Research has revealed that jet set adverts for cars, champagne, gadgets and holidays can be as damaging to a woman’s body confidence as adverts featuring airbrushed images of ‘perfect’ women. The study in question which is to be published in the British Journal of Social Psychology asked 155 women aged 18 – 32 to view read more »

According to experts, a daily stroll could be just as effective in relieving severe depression as antidepressant medication. We may make jokes about the British weather but there is no denying that it’s been fairly kind to us recently. Instead of the anticipated ‘April showers’ our old friend the sun has been making frequent appearances, read more »

According to the British Association of Anger Management which operates clinics throughout the UK, there has been a huge number of bookings in recent months with website hits also increasing. “This could mean more people are seeking help, but we know that domestic violence is increasing: eight women on average are killed a month. Workplace read more »

We already know there has been a huge increase in the number of individuals seeking debt advice during unsocial hours, but now even more recent research has revealed that financial insecurity could be fuelling a rise in depression among Brits. According to figures obtained by the BBC, the number of prescriptions for anti-depressant drugs such read more »

According to debt management charity the Consumer Credit Counselling Service, in 2010 almost 50,000 individuals logged onto their website to seek advice between midnight and 7am. The debt charity suspects that people are logging on in the middle of the night either because they have been lying awake thinking about their debts, or because they read more »

According to a recent study conducted by researchers from University College London’s Institute of Child Health, there were 208 recorded cases of eating disorders among children under 13 during their 14 month study. Dr Dasha Nicholls who is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and lead researcher on the project, said : ‘Our study gives read more »

According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, the age at which women are now getting married has increased from 29.9 years in 2008 to 30 years in 2009. The average age at which women and men tie the knot has been gradually creeping up for a period of years now. Back in 1981 read more »