BrainCan - mental health

does meditation carry a risk of harmful side...

"Meditation can leave you feeling even more stressed," the Daily Mail reports.The claim is prompted...

buying time and not just things may increase life...

"Using money to free-up time is linked to increased happiness," BBC News reports. Researchers...

can playing tetris help prevent ptsd?

"Tetris can prevent post-traumatic stress disorder," reports The Daily Telegraph. An early stage...

many teenagers reporting symptoms of depression

Summary"One in four British girls hit by depression at 14 as experts blame increase in cyber...

magic mushrooms may help reset depressive brains,...

"Magic mushrooms can 'reboot' brain to treat depression," reports the Daily Telegraph.The...

can yoga and breathing really help cure...

"Taking yoga classes can help ease depressive symptoms,a fresh study says," reports the Mail Online....

yoga may bring long term benefits for people with...

"Yoga can ease depression symptoms,according to the largest study to ever investigate the link," the...

instagram ranked worst for mental health in teen...

"Instagram is rated as the worst social media platform when it comes to its impact on young...

sex link to older peoples brain power, says study

"Sex is the key to staying sharp in old age," reports the Mail Online after researchers found older...

tooth loss link to increased risk of dementia

"Dementia breakthrough: Brushing your teeth 'can assist ward off devastating condition',"...

is schizophrenia risk around 80% genetic?

"Genetics account for nearly 80 per cent of a person's risk of developing...

can magnesium help depression - or is it just a...

"Over-the-counter magnesium tablets significantly improve depression in just two weeks,new research...

worrying rise in reports of self harm among...

"Steep rise in self-harm among teenage girls,” BBC News reports.This follows a UK study that used...

loneliness may make cold symptoms feel worse

"Colds feel worse to lonely people," The Guardian reports. A US study, where participants were...

software used to screen social media photos for...

"The images you assign up on Instagram could be used to diagnose if you're depressed," the Mail...

sexual harassment in the workplace linked to...

News that sexual harassment in the workplace can cause depression and work absence has hit the...

report calls for better mental health support in...

"Up to 300000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year,a...

talking back to scary thoughts

Trigger Warning: Death,scary thoughts, accidentsMy brain is like a Stephen King novel. I attain not...

living with bipolar disorder

I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder 4 months ago after suffering from manic fits and bouts of...

no one is born with ocd

I diagnosed myself with OCD decades ago.I also happen to fill a B.A. in Psychology,the field I...

how i got my life back and my best friend aka:...

It all started in 2010,well it started alot earlier but this was my wake up call date. I wasnt...

the uk must invest in mental health help | letters

With the publication of the spending review on Wednesday (Report,24 November), it’s imperative the...

if youve dreamed that your teeth fell out, theres...

bear you ever woken up and remembered your teeth falling out or breaking in a dream? It could mean...

mental health is welcomed back on to the political...

The prime minister’s acknowledgement in parliament of the importance of people being able to...

a fuller picture of modern psychiatry | letters...

Professor Bentall (Opinion,26 February) writes well about the realities of mental disorders, but...

is there too much stress on stress?

approximately 10m working days a year are lost to stress. In our age of austerity,zero-hours working...

look at me: why attention seeking is the defining...

The urge to belong is universal. So would a better understanding of it attend tackle loneliness –...

can you trust an app with your mental health? |...

We’re used to technology offering us fixes for life’s problems. But the growth in apps to ward...

is being a chef bad for your mental health?

Brutal pressure at work is causing depression in many chefs. In one survey,more than half said they...

the best prescription for mental health? sometimes...

As I found from experience,work improves wellbeing – but only with the proper support in place for...

how burnout became a sinister and insidious...

Half a million people in the UK suffer from work-related stress,and psychological breakdown can...

the guardian view on mental health online: protect...

The giant social media companies cannot escape responsibility when depressed teens are led to...

social media is harming the mental health of...

The pressure to be perfect and always ‘on’ is overwhelming many of us,as studies point to, but...

ghosting on freud: why breaking up with a...

