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Mental health research update

Ok, there's been a few bits of mental health research published over the past couple of days. Read More...

Published 30 Oct 2008 2:54 PM by Mad World

Filed under: anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, Mental Health, older people, primary care, psychosis, stress, suicide

Psychology waiting times in Scotland, itching and psychiatric diagnoses

OK, I've been a bit slack on the old Mad World front recently. I've been spreading myself a bit thinly recently - spending quite a bit of time on CareSpace, putting together the Ivory Tower podcast, doing some video work at the recent social services...

Published 27 Oct 2008 4:14 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, itching, Mental Health, scotland, stress, waiting times

Depression: People want therapy

People with depression or anxiety tend to prefer counselling or therapy rather than drugs, according to a meta analysis of research findings. Read More...

Published 16 Oct 2008 4:57 PM by Mad World

Filed under: anxiety, counselling, depression, Mental Health, psychotherapy

Sceptics and psychics

There's a post on Mind Hacks about new spoof psychic Shirley Ghostman. Read More...

Published 15 Oct 2008 5:58 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, psychics

BBC mental health campaign and inpatient wards

Also noticed today that the BBC is to broadcast some interesting programmes about mental health as part of its Headroom campaign to improve general wellbeing. Read More...

Published 14 Oct 2008 3:02 PM by Mad World

Filed under: headroom, inpatient wards, Mental Health, wellbeing

What's your five-a-day for good mental health?

There's a new project in the blogosphere called Mindapples, aiming to get everyone thinking about the five things ordinary folk do each day to keep them sane. Read More...

Published 14 Oct 2008 1:51 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health

Mental health services in England, the credit crunch and depression

Two major things worth pointing out today. Mental health servics in England are a model for the rest of Europe , according to the World Health Organisation. We're very good at slagging things off in this country, so it's nice to take the opportunity...

Published 13 Oct 2008 5:11 PM by Mad World

Filed under: bipolar disorder, credit crunch, depression, employment rights, Mental Health, midlife crisis, world health organisation

World mental health day, addiction, and transcranial magnetic stimulation

Change is possible in all areas of life and addiction can be beaten, according to a piece in Psychology Today . In fact, according to the stats, more people beat their addictions than do not. It's good to have an antidote to all that fatalism on World...

Published 10 Oct 2008 4:26 PM by Mad World

Filed under: addiction, Mental Health, transcranial magnetic stimulation, world mental health day

Mental health stigma at work, hearing voices and Scotland

Nearly half of workers in the UK would not be happy to reveal a mental health problem at work, a new survey reveals . This is sad but hardly suprising news, as mental health stigma still seems incredibly strong. A recent discussion on CareSpace illustrated...

Published 8 Oct 2008 4:28 PM by Mad World

Filed under: hearing voices, Mental Health, schizophrenia, scotland, stigma, work

Dementia patients, stigma and reality

The stigma suffered by dementia patients makes life much harder for many, research suggests. Read More...

Published 8 Oct 2008 12:44 AM by Mad World

Filed under: Alzheimer's, dementia, Mental Health, older people, stigma

Overcoming fear and soothing music

Now I'm no musician, even though I'm trying to learn the guitar at the moment. However, even my strangely discordant attempts at playing simple chords have a calming effect on me. That may be more to do with the zen-like repetition of the same...

Published 6 Oct 2008 5:37 PM by Mad World

Filed under: anxiety, fear, Mental Health, music, pregnancy, stress

Long term psychotherapy does work, as does eye-wiggling

There's a bumper bag of mental health materiel for your consideration today. First up, a new meta analysis suggests longer term psychodynamic psychotherapy is more effective for complex mental health problems than shorter term approaches. This is...

Published 1 Oct 2008 2:55 PM by Mad World

Filed under: antisocial behaviour, death, depression, eye wiggling, Mental Health, psychotherapy, smoking

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