Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: more + harm + than  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/7/2008)

Canada.com Prostate cancer screening: More harm than good for older men AFP - Aug 5, 2008 In 2007, more than 218000 Americans were diagnosed with prostate cancer, government statistics show. "While the PSA tests are effective for detecting ... For Elderly, Prostate Cancer Screening May Harm More Than Help Wall Street Journal Blogs Experts differ on prostate test for elderly men The Age Why Are Prostate Cancer Screenings Harmful For Men Over 75? dBTechno Forbes - Food Consumer all 769 news articles » Bleacher Report NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow Does More Harm Than Good Bleacher Report, CA - Aug 5, 2008 They also hoped that their new development would produce better, more exciting racing in the long run. In terms of safety NASCAR deserves an A+, ... Los Angeles Times Governor won't sign bills until he gets budget San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Jeff Denham, R-Merced, released a more pointed response: "Great! Many of the bills the Legislature passes do California more harm than good. ... Schwarzenegger refusing to sign bills Los Angeles Times Send me a state budget, or else San Jose Mercury News Lawmakers yawn as Schwarzenegger vows to block bills Sacramento Bee San Diego Union Tribune - Sacramento Bee all 245 news articles » Suddenly being green is not cool any more Times Online, UK - People have become wary of environmental causes that can turn out to do more harm than good. They don't want wind turbines marching across Britain's moors ... Bank of Korea Raises Rate to 5.25% to Curb Inflation (Update3) Bloomberg - ``Today's decision is likely to do more harm than good,'' said Frederic Neumann, an economist at HSBC Holdings Plc in Hong Kong. ... Bank of Korea Raises Rate to 5.25% to Curb Inflation (Update1) Bloomberg all 4 news articles » Bra programme could do more harm than good Fiji Times, Fiji - Aug 3, 2008 Update: 12:55PM CONCERNS have been expressed that a charity programme of sending bras to women in developing countries could do more harm than good. ... Can Merrill Lynch Trust John Thain? Motley Fool - Had he gone the conservative route and suggested that more capital might be needed, he would have done more harm than good by giving short-sellers reason to ...MER Washington Post Pop culture and politics can be a tricky mix The Associated Press - "When you get into mockery, that's where you potentially do more harm than good," Kurtzman, of about.com, noted. McCain himself has defended his recent ads ... AssociatedPress Time for Obama to fight McCain Irish Times Negativity the norm in presidential campaign WTOP 411mania.com - VIP Breakdown all 3,763 news articles » To Be Old, Frail Wall Street Journal - No national figures on assisted-living evictions exist, but discharge-related complaints recorded by the federal Administration on Aging more than doubled ... When Prescriptions Do More Harm Than Good Tampa Tribune, FL - Aug 2, 2008 In the three years after the car mishap, Valdez's addiction deepened, taking him to four hospitals, one of them more than 30 times. ...

Counselling: more harm than good?

When it comes to dealing with personal tragedy, it seems you still can't beat the British stiff upper lip.

Reliving near-death experiences and other traumas during counselling is a waste of time, say experts - and can even make the suffering worse. The claim will come as a shock to the country's burgeoning counselling industry. There are now more trained counsellors than ever, with 30,000 working full-time, 270,000 part-time volunteers and 2.5 million more who undertake counselling as part of their job.

With 16,000 members, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is 12 times bigger than it was only 25 years ago.

But the research says that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not as widespread as claimed.

A report by the Oxford-based Cochrane organisation - which provides specialist medical advice - also questions whether counselling can help even when it does exist.

Its authors conclude that counselling is useless at best, and in some cases could even make victims more likely to suffer PTSD.

Research leader Simon Wessely, professor of psychological medicine at London's Institute of Psychiatry, said his study of 3,000 soldiers who served in the Bosnian conflict showed that only 3 per cent suffered long-term traumatic stress.

He said: 'Undoubtedly some people do suffer, but most do not. The toxic effect of counselling is that some people begin to see themselves as having a mental health problem, when they do not.'

The study's authors praise the mental strength of heroes such as Scott of the Antarctic, whose diaries show that he maintained perfect self- control while faced with almost certain death.

Their research comes after a study into counselling undertaken following the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

Up to 9,000 therapists offered their services to New Yorkers - three for every victim of the Twin Towers attacks.

But an American psychiatrist who led the study called therapy for survivors and victims' families 'an enormous waste of money'.

Professor George Bonnano said: 'There is little evidence that getting people to "open up" actually helps.

'There is more data supporting the view that talking about how unhappy you are just makes it worse.'

Doubts have been raised about the qualifications held by some counsellors.

And the benefit of professional help has also been questioned by Roger Broomfield, who survived the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster in which 193 died when the ferry sank off Zeebrugge in 1987.

Mr Broomfield said: 'I went to one counselling session but it was useless. I was asked ridiculous and irrelevant questions, such as what was the name of the boat.'

However, he admitted that talking to family and friends had helped him.

'I had to spend five days in hospital and I had lots of visitors. I just talked and talked about the ordeal, which was great therapy,' he said.

Mr Broomfield said earlier generations survived the horrors of two world wars without the need for 'stress' counselling.

He added: 'My dad, who fought in the war, didn't have counselling - he just got on with things and managed. I'm gregarious and talk a lot about life and that was enough for me.'