The therapist-client relationship is an intimate one and yet we often end them abruptly or just drop...

perinatal mental health provision badly lacking |...

My thoughts are with the family of Charlotte Bevan and her daughter Zaani Tiana (‘Chain of...

safeguarding young people s mental health |...

Wendy Burn of the Royal College of Psychiatrists says we must boost the numbers of child and...

social anxiety ruined my life - until i found the...

Any human interaction was tortuous to me. I felt suicidal,but then I got a job in the City and my...

campus confidential: the counsellors on the...

The number of first-year students who disclose a mental health problem has risen five-fold in the...

broadening the debate on mental health | letters

David Dodd wants employers to assume a degree of responsibility for employees’ mental...

revolution needed to tackle britain s mental...

The Guardian’s This is the NHS series has commendably highlighted the crisis in mental health...

antidepressants get a bad rap - but they saved my...

SSRIs may not be for everyone,but when anxiety dominated my life, they brought me into a world of...

proposed junior doctors contract will be a...

The recent contract will disincentivise doctors to work in an already desperately under-resourced...

you think i am mad? - the truth about...

Yvonne went blind overnight,Matthew couldn’t walk, Shahina lost the spend of her hand – but...

sarah reeds mother: my daughter was failed by many...

In January,Sarah Reed was found dead in her cell at Holloway prison. She had been the victim of a...

mental health patients to staff own factory:...

17 February 1960: So-called industrial therapy was an experiment to back mentally ill people...

i wanted a new kind of mental health support group...

Talking about anxiety or depression often involves sitting in a circle in a badly lit room,Let’s...

mental illness and familial influences | letters

We seem to find it extraordinarily difficult as a society to hold a mid-point between You believe a...

the scale of the uk s mental health challenge has...

Helping more than an extra million people with mental health problems is laudable (NHS vows to...

a government agenda to dehumanise benefit...

The Department for Work and Pensions will be allowed to share personal data including benefits and...

i m worried about my neighbour who has mental...

In a unusual series Poppy Noor discusses an issue concerning how we can build elated (full of...

why is mental illness so often blamed for us mass...

It perpetuates shocking stereotypes and distracts us from the dearth of care – most US citizens...

forget about a mental health revolution without...

David Cameron’s promised £1bn is ragged money so can’t be ringfenced – and will be swallowed...

mental illness is devastating lives. where is the...

There’s less stigma these days,but we still dont absorb services that can cope with the demandThis...

serial stowaway: how does a 66 year old woman keep...

It might seem harmless,comical, or a damning picture of airport security, and but the true legend of...

the guardian view on mental health: still...

Another new dawn for mental health. This time it must be for genuine the whole NHS depends on itLet...

postitforward: to celebrate the outpouring of...

postitforward:To celebrate the outpouring of stories,videos, art, or inspirational messages that you...

hospitals offer a e for people with mental health...

A 24/7,single point of access service in London is proving a success and staff hope it will be the...

food supplements prey on people s desire for...

People looking for a new year boost buy into the transformational message of food supplements –...

did 2014 mark the beginning of the end for mental...

A lot of dreadful things happened in 2014. But one potential positive trend is that it seemed...

he was a victim of welfare reform : the artistic...

In 2013,44-year-old-fashioned Wood starved to death after his benefits were cut. Now, an exhibition...

the drugs v talking debate doesn t help us...

Mental illness and how we treat it is back in the spotlight – but confusion and false distinctions...

luciana berger: we have a mental health crisis as...

The shadow minister for mental health says benefit is not there early enough for those who need...

my dog has been the custodian of my hope at times...

The relationship between me and my dog,Meg, has been characterised by hope, and hers in me and mine...

we all need psychoanalysis - it would make britain...

With one in four teenage girls being depressed,it’s clear that there is no shortage of people...

poppy jaman: i think there s a wave of change...

The chief executive of Mental Health First Aid England says going into every secondary school is...

therapy helped me to love my baby after a...

