MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'health screening'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181750&cid=t_141528_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FdY5KD_-b2fY%2F With growing concern about mental health issues and suicide among adolescents, more  schools and communities are using voluntary screening programs to identify at-risk kids, today’s Informed Patient column reports. The programs rely on free questionnaires that have been shown to be reliable indicators of depression in adolescents including the Columbia University-developed TeenScreen and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. But mental-health screenings are opposed by certain groups and legislation has been introduced to prevent their mandatory use. Some mental health advocates say large-scale screening programs are not as cost-effective as relying on teachers, school health officials, primary-care doctors and parents to identify and intervene with troubled teens. One emerging model for he... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181750 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:23:44 +0100 5181750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2912264&cid=t_141528_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dare-to-dream.us%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2Fbarriers_behaviors_subcultures_and_the_homeless_po.php I really enjoy reading the blog Kellevision.com. She says it like it is and seldom misses the point of what she's writing about. She identifies a problem in programming for homelessness and proposes a set of concepts to help clarify the situation. Image via Wikipedia Many of the "barriers" faced by the chronically homeless are not external. They are self-inflicted. Repeatedly failing to pay one's utility bills is not a barrier. It is a behavior. Repeatedly getting into relationships with drug addicts and being evicted because you have allowed your new girlfriend to turn your affordable housing into a crack house is not a barrier. It is a behavior. Choosing to pay your boyfriend's bail instead of the rent is not a barrier, it is a behavior. Consistently refusing to hold down steady employm... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2912264 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:12:07 +0100 2912264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2727188&cid=t_141528_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FKlxqeqhQliI%2F With the repeated deportation happening in the Army these days, the organization is hoping to recognize strain and depression early on for its staff. It is implementing a new set of mental health tests that are supposed to be “unprecedented” in “size and scope.” All active duty and reserve soldiers will have to take a test that will help identify trouble area. The test consists of 170 questions and will look at “physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and family issues” and suggest additional training from the results. This program is desperately needed. The life of a solider is a tough one, and has high rates of emotional-related problems as a result. So far 4,000 soldiers have taken this test, with more to come. Image: sxc.hu. ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2727188 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:31:13 +0100 2727188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389726&cid=t_141528_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Flegislation-filed-to-prevent-mandatory.html I never thought it would come to this, and I am not a fan of Ron Paul. But... Paul and others have introduced H.R. 2218, called the "Parental Consent Act." The purpose of the bill is to prevent children from being subjected to mandatory mental-health screening without the express, written, voluntary, informed consent of their parents or legal guardians. From the bill:(a) Universal or Mandatory Mental Health Screening Program--No Federal funds may be used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory mental health, psychiatric, or socio-emotional screening program.(b) Refusal To Consent as Basis of a Charge of Child Abuse or Education Neglect--No Federal education funds may be paid to any local educational agency or other instrument of government that uses the refusal of a parent or ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389726 Mon, 04 May 2009 16:13:00 +0100 2389726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466317&cid=t_141528_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Flife-line-screening-to-prevent-strokes.html Caregivers can get information about Life Line Screening to prevent strokes in the following video. The screening involves 4 tests which are painless and noninvasive. Screening locations are available at Life Line Screening. In my area Life Line Screening is coming to the local Central Coast Seniors Center on July 8, 2008, and the cost is $129. In addition to stroke prevention the screening also tests for osteoporosis. (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News) The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466317 Sat, 24 May 2008 15:08:00 +0100 1466317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982582&cid=t_141528_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F175546510%2Fteen_screen_-_the_debate_continues.html I was asked if I would post an opinion piece by someone that had read the previous posts and comments on TeenScreen - Good or Bad?, Mantatory Mental Health Screening for Our Children Part 1 and Mantatory Mental Health Screening for Our Children Part 2. I figured "why not" so here it is: The Debate Continues by M.R.L.The debate on manditory mental health screening can be easily brought down to two arguments that are oppositional in nature. Private versus public. Should the government, hospitals, schools, etc. be allowed to intrude on your life, or the lives of your children and family, for what they prescribe is for the better? One of the main codes of ethics in medicine and mental health is that the individual has a choice through the whole procedure. If they do no... