In his new book, Harvard University psychiatrist John Sharp has revealed how the changing seasons can impact our mental health and well-being. The book which is entitled The Emotional Calender, explores three ‘realms’ which come into play during seasonal changes and how each of them effects us on a physical, psychological and socio-cultural level. The read more »

A women from Surrey has won over £6m in damages against her plastic surgeon who carried out what the victim described as ”experimental surgery” on her face in 2003. Successful businesswoman Penny Johnson suffered serious nerve damage in a facelift operation which led to physical and psychological consequences as well as playing a part in read more »

New guidelines have recommended that women requesting a caesarean due to natural birth fear should be offered psychiatric counselling. A fear of natural births among women who are expecting now means that there are twice as many caesareans than there were 30 years ago. Numerous leading health professionals have expressed concern over the fact that read more »

The Relationships Foundation has released details of a large study revealing that rising levels of debt, poverty and long unsocial working hours means Britain ranks among the worst countries in Europe for families. The Family Pressure Gauge report found that money worries, poor living conditions and a lack of support from parents all played a read more »

Mental Health organisation Time to Change (led by mental health charities Mind and Rethink) are asking you to help them get the nation talking about mental health discrimination by volunteering at one of their 2011 roadshows. Throughout the summer of 2011 Time to Change will be travelling the width and breadth of the country, paying read more »

A recent study has revealed that social networking sites can make us feel anxious, so why do we keep going back for more? The study in question asked 200 school children a variety of questions about Facebook and found that 12 per cent of respondents felt anxious about it. When questioned further it was revealed read more »

Research has revealed that individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia can have a life expectancy significantly lower than the national average, reports BBC News. A london based study which tracked electronic medical records of over 30,000 patients found that many people were dying early from stroke, heart attack and read more »

How to Look Good Naked presenter Gok Wan has relaunched his campaign which hopes to see the introduction of body image classes in schools throughout the UK. The campaign was fuelled by Wan’s personal experiences of being bullied whilst at school for being too tall, mixed race and overweight, leading to the development of low read more »

Discrimination and stigma in the workplace can prevent employees with depression from seeking help and can end up costing the economy billions, reports the Independent. According to a recent survey conducted by mental health charity Mind, a huge number of workers feel that they are unable to discuss their mental health concerns with colleagues or read more »

May marks Borderline Personality Disorder awareness month in America, a common yet misunderstood psychiatric disorder which is characterised by spells of anger, depression or anxiety lasting anything from between a few hours to a few days. According to the US based National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, an estimated 10 per cent of BPD read more »