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SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers

May 22, 2013 16:47
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems. SAP has asked start-up Danish recruitment company Specialisterne to help it find, train and manage employees diagnosed with the disability.

Family members want RCMP to do more for officers with post-traumatic stress

The Canadian PressMay 21, 2013 18:02
VANCOUVER - Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years — a quirky, funny, chatty guy she'd met on a blind date. Thirty-year-old Martin Bouchard was an RCMP officer in Manitoba and had a French accent and plenty of friends. But three years into the marriage, Krista Bouchard started noticing symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder — apparently related to her husband's posting in Shamattawa, a First Nations reserve that she said was resistant to outside policing.

US psychiatry gets makeover in new manual

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 16:45
The latest makeover to a massive psychiatric tome honored by some, reviled by others and even called the "Bible" of mental disorders is being released Saturday with a host of new changes. The first major revamp in more than 20 years of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, will be unveiled in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatry Association. Hoarding, gambling and marijuana withdrawal are among the newly expanded disorders contained in the fifth revision of the 947-page reference book.

Exercise can boost mood, self-esteem: report

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 06:30
If you want to boost your mood, a 10-minute brisk walk could do the trick, according to a new report released from the UK's Mental Health Foundation.

Bipolar disorder tied to mother's flu in pregnancy

May 10, 2013 21:19
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born after being exposed to the flu during pregnancy may have a nearly four-fold higher risk of later developing bipolar disorder, according to a small new study. The senior researcher said the results can't prove that a mother's bout of flu while pregnant causes her child to develop the mental disorder, but the association does suggest that some cases might be prevented.

Board told man who killed cop with snow plow should be detained in hospital

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 16:05
TORONTO - A man who was found not criminally responsible for killing a Toronto police officer with a snowplow should be locked up in a psychiatric hospital with few privileges, a hearing was told Friday. Richard Kachkar remains a significant risk to public safety, and should be put on anti-psychotic medication, psychiatrist Dr. Philip Klassen told the Ontario Review Board. However, "realistically speaking his risk is low" and his prognosis is very good, Klassen said.

Swedish anorexia patients targeted by modelling agencies

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 12:47
A Stockholm treatment centre for eating disorders on Thursday said talent scouts from modelling agencies had approached their patients outside the clinic, hoping to recruit them. "They were outside the building and waited for the girls to go out for a walk," the director of the public institution, Anna-Maria af Sandeberg, told Swedish news agency TT, without naming the agencies. The unscrupulous head hunters were familiar with the patients' every day routine and would stop at nothing, she added.

Autism is not a tragedy -Autism Society of the Philippines

April 9, 2013 11:37
Extremely short attention span, no response when called by name, indifference to others, no single words by 16 months, no two-word phrases by 24 months and many other signs that indicate that the child has autism. That leads some parents to think that they are in a tragedy. “It is a natural reaction to such devastating news.However, that sad notion should not happen,"said Mary Janette L.

Autistic children no burden: PM

April 6, 2013 12:17
Putting utmost importance on raising more awareness about autism, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the autistic children are not a burden and urged all to ensure their due rights and respect in the society.“We’ll have to ensure that the autistic children get their due rights and respect in the society as they belong to our families and society,” she told the inaugural session of a discussion at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center marking the 6th World Autism Awareness Day.The Day is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world aiming to i

6th World Autism Awareness Day on April 2

April 6, 2013 05:36
The country will join the rest of the world in celebrating the 6th World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) on April 2 with the theme, “Make the Rights Real of Persons with Autism.”The celebration is mandated under the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/139 promulgated in December 2007 declaring April 2, 2008 and the succeeding years as the World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD).The resolution recognized autism as a world-wide health concern and also a response to urgent call for autism awareness and the provision of services for affected persons.For the month of April,
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