Mental health inequalities for deaf and disabled people
Mental health inequalities for disabled and deaf people are a significant problem, according to a report published last week by…
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Autism and mental health
Studies show that around 79% of autistic people have mental health issues and rate their anxiety as the number one…
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…