mental health
‘Working on a men’s psychiatric ward drove me to the brink’
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Camara McKenzie, 24, is a mental health nurse. Here she vividly explains what it was like to work on a men’s acute ...
My food addiction was a cycle of total misery – here’s how I learnt to control it
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After I retired from the NHS two years ago, I took a course called Holistic Medicine for Addiction with Bitten Jonsson and ...
High-Potency Cannabis Linked to Youth Psychosis
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Summary: Young individuals who use high-potency cannabis between ages 16 and 18 are twice as likely to experience psychosis by their mid-twenties ...
Can I Stop Therapy?
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Overanalyzed A series about how we fell out of love with therapy. Illustration: Johanna Walderdorff In January, I quit therapy. I told ...
I had a happy family and a good job as a GP – but I decided to kill myself
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Juliette Stern, whose husband Miles Christie, a London-based GP, died by suicide in 2018, believes the NHS should force surgeries to hold ...
I’m 78 and taking magic mushrooms – I’ve never looked back
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Christie’s own experience with psychedelics unfolded in the darkened downstairs bedroom of a bearded man named Bill. He gulped down a concoction ...
Reciprocal Relationship Between Depression and Exercise
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Summary: Researchers uncovered a reciprocal relationship between depression and physical activity in adults. The findings reveal that current depression symptoms can deter ...
40 Percent of Mental Illnesses Linked to Childhood Maltreatment
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Summary: Up to 40% of prevalent mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, and substance abuse, stem from childhood maltreatment. The study estimates ...
Lack of Sleep in Childhood Linked to Increased Psychosis Risk
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Summary: Children who consistently experience insufficient sleep from infancy through early childhood are significantly more likely to develop psychosis as young adults. ...
Autism and PTSD Are Vulnerably Linked
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Summary: Individuals on the autism spectrum are particularly susceptible to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The research demonstrates that even mild stressors, which ...