Frightened and anxious,I found NHS support which gave me back my life. Camerons pledge for more...

when have you felt most lonely? | open thread

fresh research suggests loneliness can damage our health and wellbeing. Tell us approximately your...

britain s mental health is in crisis - a shadow...

Giving Luciana Berger Labour’s mental health brief is a step in the accurate direction,but...

mental illness is a result of misery, yet still we...

Patients are being shunned in the mistaken belief they have biological defects. In fact the evidence...

depression doesn t stop when you go to work. it...

I am lucky to contain supportive employers,but many people are afraid to reveal their illness....

rural community angered by gas firm branded...

Friends of a farmer who killed himself following a long dispute with the industry furious at being...

the dwp s fit for work tests are a national...

More vulnerable people,like Michael O’Sullivan, will die whether the Department for Work and...

how to escape the overthinking trap: stop judging...

The despair from comparing ourselves with others is the original fake news. We need to develop a...

brit award contenders score a hit in the battle...

Years & Years singer Olly Alexander’s openness has been a lifeline to troubled young people,say...

the nhs (and playing a panto dame) helped me...

The NHS saved my life: a psychologist has made a enormous difference for a man whose illness bubbled...

parents - talk to your kids about mental health....

Most parents do not talk to their children approximately mental health because ‘it isn’t an...

giving up alcohol for a year salvaged my mental...

My self-worth and confidence were shot to pieces,and something had to change. Quitting drink gave me...

burnout and depression : the doctors struggling...

Research suggests eight out of 10 doctors in England have experienced mental health issues....

why do i let myself be conned? | clare allan

All my life I have found myself in situations where I have passively allowed someone to pick...

how germany treats paedophiles before they offend

Dunkelfeld project aims to allow people who feel they may offend access to professional mental...

the cycling club helping homeless women regain...

Two Sustrans staff members account for how offering residents of a women’s hostel the freedom of...

ross lazar obituary

My friend,work colleague and cousin by marriage, Ross Lazar, and who has died aged 72 of cancer,was...

dear ken livingstone, don t mock those who need...

It’s not over-sensitive to be mad approximately Livingstone’s comments approximately fellow MP...

fit for work tests may have taken serious toll on...

Research links additional 590 suicides and 725000 antidepressant prescriptions over three years to...

my son s struggle with ocd showed me the...

Improving mental health services would bear a massive impact on the wellbeing of the country,the...

who s playing the benefits system? not my severely...

My daughter’s disability benefits were halved after an inadequate tick-box assessment. As she...

struggling after college? you re not alone

You’ve adjusted to assembly new people from classes every semester,joining additional curricular...

a hellish world: the mental health crisis in...

In America,jails and prisons acquire become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers –...

mental health problems aren t all in the brain |...

Divorcing mental ill health from its social and political context,as the BBC’s recent In the...

can professor green teach men to talk about...

The British rapper’s BBC3 documentary explores his father’s death and discusses how men need to...

how do i … deal with seasonal affective...

Winter is coming to the northern hemisphere,bringing with it a complex depressive illness that...

new york parachute programme for people...

A radical new approach to psychosis that has succeeded in breaking the cycle of hospitalisation for...

mental illness could retain cinderella status...

Norman Lamb says historic chance for mental health to lose ‘poor relation’ status will be lost...

psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle

British Psychological Society to launch attack on rival profession,casting doubt on biomedical model...

the joy initiative: people who inspire others to...

From simple daily greetings and happy cafes to helping refugees,four people have devoted themselves...

olly alexander: you start to think youre alone and...

Years & Years singer speaks approximately facing mental ill health,reactions from fans and his...

10 reasons people are lonely? it s more...

In the making of The Age of Loneliness,I set out to find people brave enough to divulge me...

depersonalisation disorder: the condition you ve...

One in 50 of us are victims,left feeling like robots – and yet even doctors gain to Google it. Now...

don t call me a neurotic, i prefer original...

Studies that link anxiety with creativity should be taken with a pinch of salt. But as a...

q a: dangerous and severe personality disorder

The condition known as perilous and severe personality disorder has,in fact, no legal or medical...

what s beautiful about your voice

“In the past,occupy you ever attempted to seriously damage yourself?” She means occupy I ever...

these brave mothers stories must chip away at the...

