Category Archives: GAD

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 …

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 …

Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Exercise | Creative …

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 episodes I have with …

VA leases space for mental health services in Lafayette | KLFY

Lafayette, LA – The Department of Veterans Affairs has signed a lease with James Charles McDaniel, MD for space to house mental health services for the veterans of Acadiana. The new clinic will be located at 309 St. Julien …

On This Rock: Postpartum Depression and Priesthood

I don't know the ins and outs of postpartum depression, but I've certainly talked with and worked with moms who battle the post-birth blues. Often times, in the wake of giving birth to a new child, partly due to physical …