Men’s group fills gap in depression help
Inner-city project gives men feeling divorced from their community a chance to get together to boost their confidence. Click here for full article With thanks to Guardian online
Read MoreCRUSADE FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH: I WAS SACKED BECAUSE OF MY MENTAL BREAKDOWN
CLAIMS of government action to help mental health sufferers back to work have a hollow ring for former civil servant Jane. She says she was thrown onto the scrap heap by the Department of Work and Pensions itself. Click here for full article With thanks to Express online
Read MoreMy day as Depression, a book at the Human Library
The Human Library aims to tackle people’s prejudices by getting them to talk to people they wouldn’t normally meet. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MorePakistan becoming ‘psychological pressure cooker’, say psychiatrists
With constant stress, terrorist attacks, absence of social security and poverty, Pakistan is fast becoming a “psychological pressure cooker”, says co-chair of the Psychiatry in Developing Countries arm of the World Psychiatric Association Dr Afzal Javed. Click here for full article. With thanks to The Express Tribune online
Read More‘I felt that I was worthless, that I was ugly’: The Saturdays’s Frankie Sandford opens up on her battle with depression
Six months ago, Frankie Sandford took time out of The Saturdays for an undisclosed illness. And now the 23-year-old singer has given a revealing interview in which she opens up on her secret battle with depression. Click here for full article. With thanks to Mail online
Read MoreA positive difference
Workplace counselling services can make a significant and lasting improvement to the lives of people with work-related stress and other problems, new research has found. Click here for full article. With thanks to Management-Issues online
Read MoreDeafness And Mental Health – More Specialist Services Required
Dr Johannes Fellinger and his team in Austria, demonstrates that deaf people are twice as likely to suffer from mental health problems, compared with the general population. Click here for full article. With thanks to Medical News Today online.
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