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mental health

If I don’t help mentally ill patients, who will?

Clinical Psychologist Emmerson Gono from MSF describes the challenges of working with mentally ill patients in a Zimbabwean prison. *Stephen…

Alarming rate of suicides in prison

The fact that prison suicides are at record levels is tragic, but it is only one of the most serious…

Brussels sprouts could hold the key to treating Alzheimer’s

Brussels sprouts could provide an answer to treating Alzheimer’s – the most common cause of dementia. A supercharged version of…

Voxel mapping for Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is by far the commonest form of dementia, affecting around 1.5 per cent of all people over the…

Most young people suffer loneliness

It’s always sad around this time of year to hear about the growing problem of loneliness amongst the elderly, however,…

How to stay calm at Christmas

Christmas is one of the most eagerly awaited events in the whole year, but for many people, Yuletide cheer comes…

Mental Health and Immigrants

People who have migrated to a country from their homeland are much more vulnerable to mental illness. Between 1993 and…

Why we need a global Bill of Rights

People with mental health problems are not ‘the other’. They can be you or I, our children, friends, colleagues. Every…

Back to work – fresh start

As millions of us return to work after the long summer break, health and wellbeing experts offer their tips how to…

Schizophrenia vs Multiple Personality Disorder

https://youtu.be/w66l8HdP1No Probably the two most frequently confused psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder, are worlds apart in their core…

Handing (Back) Over the Pen

Handing (Back) Over the Pen: Afghan Women's Experiences of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Violence and trauma refer to experiences, rather…

Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond

Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond  at the Wellcome Collection Rebecca Wallersteiner explores ‘Bedlam’ and the rise and fall of the…

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