The pilot project which supports armed services personnel who are experiencing mental health issues is to be extended, reports BBC News.
The scheme has been trialled in Cardiff and two other areas and proved to be such a success that it is now being extended to cover the whole of Wales.
Government funding of £485,000 read more »

Gone are the days of heads being flushed down toilets and the class bully pinching your lunch money, now our children have the cyber bully to contend with. Despite the absence of the physical aspects of bullying, logging on and facing a cyber bully is ever bit as terrifying and real as coming face to read more »

The NHS has advised employers to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has estimated that mental illness causes a quarter of the UK’s total sick bill, amounting to a staggering £28bn.
According to the organisation a huge component in this situation is read more »

Mood tracking can be more effective for bi-polar sufferers than prescription drugs, reports The Times.
Plotting your moods on a chart and making changes based on these patterns can be an effective tool for treating bipolar disorder, or anyone suffering from negative moods.
Psychologists have long since used this method. Encouraging patients to write a mood diary, read more »

Certain campaign groups have expressed concern over the new cash for care scheme, as they believe it will put vulnerable people at risk, reports the BBC.
The scheme, which was created up by the Department of Health, wants all adults in England to be given the money to manage and pay for their own care read more »

A new multi-million pound strategy put in place by the government, aims to increase access to “talking therapies” in England and should cover up to 75% of the country by March, reports the BBC.
It has been estimated that six million working age adults suffer from depression or anxiety at any one time, resulting in 91 read more »

In a recent article featured on Times online, it has been suggested that surfing can help sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to recover.
West Cornwall based Rich Emerson has been battling against post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of serving in Operation Desert Storm. Since his discharge he has experienced all the classic read more »

Being constantly stressed for a year or more can increase the risk of having a stroke, reports The Guardian.

In a research study funded by the Swedish research council and the Swedish Stroke Association, researchers found that out of the 566 stroke patients asked about stress in the past five years, most of them acknowledged they read more »

To try and combat the ever increasing levels of pressure students face, higher educational authorities are introducing new schemes in order to prevent their students from becoming victims of depression and stress.
“Depression is a huge problem in the college student population” says John Greden M.D executive director of U-M Depression Centre. College students are read more »

A recent research report has found that depression in cancer patients can affect their chances of survival, reports BBC News.

The cancer Journal recently included a review of 26 separate studies including 9,417 patients. The study found that that death rates were up to 25% higher in patients showing symptoms of depression and up to read more »