The 1st of March marks the start of Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, which is an opportunity to spread awareness of the fifth most common form of cancer in UK women. Each year in the UK around 6,700 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Of those women, around 3 out of 10 will live for at read more »

Helen Basu Chaudhuri, a widowed mother of three, has confronted Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg about the budget cuts which have left her child waiting seven-months to see a psychiatrist. Mrs Chaudhuri’s primary school child saw a GP in November and received a referral to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service after severe signs read more »

Martin Lewis of MoneySavingExpert.com has collaborated with various mental health and debt support organisations to release a free 40 page Mental Health & Debt Help Guide. The booklet addresses the affects mental health can have on debt, and vice versa, containing information, guidance and support for both individuals and carers. The guide also includes comments, read more »

A survey conducted online by mental health charity Mind has revealed that stressed commuters who tune into their favourite songs during their journey are giving their mental health a boost. According to the research, 74 per cent of employees listen to their favourite tunes whilst commuting to and from work and 52 per cent report read more »

This week eating disorder charity beat are running Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), during which they hope to reduce the stigma associated with having an eating disorder, starting with calling for new guidelines into media reporting. In a survey carried out by the charity it was revealed that of the 1,000 individuals surveyed, 86 per read more »

According to BBC News, the Scottish footballer’s union is to introduce a new project which hopes to tackle the issue of gambling among footballer’s. The new project see’s the Footballer’s union PFS Scotland work alongside counselling group RCA who plan to begin the pilot scheme by giving information on gambling issues to a few of read more »

According to the Banking Times there has been a large increase in the number of individuals receiving online debt counselling from the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS). In January 2011 the CCCS online Debt Remedy tool was used by 8,591 people, a 50 per cent rise on the number of people counselled online during December read more »

According to UK charity Alcohol Concern, the number of people admitted to hospital in the UK because of drinking problems could rise to 1.5 million by 2015 with an annual NHS cost of £3.7bn. According to a report compiled by the charity the number of individuals being treated in hospital for alcohol misuse has doubled read more »

UK charity reveals that individuals with insomnia are likely to experience higher rates of relationship problems, energy deficiency and depressed mood among other health and wellbeing issues. The Mental Health Foundation recently published a report detailing the impact of sleep on health and well-being to coincide with the launch of their new campaign to raise read more »

Slyvia Plath, Keats and Van Gough are among but a few creative minds who were plagued with mental illness, but what is it that links the creative process with poor mental health? According to a study conducted by psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison, poets are thirty times more likely to develop some form of depressive illness read more »