Category Archives: NPR

NHS to give specialist help to tackle mental strain of childbirth …

'About 40,000 women who are pregnant or within the first year of having their baby have a severe mental health problem,' the PM will say. Photograph: Catchlight Visual Services / Ala/Alamy. Denis Campbell Health policy …

Mental health officials say President's expanded funding is … – Fox 59

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (January 8, 2016) – Among the solutions to violent gun crime in the United States, President Barack Obama is mandating more spending on mental health treatment. As part of his executive orders …

Analyzing kids' hair may help predict risk of mental illness — RT News

Aussie researchers have found that the number and types of traumatic events experienced by kids earlier in childhood – such as an injury, severe illness and death in the family – correlate with the levels of the “stress …

Foreign Service Members Offer Candid Views of @StateDept Mental …

Posted: 3:04 am EDT The January issue of the Foreign Service Journal is out. The issue is focused on mental health care for the Foreign Service. Dr. Samuel Thielman, a recently retired regional medical officer/psychiatrist for …

Therapy wars: the revenge of Freud | Oliver Burkeman | Science …

The long read: Cheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology's dingy basement. But new studies have cast doubt on its supremacy – and shown dramatic results for …