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February 1, 2016 Issue #75

Because there is no health without Mental Health!

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All proceeds benefit prevention and early intervention programs for children's mental health

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Panel Calls for Depression Screenings During and After Pregnancy

Women should be screened for depression during pregnancy and after giving birth, an influential government-appointed health panel said Tuesday, the first time it has recommended screening for maternal mental illness.

The recommendation, expected to galvanize many more health providers to provide screening, comes in the wake of new evidence that maternal mental illness is more common than previously thought; that many cases of what has been called postpartum depression actually start during pregnancy; and that left untreated, these mood disorders can be detrimental to the well-being of children.

DID YOU KNOW?

The way you sound affects your mood.

Researchers have created a digital audio platform that can modify the emotional tone of people's voices while they are talking to make them sound happier, sadder or more fearful. New results show that while listening to their altered voices, participants' emotional states change in accordance with the new emotion.

Click here for the full story.

13 Encouraging Tweets That Perfectly Sum Up

Mental Illness

Despite mental health disorders being so common, negative stereotypes about people with mental illness still persist in today's culture. But a Twitter hashtag is here to alleviate some of those falsities. #WhenIThinkOfMentalIlness tweets are not only on point, they're a reminder for people dealing with mental illness that they are certainly not alone in their experience.

Check out these must- read tweets.

Clinical Trials Corner

Carman Research is looking for participants with the following conditions:

Major Depression DIsorder:

A Phase 3 Multicenter Study of the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of ALKS 5461 for the Adjunctive Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults Who Have an Inadequate Response to Antidepressant Therapy (the FORWARD-2 Study)

ADULT Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DIsorder:

A Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Efficacy and Safety Study of 2 Doses of Dasotraline in Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Click here for more information about these studies and to check out eligibility criteria.

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