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Mental Health Minute – Video
Exercise may boost mood for some chronically ill
Reprinted with permission from Reuters
By Frederik Joelving
(Reuters Health) – Working out regularly may brighten the mood of people with chronic health problems like cancer, heart disease and back pain, according to the first sweeping look at previous research.
But it’s no miracle cure: On average, six people would need to hit the gym or go for a jog for one person to see a mood improvement.
“It’s a nice piece of evidence and I’m pleased because I like the concept,” said Dr. Alan J. Gelenberg, who chairs the department of psychiatry at Penn State University in Hershey.
How to talk to your children about the Sandusky scandal
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Childhood and Teen Depression: What you need to know
Reprinted with permission from the March 2011 Pennsylvania Child and Adolescent Service System Program Newsletter
by Christopher Petersen, M.D. and Santoshkumar Mathapati, M.D.
Is my child at risk?
In a startling revelation, a recent study showed only a third of teens with depression received mental health services and more than half received no treatment at all. The latest results comparing depression treatment in teens showed antidepressant use decreased, psychotherapy use decreased, and combination treatment also decreased. These decreasing trends in service utilization explain increasing suicide rates and suffering in our children. To minimize depression’s future impact, more vigorous efforts are required to increase awareness in identifying mood and anxiety disorders and to improve access and availability of services.
Battling the Mental Health Stigma – The Sentinel Reports
Reprinted from the Sentinel with permission
By Naomi Creason, Sentinel Reporter, December 20, 2010
One area woman knows all too well the stigma associated with mental illness.
Jane, whose real name is being withheld to protect her identity, started having trouble with severe mood swings when she was 15. It wasn’t until more than a decade later that she found out why she was like that.
She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about six years ago, and now in her 30s, she is just beginning to receive treatment from the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Harrisburg that appears as though her life is getting a little more stable.
PPI featured on WHP580 Talk Radio
Nancy Nancy E. Purtell, MBA/HCM, RN,Chief Executive Officer, Paul D. Brettschneider, MD, Medical Director and Frank Koerber, PhD, Director, Triage and Evaluation Center from the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute will talk to WHP580’s Michael Parks about mental disorders, and how to treat them.
Click on the following link to listen to the interview: Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Outpatient Behavioral Health Services for Penn State Hershey and PinnacleHealth to Join
Outpatient Behavioral Health Services for Penn State Hershey and PinnacleHealth to Join Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Harrisburg, PA.-In an effort to enhance collaboration and continuity of care among existing mental health services in the region, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Health System and PinnacleHealth System today announced plans to integrate their separate outpatient behavioral health practices within the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (PPI).