With World Suicide Awareness Day having taken place earlier this month, an organisation set up to aid the rapidly rising suicide rates in Northen Ireland has established a training course for hairdressing salons and barber shops across the country. The north Belfast-based Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide and Self-harm (Pips) has come up read more »

Science has come up trumps once again and has proven that women have a reason to be scared of creepy crawlies. A new study in the US has reported that women have a genetic aversion to dangerous animals reported BBC News. New Scientist says that women are born with certain character traits that were ingrained read more »

If you feel like your relationship is on the brink of divorce and you are willing to do anything to save yourself from marital strife then a two week holiday in the Maldives with a marriage counsellor could be just what the doctor ordered, reports The Daily Mail. An Indian travel firm has recently started read more »

The Counselling Directory Team plans to do the Walk for Wellbeing in London this October, in order to raise money for the Mental Health Charity Together. Together is a leading UK Mental Health Charity working alongside each person with mental health issues on their journey towards greater wellbeing. The 8 mile walk will take us read more »

Subtle branding on cigarette packets is misleading smokers into thinking some products are less harmful than others, reports the BBC. Despite the EU ban on any claims that some cigarettes are safer than others, a number of brands have found a loophole to exploit. A survey of 1,300 people has found that products using the read more »

With London Fashion Week just around the corner are we about to find ourselves in the midst of another size zero debate, or is the natural, curvy look about to take off? In 2006 the starvation of two models erupted the size zero debate. Since then it seems that the media is full to the read more »

The World Health Organization predicts that within 20 years more people will be affected by depression than any other health problem, reports the BBC. The first ever Global Mental Health Summit, being held in Athens, Greece has reported that by 2030 depression will be the single biggest cause for burden out of all health conditions. read more »

The Times recently reported a controversial and little known condition in men that has been coined ‘Love shyness’. ‘Love shyness’ is the term used to describe a specific type of chronic shyness in men. The term was coined in 1987 by the American professor Brian Gilmartin, but is still not officially recognised as a condition. read more »

Times online have recently created a number of questionnaires to help you determine if you might have a mental illness. If you are worried that your winter blues might be something a little more serious then find out if you need to seek help. We are all guilty of using the terms stressed and depressed read more »