According to a recent survey commissioned by teen magazine Sugar, teenagers are twice as likely to diet if their mother worries about her own weight. The poll of 2,500 13 – 19 year old girls revealed that comments from parents, attitudes of friends and media images of size zero celebrities have pushed 15 per cent read more »

Gender identity issues are sadly something many of us remain fairly ignorant to due to a lack of understanding and information on the topic. This information black hole unfortunately means that often those who feel they may be struggling from a related issue, do not have the confidence to speak up and seek help. However, read more »

According to a recent study conducted among Scottish women, the sun is only strong enough to provide the recommended levels of vitamin D for six months of the years, reports BBC News. The study, which was conducted by researchers from both Surrey and Aberdeen Universities, found that four times as many women are deprived of read more »

Despite much research to the contrary, recent studies may have found evidence which suggests traumatic events can trigger inherited psychological conditions such as depression. Despite DNA being unaffected by events, there is mounting evidence which suggests that what happens during our lives will affect what genes are switched on and which lie dormant. Eva Jablonka read more »

A study commissioned by the Department of Health has found that many depictions of mental illness on TV are misleading with almost half of all mentally ill characters being portrayed as dangerous to others, reports BBC News. The Glasgow Media Group, who carried out the study on behalf of the Department of Health looked into read more »

According to a recent study conducted by experts at the University of Sydney, recently bereaved people experience heart rhythm changes which may put them at an increased risk of health problems. Australian experts asked people whose relatives had died in hospital two weeks earlier to wear a heart monitor for 24 hours a day in read more »

There’s no question that attitudes towards mental health have improved, however there is still a stigma attached to mental illness. Counselling Directory wants to lead the way in changing this. We’re passionate about urging those who have had counselling to share their experiences with others and prove how life changing speaking to a trained professional read more »

Last month Counselling Directory reported on ‘The Big March’, an event which took place on Monday 15th November to kick of 2010′s Anti Bullying Week. The event saw various avatars, created by children, parents, teachers and celebrities march across partner websites for children’s right’s. The week long event which is to end tomorrow saw the read more »

A Birmingham care home is keeping a range of outdoor animals including chickens and goats in a bid to improve the lives of its residents. Animal assisted therapy already appears in the NHS guidelines as a form of dementia intervention thought to help depression and anxiety, and a three year pilot project is now taking read more »

Emotional support charity Samaritans and search engine Google have joined forces to offer support to any web users in the UK making suicide related search queries. Now, whenever a web user enters the word ”suicide” or the phrase ”commit suicide” into Google, a red telephone icon detailing contact information for Samaritans will appear at the read more »