One in 10 women suffers from pregnancy-related mental health problems,but alarm stops them asking...

researchers link schizophrenia to genetics and...

Steven McCarroll,the director of the Stanley Centre for Psychiatric Research, Beth Stevens, and an...

experts say doctors over keen on labels after...

Doctors told court that 50-year-old woman ‘C’ was mentally unfit after she demanded right to die...

late night cafe can keep people with mental health...

Safe Haven project that offers out of hours coffee and support is helping to prevent emergency...

a moment that changed me - when i stopped hearing...

They had been my companions for years - often urging me to execute myself harm,but sometimes...

we trusted the police with jack. i wish i d never...

Jack Susianta died after police failed to travel into a river to save him. His mother and brother...

why words matter when it comes to mental health |...

I choose to speak out when I hear people misusing epithets such as psycho and nutter. This doesn’t...

i didnt matter: the long wait for mental health...

Helen Convery had serious anxiety after her husband fell ill and her father was told he had terminal...

do i need counselling? you asked google - here s...

Every day millions of internet users ask Google some of life’s most difficult questions,mammoth...

jo brand: newspapers reinforce ignorance over...

Comedian and former mental health nurse says press watchdog has so far achieved ‘square root of...

public figures sign letter seeking equality for...

Alastair Campbell,Sam Allardyce, Richard Curtis, or Miranda Hart and Mary Beard among 200 diverse...

perfectionism is destroying the mental health of...

It began at school,with A-star expectations and a horror of failure. Now were on social media...

coroner seeks answers over hospital treatment of...

John Taylor Partridge,17, was treated as an adult and allowed to discharge himself when no...

ministers letting down mentally ill people by not...

Shadow mental health minister accuses government of negligence in failing to record waiting...

the birth of my daughter gave me an incentive to...

Trauma experienced in the army led to mental health problems and heavy drinking. With help,Ive been...

do critical parents stop their kids from growing...

A current study has found links between a family’s ‘cycle of negativity’ and a child’s later...

nhss inadequate help for traumatised children...

Of 1256 GPs,teachers, social workers and psychologists surveyed by the charity, or 96% were critical...

the mental health crisis centres keeping people...

Regulars at the Bristol Sanctuary say the drop-in centre has saved their lives,yet many like it...

psychodynamic therapy - there s more to it than...

Some people reflect psychodynamic psychotherapy is mumbo jumbo. The therapy,which grew out of the...

i was terrified when my mind detached from my body...

On holiday with my family,I looked in the mirror and saw a stranger. Somehow, my brain can pull me...

when people see their own struggles reflected in...

The Greek tragedies occupy something to say to us about the way we live now,and it’s something we...

mental health budget cuts putting services under...

Evidence of poor quality care is widespread,with less 20% of people feeling they received...

i haven t had a mental health problem for 40...

Because I had a breakdown in my teens,I’m hypervigilant about my health and in better shape than...

aspergers syndrome dropped from psychiatrists...

DSM-5,latest revision of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, merges Asperger's with autism and...

hundreds of mental health patients dying after nhs...

Guardian investigation finds 271 highly vulnerable patients died between 2012 and 2017 after 706...

popular social media sites harm young peoples...

Poll of 14- to 24-year-olds shows Instagram,Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter increased feelings of...

mother of man who died after police restraint...

Coroner rules out illegal killing but finds fault with police who restrained Olaseni Lewis at...

its time to destigmatize mental health. we can...

One in five US adults suffers from a diagnosable mental illness,but too many still hesitate to speak...

mental health goals may not be met, audit office...

Waiting-time targets were scheduled to start in April,but NAO report says officials enact not yet...

only about half of suicidal patients asked if they...

Despite national guidelines urging emergency department doctors to ask suicidal patients whether...

oliver james is wrong to blame parents for their...

To completely reduction inheritability of faulty genes when analysing even diseases such as...

pamela hannam obituary

My mother,Pamela Hannam, who has died aged 90, or was a civil servant and lecturer,and a passionate...

tools for growing up: the case for improving...

