Month: November 2015

Using 'mood maths' to understand more about bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder – formerly known as manic depression – is a chronic, recurrent mental illness characterised by extreme swings in mood. The condition is thought to affect at least one in every 100 adults worldwide and …

Self Help response to King's Fund briefing on mental health services …

Report finds huge pressures on NHS mental health services and calls for more funding. The King's Fund has published a briefing that looks at current pressures on NHS mental health services. In response, Nicky Lidbetter, …

Firefighters call on Saskatchewan to recognize PTSD | Globalnews.ca

Saskatchewan firefighters want workers' compensation to recognize post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mental health needs urgent extra funding to avert crisis, say trust …

In 2015-16 that fell to 11% – a transfer of funding from mental health to acute trusts. Nationally, mental ill-health currently accounts for more than 25% of the total disease burden, but mental health services receive less than …

Neuroimaging Research in Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) | Mental …

The SU/UCT MRC Unit on Anxiety & Stress Disorders, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital are currently engaged in Neuroimaging Research in Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and we are now looking for healthy …