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The Latest Breaking News on Mental health

The Australian research that's rewriting the book on burnout – and the five red flags to watch for

Burnout is now such a specific experience that researchers are investigating whether it should be included as a mental health condition in its own right, alongside psychological illnesses like anxiety or depression, with which burnout is frequently confused. And this Australian research is at the cutting edge.

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I found out my mum had schizophrenia when I was 14. Here’s what I wish I’d known

The stigma surrounding complex mental health is such that Elfy Scott completed a psychology degree to learn more – but even that fell short

The Guardian - AU

What frontotemporal dementia does to you

Some of the same genetic mutations can lead to FTD, ALS or symptoms of both

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Scientists reveal how to spot first signs of dementia nine years before diagnosis

Early intervention could reduce your risk of developing dementia-related disease

The Independent UK

DWP can pay up to £4,800 a year for anyone with these 21 health conditions – are you eligible?

Since September alone there have been 34,962 new claimants for PIP, a state benefit designed to improve living standards for those suffering from long-term physical disabilities or mental health conditions

The Independent UK

Does gene editing hold the key to improving mental health?

Research suggests traumatic childhood experiences embed themselves in our brains and put us at risk of mental illness, but epigenetic editing may offer us hope of removing them

The Guardian - UK

Third of Brits would opt for medical cannabis to treat mental health conditions

Some 32% say that if they could treat their mental health issues with cannabis-based remedies over antidepressants then they would because they think it's safer

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'I reversed my Parkinson's symptoms with one lifestyle change - doctors are gobsmacked'

Scott Hanley has claimed that turning to exercise helped him reverse the vast majority of his Parkinson's symptoms and has left him able to sleep at night once more

Daily Mirror

Mum given last 'day of freedom' before family tell her of devastating diagnosis

Linda Sutherland was told she was suffering with depression, after losing her husband Ronnie, but her two children took her to the doctors after growing concerned and realised their mum had a progressive stage of Alzheimer's

Daily Mirror

Scientists reveal how to spot first signs of dementia nine years before diagnosis

Early intervention could reduce your risk of developing dementia-related disease

The Independent UK

Fears over 'brain-eating' amoeba as people warned against clearing nose with tap water

The rare single-celled Naegleria fowleri amoeba - which was only detected 31 times in around 10 years - is taken into the body through the nostrils before travelling up to the brain, which it destroys

Daily Mirror

Family give mum a day of 'freedom' before telling her devastating diagnosis

Doctors had told Linda she was depressed, but her family knew it was much more serious

Manchester Evening News

'I reversed all of my Parkinson's symptoms with one lifestyle change'

Scott Hanley was diagnosed with stage 2 Parkinson's disease

Manchester Evening News

Exercise is more effective than medication in managing mental health: Study

A new study suggests that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than psychotherapy or the leading drugs in treating depression, according to experts at the University of South Australia. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Social isolation enhances dementia risk factors: Study

Social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University, Canada, and colleagues. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Third Bunbury girl diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma as cancer trial launches

Ten-year-old Evie Whipps was happy and healthy two weeks ago, but her life has been turned upside down after she was diagnosed with an incurable tumour, a condition that has claimed the lives of two other children in her region since 2016.

The Independent UK

Scientists reveal how to spot first signs of dementia nine years before diagnosis

Early intervention could reduce your risk of developing dementia-related disease

The Independent UK

Doctors promised her seizures couldn’t kill her. They were wrong

Helen Leigh was diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder in 2016, having previously been diagnosed with epilepsy

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The Independent UK

Mother’s plea after daughter dies from condition ‘she could not die from’

Helen Leigh was diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder in 2016, having previously been diagnosed with epilepsy.

Evening Standard

The Watercooler: how can employers protect staff from burnout?

As part of The Watercooler workplace wellness column, Libby Gavlin writes about burnout and what companies can do to help people avoid it

The Guardian - UK

After decades, I’ve finally found a game that moved me emotionally

I love games but they’ve never affected me like music or books … then I found one about parental regret and bad life decisions

Daily Mirror

Model left needing wheelchair 'after developing vertigo from using phone too much'

Fenella Fox, 29, was left bedridden for months and needed a wheelchair which she believes is due to developing cyber motion sickness or digital vertigo thanks to using her phone for up to 14 hours a day

The Independent UK

‘Mystical’ experience using psychedelics may improve mental health, study reveals

LSD and natural psychedelic substance found in the venom of toad among substances used for research

The Independent UK

Teenager’s ‘probable’ Alzheimer’s diagnosis baffles scientists

Patient has trouble studying and was forced to withdraw from high school

The Guardian - AU

Distressed dementia patients don’t belong in hospital wards, but there are often no other options in Australia

We need to fix the aged care system to properly look after for those with dementia, and their carers

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