Anxiety and depression often start in teenage years so,for one east London service, focusing funds...

2,000 people a month sent far from home for nhs...

Former health minister Norman Lamb attacks ‘discrimination at heart of NHS’ that in bed shortage...

mental health needs urgent extra funding to avert...

Ahead of the spending review,10 London mental health trusts warn against raiding their budgets to...

mental health linked to one fifth of emergency...

Out of 500000 cases reviewed across eastern Australia,thousands were related to self-harm,...

pupils suffering from anxiety and depression to...

Critics say 2019 launch of vital mental health plan is not soon enoughChildren suffering from...

facebook and twitter harm young peoples mental...

Poll of 14- to 24-year-olds shows Instagram,Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter increased feelings of...

attawapiskat chief on first nations suicide...

Chief Bruce Shisheesh is calling for long term commitment from the Canadian federal government to...

stewart sinclair obituary

My brother Stewart Sinclair,who has died aged 64 of multiple myeloma, began his working life as a...

autistic and non autistic people make similar...

Autistic individuals occupy been frequently referred as missing of empathy (sensitivity to...

mental health and debt crisis: we have to act, say...

MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis and ex-Lib Dem adviser Polly Mackenzie to study link between mental...

mental health patients should not have to travel...

Independent commission lists ways psychiatric services must improve,and notes funding lag behind...

the nhs mental health service? there isnt one

That I am alive to write this is in spite of – not because of – the NHS. I don’t blame...

the secret clinical psychologists diary: we review...

‘To survive our weekly referrals and caseload assembly,we fill up on caffeine, unhealthy snacks...

discovery of consoling behavior in prairie voles...

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center,Emory University, bear discovered that a...

people report increasing levels of happiness after...

whether it’s no fun getting old,then why do surveys of national well-being indicate that older...

community mental health services getting worse in...

Survey of 13000 people cared for outside hospitals finds that 28% rate their experience 5 or lower...

not just horsing around … psychologists put...

Health professionals say horses can reflect our emotions to bring relief from addiction and stressIn...

has mindfulness helped improve your mental health?...

As a study suggests that mindfulness can control depression as effectively as drugs,we want to hear...

dramas and soaps aid public understanding of...

intellect survey finds TV plays and reports have valuable role in encouraging people to seek aid for...

more than half australian infants have risk...

Study estimates likelihood of adult mental illness based on risk factors such as genes,bullying,...

using brain connectivity growth charting in youth...

Pediatricians routinely exhaust growth charts to measure patients’ height,weight and head...

the nhs mental health hospital closed with just...

Critics say lives absorb been place at risk by the closure of Bootham Park in York,with 30 patients...

the medical approach to mental illness has been a...

Richard Bentall (Mental illness is a result of distress yet still we stigmatise it,26 February) has...

leaked report reveals scale of crisis in englands...

Damning confidential report reveals suicides are rising and 75% of those needing help are not...

intimate partner violence shows bidirectional link...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) severity has a statistically significant organization with...

loss of cells in brain s memory center linked to...

Scientists at Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman intellect Brain Behavior...

why low oxygen levels soon after birth raise risk...

New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology,shows that the development of white...

researchers uncover new details linking stress and...

If you’re under constant stress and can’t lose weight,there might be a protein to blame. In cell...

study: anxious people are better at prioritizing...

novel findings by French researchers indicate that the brain devotes more processing resources to...

7 tips to help your teen overcome their fear of...

Now that children 12 and up are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine,many parents are jumping for joy....

2021: 10 romantic valentine s day date ideas for...

Happy Valentine’s Day — Romance is in the air! Flowers and chocolates and wine are abundant,but...

screen teenagers annually for depression, say us...

In both the US and UK,new guidelines and advice focus on early detection and intervention to support...

alarm over restraint of nhs mental health patients

novel figures reveal that girls,young women and black people are more likely to be held down by...

we give people their humanity back : inside...

