Sent to the asylum: The Victorian women locked up because they were suffering from stress, post natal depression and anxiety Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2141741/Sent-asylum-The-Victorian-women-locked-suffering-stress-post-natal-depression-anxiety.html#ixzz1ujePZnA9
These days, work stress, postnatal depression and anxiety are addressed with compassion. But just a few generations ago, the women who suffered from these conditions, were confined to an asylum. Click here for full article With thanks to Mail online
Read MoreMen’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 MoreWhy GPs need to be more carer aware
New research by the Carers Trust suggests that 60% have never accessed any outside support. A similar figure – 58% – say their mental health has been affected by their caring role, while 27% say both their physical and mental health has suffered. Other common problems include having to give up work, financial hardship and isolation. Click [...]
Read MoreRound up: public health
Mental wellbeing is impacted by many of the policies delivered by councils. Click here for full article With thanks to Guardian online
Read MoreTime to stop stigmatising mental health problems at school
One in ten children between the ages of one and 15 has a mental health disorder so surely it’s time to take a serious look at how the language we use stigmatises mental health problems. Click here for full article With thanks to Guardian online
Read MoreFrance’s autism treatment ‘shame’
How for decades France turned its back on the latest scientific thinking, and treated autism as a form of psychosis. Click here for full article. With thanks to BBC News 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
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