The Latest Breaking News on Mental health

The big idea: should we drop the distinction between mental and physical health?

The current false dichotomy holds back research and stigmatises patients

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022

The people making a difference: the mental health campaigner on the truth about personality disorders

After being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Katja Pavlovna co-founded the Sorry My Mental Illness Isn’t Sexy Enough For You website to help others

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2022

Brain signatures tied to appetite could reveal new treatments for depression

A new study published in "JAMA Psychiatry" found a link between depression, appetite changes, and the brain's reward system.

Inverse · Sep 11, 2022

'Empathy' key in Indigenous dementia care

The aged care sector must work to understand the specific needs of Indigenous Australians living with dementia, a conference on the disease has been told.

AAP · Sep 9, 2022

The link between mental health and social conditions

Letters: Readers and healthcare professionals respond to Dr Sanah Ahsan’s article which argued that for too long, the dominant mental health narrative has located problems in individuals, and not in social injustice or inequality

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

Meditation holds the potential to help treat children suffering from traumas, difficult diagnoses or other stressors – a behavioral neuroscientist explains

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2022

Woman who 'smelled disease' on husband inspires scientists to develop three-minute test for Parkinson's

Retired nurse Joy Milne knew her husband Les had Parkinson's after she noticed a change in the way he smelled

Manchester Evening News · Sep 8, 2022

Dementia expert blasts six week training

Australia must bolster the level of dementia care education being given to residential aged care staff, a conference on the disease has been told.

AAP · Sep 8, 2022

New test inspired by woman 'who could smell Parkinson's' could diagnose incurable illness in just three minutes

Joy Milne noticed the smell of husband Les had changed when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's.

Chronicle Live · Sep 7, 2022

How to use the 333 rule for anxiety

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

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022