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What is Seasonal Affective Disorder, how are you diagnosed and what is the treatment?

If you usually feel down at this time of year when the colder and darker days kick in - especially if it affects you daily life - you could have Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Edinburgh Live

New depression treatment provides relief

When medication fails, new noninvasive treatments provide hope for those suffering from depression

Salon

New UK disability claims double in past year, with fastest rise among teens – IFS

Labour promises extra help and says rise is due to years of underinvestment in health and social care

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Teenagers' brains have been aged by lockdown stress, study shows

The pandemic caused an increase in mental health problems, according to new research

Manchester Evening News

Alzheimer's symptoms could be picked up 'years' before diagnosis by blood test

Research suggests that the disease takes hold long before any symptoms are displayed, making it harder to treat.

Daily Record

Five symptoms of dementia and early warning signs

One in four sufferers commonly go two years undiagnosed, one study claims

The Independent UK

Healthcare workers sound the alarm on a mental health crisis in the industry

A study of over 7,000 frontline healthcare workers shows one-in-10 had thoughts of suicide or self-harm during the pandemic.

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Blood test could detect Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms

The new test could detect a toxic protein which has been linked to Alzheimer's disease years before any symptoms appear in the patient

Wales Online

Blood test can detect ‘toxic’ protein years before Alzheimer’s symptoms – study

Currently patients tend to receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s only after they show well-known signs of the disease.

The Independent UK

My depression resisted treatment for a decade before I found ketamine. Then it was taken away

I'd been suffering with treatment-resistant depression for almost 10 years when I first heard about ketamine therapy. But something that worked for me was then taken away, writes Martyn Pedler.

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How to use the 333 rule for anxiety

Feeling anxious? This simple trick can help alleviate some of those worries

The Independent UK

Hopeful glimmers in long war on Alzheimer’s disease

After decades of failure in Alzheimer’s disease research, scientists are buoyed by new findings that could mark a turning point in the field, offering hope that treatment may someday slow the grim deterioration of the brain.

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Sending Christmas cards 'associated with lower symptoms of depression', new Irish research finds

The research, led by Professor Stephen Gallagher, director of the Study of Anxiety Stress and Health Lab at UL, has just been published in the journal Cogent Psychology.

Irish Mirror

Woman diagnosed with dementia aged 57 reveals early signs everyone should know

Jude Thorp, 59, who lives in Oxford, said she first started noticing changes in 2016, but she did not receive a formal diagnosis until 2021

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Five symptoms of dementia and early warning signs

One in four sufferers commonly go two years undiagnosed, one study claims

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Stress and depression account for 29% of sick leave at Gateshead Council

Stress and depression have been responsible for more sick leave in Gateshead Council than Covid-19 in 2021 and 2022.

Liverpool Echo

NHS signs of autism in adults as celebrities share diagnosis

People such as Christine McGuinness and Melanie Sykes have been diagnosed with the condition

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Salisbury Safe Haven drop-in mental health clinic offers alternative to overcrowded emergency departments

A new, free walk-in mental health service has opened in Adelaide's north with the hope it will offer patients an alternative to overcrowded emergency departments and provide more personalised support.

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A new children's book is helping families talk about rare, fatal Batten disease

A new book about Batten disease, the rare fatal and incurable childhood neurological condition, is helping families navigate difficult conversations and providing support for siblings.

Bristol Post

Huge rise in number of elderly people living alone in Bristol

Pensioners living on their own are at greater risk of social isolation, depression, and ill health

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Study Finds Laser Therapy Effective For Improving Short Term Memory Problems

Scientists at the University of Birmingham in the UK and Beijing Normal University in China, demonstrated that the therapy, which is non-invasive, could improve short term, or working memory in people by up to 25 per cent.Read on for details:

The Independent UK

Learning to play the piano ‘improves ability to process sights and sounds’

Research by the University of Bath found learning to play the piano results in a number of benefits.

Axios

How the pandemic aged teen brains

The trauma and stress of living through the pandemic structurally changed and aged the brains of adolescents by at least 3-to-4 years, found a Stanford University study on Thursday.

ABC News

New Alzheimer's drug shows modest slowing of early disease progression

Scientists are cautiously optimistic about the promise of an experimental drug shown to modestly slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in some patients.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Alzheimer’s drugs: a working therapy would be a breakthrough

Editorial: The search for a cure for dementia continues, but scientific advance in treatment is a landmark moment

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