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982582 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:00:24 +0100 982582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=894218&cid=t_141528_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F160238016%2Fmantatory_mental_health_screen_2.html I previously wrote about the benefits of screening our children for mental health issues. That all stemmed from a comment made to another article I'd written that sent me off on a bit of a rant.Now the downside. Firstly, I have no tolerance for the government telling me what to do with my child. Forcing this kind of testing would have to be legislated and that leads down a slippery slope. It raises so many questions like: Who will have access to the information? Will treatment also be mandatory? Will this lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy? (A child has the potential to have an eating disorder and the parent focuses so much on it that the child does develop one. From potential problem to factual problem.) Once the government takes choice out of our hands that specific situati... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=894218 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:00:13 +0100 894218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=892857&cid=t_141528_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F159947359%2Fmantatory_mental_health_screen.html Previously I had posted in response to a comment that had been posted after one of my articles. The comment contained a link to a petition to stop TeenScreen which is the testing of children for depression and suicidal tendencies.  Ok, so I find the petition's argument biased, uniformed and misleading and the TeenScreen site equally as self-serving but what about the actual issue of screening children for mental illness?  This is not a simple issue. Firstly, I think screening only for depression and suicidal tendencies is myopic. If we are going to allow our children to be tested, get them tested for every type of mental health issue. Test them for eating disorders, bi-polar disorders, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders to n... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=892857 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:00:15 +0100 892857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=891624&cid=t_141528_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F159612327%2Fteenscreen_good_or_bad.html Amy Gemoules posted a comment on another article about something called TeenScreen. Having never heard of it I decided to do some research. I started with the link to an online petition she left and read through their complaints. I found the petition inflammatory, full of rhetoric and self-serving. Sweeping comments like "... controversial and unscientific Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, written by psychiatrists with financial ties to drug companies..." and "...'chemical imbalance of the brain' theory, which relies solely upon observation and for which no scientific or medical test exists..." serve only to misinform and agitate.Then I checked out TeenScreen' website. It paints a rosy picture of how everyone benefits from this type... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=891624 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:47:03 +0100 891624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060817&cid=t_141528_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.davemsw.com%2Farchives%2F2006%2F06%2Fprimary_care_physicians_need_h.php Transmuted Internalizations has an important post on blog carnival on mental health treatment in primary care. Primary care physicians may be exacerbating patients' problems by "treating" normality and introducing people to potentially very problematic side effects. Really, this is pitiful and tragic: imagine a patient who comes to his doctor's office complaining of "stress" or "sadness" about a current relationship, who leaves with a prescription for an SSRI. That SSRI then causes sexual dysfunction and the patient's problems multiply. What to do? Refer. Primary care physicians maybe should not be the gatekeepers when it comes to deciding who should get mental health care. Maybe primary care doctors should refer directly to a psychologist or a psychiatrist. There are more serious proble... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060817 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:14 +0100 4060817 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060840&cid=t_141528_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.davemsw.com%2Farchives%2F2006%2F04%2Fdod_provides_online_mental_hea.php Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the more debilitating disorders associated with experiencing intense trauma such as a rape or living in a war zone. PTSD has been associated with symptoms of nightmares, flashbacks, extreme anxiety, inappropriate anger and violent behavior, and feelings of disconnection from family and friends. It has been associated with permanent changes in the associated with memory impairment and exaggerated startle response. Many stress related symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, chest pain and anxiety attacks also are common. Long-term studies of veterans associate PTSD with long-term health disorders thought to be associated with stress. A survey in mid-2004 by the military of 82nd Airborne paratroopers coming back to Fort Bragg from serving in Ira... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060840 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:26:59 +0100 4060840