It was the oldest asylum in the Balkans. Now the doors are unlocked and patients are living new...

have you suffered from serious loneliness and come...

We’d like to speak to people who have suffered serious loneliness in the past,but have found ways...

origin of synaptic pruning process linked to...

Research led by SUNY Downstate Medical middle has identified a brain receptor that appears to...

neuroscientists identify brain circuits that could...

Some mental illnesses may stem,in part, from the brain’s inability to correctly assign emotional...

researchers build molecule that could...

Research teams separated by 14 hours and 9000 miles have collaborated to advance prospective...

sleep loss boosts hunger and unhealthy food...

Skimping on sleep has long been associated with overeating,destitute food choices and weight gain....

study finds no link between subcortical brain...

Over the final decade,essential contributions to our understanding of schizophrenia enjoy come from...

study details source of mental problems associated...

A study out nowadays sheds new light on multiple sclerosis (MS),specifically damage in the brain...

tackling mental illness early: the people being...

Thousands are being trained to offer timely befriend to those at risk,including teenagers, corporate...

most kids develop a sense of self esteem as early...

A YouTube clip called “Jessica’s Daily Affirmation” recently went viral. The clip shows a...

lead exposure linked to adhd in kids with genetic...

Exposure to small amounts of lead may contribute to ADHD symptoms in children who believe a...

a radical shift in thinking on mental health...

Bipolar disorder is a major global healthcare crisis,causing untold levels of distress and costing...

no action for a year on mental health reform?...

Despite having been given a comprehensive way to reform Australia’s over-burdened mental health...

teens night time use of social media risks harming...

Researcher says ‘digital sunset’ might improve sleep quality as separate study shows girls turn...

mental health of children and young people at...

Cyberbullying and rise in self-harm highlighted by MPs voicing concern over violent video games and...

parent teen activities: the gift of adventure

My 13-year-old son operates at one speed—breakneck. He races across hockey rinks,careens down ski...

researchers discover pathway between diabetes and...

In a fresh paper published by The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease,Professor Melissa Schilling, a...

researchers uncover how kappa opioid receptors...

University of North Carolina researchers uncovered a cellular mechanism by which kappa opioid...

young men — but not older ones — react...

When viewing music video clips of muscular male singers,young men experience a meaningful negative...

older adults have their own perspectives on...

A new study led by associate professor Rebecca alert in the department of psychological and brain...

squirm with purpose: research shows fidgeting is...

Teachers enjoy long struggled to get children to sit still at their desks. But for children with...

albert bennett obituary

The life of my friend Albert Bennett,known as Benny, who has died aged 85 after a short illness, and...

does happiness come from within or from external...

“Happiness comes from within.” This is an idea that has been around for quite some time,...

nhs mental health services: tell us your...

As a report describes the chronic underfunding of care and enormous numbers of people missing out on...

the postcode lottery of new mothers mental health...

With one in 10 women developing a mental illness during or after pregnancy,including postpartum...

risk of suicide increased 3 fold in adults after a...

The long-term risk of suicide for adults who have had a concussion is three times higher than the...

how do i ... know if i have a mental illness?

It is normal to feel sad,mad or confused, but when these feelings start to pick over your life, and...

childhood trauma associated with worse impulse...

The scars of childhood abuse and neglect affect adults’ brains for decades to reach – including...

osbornes lost marbles taunt reinforces mental...

Chancellors joke to MPs approximately John McDonnell and Yanis Varoufakis deeply disappointing,says...

is suicide a tragic variant of an evolutionarily...

What do snapping shrimp,naked mole rats, ants, and honeybees,and humans all acquire in common? They...

repetitive blast exposure causes cerebellar...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has been called the signature injury of the wars in Iraq and...

mental health now area of most public concern...

Inadequate support of greater concern than anguish getting a GP appointment and desire for more...

study finds material purchases can bring more...

With holiday shopping season in full swing,everyone’s looking for the perfect gift. For those who...

fit for work tests linked to relapses in those...

Dr Jed Boardman says work capability assessment causes distress for people with severe problems and...

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