A report published today sheds new light on the plight of children and young people in care in England during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one in five self-harming and being at risk of mental ill health.
Mar 23, 2022
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"When I looked down at my body, I couldn't stop crying. I finally felt like myself." Zack's reaction after undergoing gender-affirming surgery—in his case, a phalloplasty—was similar to that of many transgender people. ...
Jun 14, 2021
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We've all heard about the stress experienced by victims of 9/11, but have we ever paused to think about the effect of those terrorist attacks on mental health clinicians who provided care to the victims? A new study by Mary ...
Mar 27, 2012
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Annual rates of outpatient visits for mental health and substance use among Ontario physicians increased by 27 percent during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. There ...
Jan 21, 2022
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When free hot drinks and biscuits are on offer to health care staff, how much is reasonable to take before it's deemed "excessive" consumption, ask researchers in the Christmas issue of The BMJ?
Dec 19, 2022
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Scaling up mental health services in developing countries is an essential part of any plan to improve mental health worldwide. However recent data suggests while 1 in 3 people with a mental health problem in wealthy nations ...
Oct 16, 2011
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Being lower on the pecking order at work is associated with having serious psychiatric problems, our latest research shows. We found that abusive managers negatively affect the emotional and psychological well-being of those ...
Aug 31, 2018
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More support for mental health interventions and education initiatives aimed at suicide prevention in the building industry is needed, says Andy Walmsley, a clinical psychology doctoral student based in Massey's School of ...
Jun 11, 2019
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Cognitive stimulation therapies have beneficial effects on memory and thinking in people with dementia, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers. Despite concerns that cognitive improvements may not be matched ...
Feb 15, 2012
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In the first long-term study of the health impacts of the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse on September 11, 2001, researchers at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found substantial and persistent mental and ...
Sep 2, 2011
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