With 25 per cent of new mothers suffering from postnatal depression, the condition is something that many associate exclusively with women, but what about all of the new fathers out there? In the past, most of the research concerning postnatal depression has focussed mainly on women and its impact on them. However, there is now read more »

According to figures from the charity Combat Stress, there are up to four veterans seeking help for psychological problems each day. Today marks the first anniversary of a fund raising drive which set up various mental health ‘triage’ centres throughout the UK in a bid to catch veterans early on before their symptoms develop into read more »

Social networking site Facebook has joined forces with the Samaritans to launch a facility which allows users to alert the Samaritans about friends they feel may be suicidal or in need of help. This new facility will allow any Facebook users to submit reports of any suicidal content they see by following a link which read more »

Care services minister Paul Burstow has recently announced the launch of a new government campaign which hopes to increase awareness of the early symptoms and signs of dementia. According to research and statistics, almost 400,000 individuals in England may not be receiving the proper help they need because they have not yet been officially diagnosed. read more »

According to recent research, women in high pressure jobs stand double the risk of those in relaxed roles of suffering from a heart attack. Researchers from Harvard Medical school in Boston analysed the records of over 17,400 women in their 50s and 60s, all of whom provided information about their work strains and any job read more »

According to a recent British and US study which has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, the psychological effects of losing an unborn baby can last for a period of years. The study of 13,000 women tracked the progress of around 14,000 children born in the 1990s and their parents. The results of read more »

A recent study has revealed that young people who smoke cannabis stand an increased risk of developing psychosis. A study conducted by a research team from Germany, the Institute of Psychiatry London and the Netherlands has investigated the effects of smoking cannabis on 1,900 volunteers in Germany aged between 14 to 24, before following up read more »

Experts have found that women who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have high levels of a stress related hormone known as pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP). The study, which was conducted by researchers from Emory University and the University of Vermon and published in the online journal Nature, hopes that the discovery of this read more »