An NHS audit has found that many unsuitable groups of people are being inappropriately admitted to Intensive Psychiatric Care Units (IPCUs) including dementia sufferers, reports BBC News. Scotland’s 14 Intensive Psychiatric Care Units (IPCUs) are intended to treat patients whom suffer with acute mental health problems and who have been detained under the Mental Health read more »

Those who are suffering with dementia will undoubtedly experience a number of personality changes as a result of how the illness effects the brain. This is to be expected and can be prepared for but how do carers cope when the placid and kind person they once new becomes violent and aggressive? A new study read more »

A recent study from the University of Alabama has confirmed there is a relationship between depression and abdominal obesity. The researchers found that during a 15 year period, young adults with depression experienced a faster rate of weight gain than the others in the study, but those starting overweight did not experience changes in depression. read more »

Mental health charity Mind have recently launched a new guide for police officers in England and Wales which will hopefully see those with a mental illness treated fairly. Statistics say that those with experience of mental distress are 11 times more likely to be a victim of crime than the general population and stand a read more »

For many years there has been a stigma attached to mental illness which often sees people going to great lengths to avoid being diagnosed. However recently a new phenomena has arisen with some people actually asking to be diagnosed with a mental illness, reports BBC News. The stigma attached to mental illness has been around read more »

With the World Cup in full swing we have seen many a column inch dedicated to Wayne Rooney’s temper tantrums. So what advice could we give to Wayne to help him keep his outbursts under control? Anger is a natural response if we feel there may be a threat, humans in danger are found to read more »

According to relationship councillors at Relate Lincolnshire, big sporting events such as the World Cup and the Olympics can often spell trouble for couples who don’t share a love of sport. If your partner and family are World Cup obsessed and you are completely disinterested then try to let them enjoy the moment and arrange read more »

Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome is a complex condition that affects the ovaries (the organs in a woman’s body that produce eggs). The condition comes with a number of side affects one of which is excessive body hair (hirsutism) which develops as a result of increased testosterone levels. The BBC article tells the story of 24 read more »

Roy Vanderhoff is a commercial fisherman from Louisana and like many of the families from the area, fishing is the line of work which provides him with the income to support his family. His business has now been shut down because of the BP oil spill. To cope with the high level of depressed fisherman read more »

The Times recently published an article which aimed to bust some longstanding psychotherapy myths. The article takes inspiration from graphic novel Couch Fiction which was penned by Philippa Perry. A long time ago Perry sought counselling herself to combat her hostile behaviour towards many people. Ever since she has worked as a counsellor and established read more »