Researchers claim that too much internet exposure can increase the chances of a teenager taking drugs or having unprotected sex. The study, which was conducted at Queen’s University in Canada, has found that young adults who racked up the most hours spent logged onto their computers were 50 per cent more likely to be involved read more »

A recent study conducted by researchers from New York’s Rockefeller University has revealed that popular painkillers such as paracetamol, ibuprofen and aspirin could prevent SSRIs from working properly. The study in question was conducted on a group of ‘depressed’ mice, all of whom were put on antidepressants with 50 per cent of the group also read more »

According to a report which is to be published in next month’s British Journal of Psychotherapy, boarding school can leave adults struggling to form intimate relationships and communicate difficult emotions, reports the Independent. Professor Joy Schaverien believes that children sent to boarding school can experience psychological damage not dissimilar to that of those taken into read more »

Experts are suggesting that art therapy could hold the key to safely unlocking repressed, destructive and poorly understood emotions in some prisoners. Later on this week the 20th annual conference of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy, subtitled “Murder in Mind”, will be held by psychiatrists, police officers and academics. Experts such as psychiatrists from read more »

According to government figures, more than 80,000 people in Britain claim incapacity benefits because they are obese, drug addicts or alcoholics. The Department for Work and Pensions has said that over one quarter of those 80,000 had not been in employment for an entire decade and campaigners have estimated that less than 10 per cent read more »

20 year old Jemma Pixie Hixon has always dreamed of becoming a singer but her severe agoraphobia means that she has been unable to leave her house for two years. Determined not to let her phobia prevent her from becoming a singer, Jemma set up a make-shift recording studio in her bedroom in Malvern, Worcestershire, read more »

Action for Happiness is a new movement of individuals who have set their sights on building a happier society. Those who wish to support the movement by signing up to the website are required to set up action groups to promote happiness in their local communities. Only recently Prime Minister David Cameron announced that it read more »

Mental health charity Mind has reported that the prospect of benefits reassessment is causing distress among many individuals with mental health problems who are claiming Incapacity Benefit (IB). By spring 2014 1.6 million people will have faced a Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the aim of which is to establish whether individuals are eligible for Employment read more »

The 11th – 17th of April 2011 marks Depression Awareness Week, an event hoping to go some way in raising awareness and reducing the stigma associated with depression. According to recent figures, prescriptions for anti-depressants have risen by more than 40 per cent in the past four years, whilst the number of referrals for talking read more »

Actress Catherine Zeta Jones is receiving treatment for bipolar disorder. In a statement, the actresses publicist Cece York announced that after dealing with the stress of the past year, Catherine made the decision to check in to a mental health facility for a brief stay to treat her bipolar II disorder. Zeta Jones, 41, and read more »