Magic mushrooms may ease depression
Magic mushrooms may ease depression by 'resetting' the activity of key brain circuits of patients where conventional treatments have failed. That's the key finding of...
Tag: depression
The black dog of depression
At its worst, depression can be a frightening, debilitating condition. Millions of people around the world live with depression. Many of these individuals and their...
How can we halt the rise of youth depression & suicide?
Watch a series of videos by the One Young World Ambassadors on the subject of Mental Health. The Health Plenary Session at the 2016 One...
Ageing with HIV
The population of people who are living with HIV and AIDS is ageing fast. This reflects the 'good news' story of the effectiveness of anti-retroviral...
Depression and diabetes
To mark the WHO's World Health Day 2017 which, this year, focuses on depression, we talk to Robin Hewings, head of policy for the charity...
World Health Organization’s “Depression: let’s talk” campaign
This short video, focusing on depression among adolescents and young adults, highlights some of the symptoms of depression and the importance of talking as the...
Autism and mental health
Studies show that around 79% of autistic people have mental health issues and rate their anxiety as the number one problem in their lives. 63%...
Caught in the blues
Antidepressant prescribing rates have increased year on year over the past 25 years with now more than 60 million prescriptions for the medication being issued...
Doctors at greater risk of depression
Sometimes very distressed doctors in the NHS do make the news – as with Daksha Emerson, a young psychiatrist who killed herself and her baby...
Behind the smile
Behind the Smile is a solo exhibition focusing on mental ill health and the result of artist Toby Brown’s own experience of clinical depression. Two...
