5 million in U.S. go to alcohol, drug self-help groups

About 5 million Americans attend meetings of self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous for alcohol and drug abusers, and nearly half of them reported remaining clean, a federal study released on Monday showed. The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration examined the popularity of meetings like those run in many communities by AA and Narcotics Anonymous. In these kinds of meetings,... Read more

Maternal mental illness tied to perinatal deaths

Perinatal mortality risk is increased in mothers with psychiatric disorders, and in their offspring as well, UK and Danish researchers report in an advance online publication by the Archives of Disease in Childhood–Fetal and Neonatal Edition. As senior investigator Dr. Kathryn M. Abel told Reuters Health, “A history of serious psychiatric illness in women has been linked to a significantly... Read more