Mental health issues, if left ignored by parents, could destroy children's lives and even lead to death as almost was the case with Karen Carrington who migrated with her parents from Trinidad & Tobago to […]

That blame often lands on mental illness. Reports suggest that in the mass shootings in the United States since 1970, around 60 percent of the perpetrators showed symptoms of depression, delusions, and […]

Before this year, USC was a campus without a strong culture of mental health awareness. But things might be changing now. In the past couple of months, the Undergraduate Student Government has led a campaign […]

Grants From Corporate Partners Will Support Youth Engagement in Mental Health Awareness. November 18, 2015 by Shine Initiative. The SHINE Initiative is thrilled to announce it has recently been awarded grants […]

Haben Girma, a deaf blind disability rights advocate, has a powerful message about access to education and technology for the disabled. Haben uses a digital Braille system to communicate and was the first deaf […]

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 wor […]

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 […]

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

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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 s […]

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 […]

The initiative is the first of a new city program called Thrive NYC, which aims to destigmatize mental illness and make mental health care more accessible. The full program will be unveiled in the next several […]

TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Researchers believe they've identified brain structure differences that increase the risk of hallucinations in people with schizophrenia.

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Assistant Crown attorney Suzanne Schriek accepted that Howard Richmond had PTSD but argued that Melissa Richmond's homicide was a premeditated act.

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Improved care coverage, technology integration, employer involvement, provider collaboration and a new social paradigm are all helping to drive change and improve the way mental health care is accessed and […]

People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural differences in a key region of the brain compared to both healthy individuals and people diagnosed with […]

Toronto (17 Nov.2015) — Workers from Reconnect Mental Health Services in Toronto voted to become the latest members to have the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/NUPGE) represent them. O […]

What if it was common for people to make jokes about having a left breast removed due to cancer? What if you heard those jokes in church, on social media, by.

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I never thought that exercise could really help my schizoaffective disorder. Now I know better. I've been running every day for a little over two months, and it has drastically cut down on the breakthrough […]

In a bulletin issued to service providers dated Nov. 11, Cardinal announced that people currently receiving services such as treatment from a Community Support Team, which provides “community-based mental h […]

Mental illness is Not Common 1 of 4 Americans will experience a diagnosable mental disorder in their lifetime. In many cases, this is way more.

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