» Deinstitutionalization Leads To Suicide Rise

Reducing the number of beds available in public psychiatric hospitals is associated with increased suicide rates — and community-based mental health care is often not funded at a level sufficient to help.

Reducing the number of beds available in public psychiatric hospitals is associated with increased suicide rates — and community-based mental health care is often not funded at a level sufficient to help. A new study finds that for every bed lost for 100,000 people in the population, 45 additional suicides would occur per year.

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Health Behavior News Service

» Sleep Helps Build Long-Term Memories - Picower Institute Study Strengthens Link Between Sleep, Memory Formation
Experts have long suspected that part of the process of turning fleeting short-term memories into lasting long-term memories occurs during sleep. Now, researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown that mice prevented from "replaying" their waking experiences while asleep do not remember them as well as mice who are able to perform this function.

» Home Safety Month Observed In North Dakota

In observation of Home Safety Month in June, the North Dakota Department of Health is encouraging residents to identify and correct any potential safety hazards in their homes.

In observation of Home Safety Month in June, the North Dakota Department of Health is encouraging residents to identify and correct any potential safety hazards in their homes, according to Diana Read, Injury/Violence Prevention Program director for the Department of Health.

The home is the second most common location of unintentional fatal injuries in the United States; only motor vehicle crashes account for more fatal injuries. Children younger than 5 and adults older than 70 are most at risk for injuries in the home, both fatal and nonfatal.

Older Adults

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North Dakota Department Of Health