The Latest Breaking News on Mental health

Parkinson’s patients wait years for care due to workforce crisis: charity

Patients have described how they have struggled to access help, despite being in ‘agony’.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

Mice study links sleep apnoea and dementia

Researchers have found a way to induce sleep-disrupted breathing in mice, and discovered they display exacerbated pathological features of Alzheimer's disease.

AAP · Nov 8, 2022

Thousands of people with bipolar attempting suicide due to ‘10 year wait for diagnosis’

Estimates suggest more than one million people have the condition in the UK

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2022

I may not be a doctor … but I’m almost certain you have ADHD

Welcome to the new stage of your life, where everyone has the same neurological condition

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2022

Magic mushroom drug used along with therapy can alleviate severe depression, new trial finds

New treatment paradigms clinical research into severe depression are needed, scientists say

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Magic mushrooms compound found to ‘significantly reduce’ depression symptoms in major trial

Psilocybin has been found to have a positive impact on patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022

Magic mushrooms’ psilocybin can alleviate severe depression when used with therapy

Nearly third of patients on largest trial using psychedelic compound went into rapid remission

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022

Magic-mushroom drug can reduce depression symptoms, study suggests

Psychedelic effects lasted between six to eight hours, and during this time a therapist was in the room to provide psychological support.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

A drug to treat COVID brain damage?

Research shows COVID causes damage similar to Parkinson's disease, but experts may have found a way to shut it off

Salon · Nov 2, 2022

How to use the 333 rule for anxiety

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

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022