Often Unaddressed: US Survey

About 13 percent of American children and young teens have at least one mental health disorder, yet only about half have been seen by a mental health professional. That's according to a survey funded in part by the National Institute of Men [...]