“We had a clock on our living room wall and I became convinced there was a camera in it. I
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Maternal mental health problems – the impact in numbers
As many as one in five women develop a mental health problem during pregnancy or in the first year after
Continue reading »Forced separation can cause long-term mental health problems for children
In two speeches [recently] in the border states of Arizona and California, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that as a
Continue reading »Including Indigenous elders in primary care positively affects Indigenous patients’ mental health
Indigenous Elders can have a broad range of positive effects on the mental and physical health of urban Indigenous people
Continue reading »Researchers find clues to treating psychoses in mental health patients
Psychotic disorders often are severe and involve extreme symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations in which people lose their sense
Continue reading »Osteopathy can be used to treat mental health related to back pain – new study
Millions worldwide suffer from chronic musculoskeletal back pain (lasting more than three months). The problem is so big that in
Continue reading »Why does mental illness arise? Clues found in the visual brain
So concluded a brain imaging study — led by researchers at Duke University in Durham, NC — that is now
Continue reading »Study adds new evidence that infants track others’ mental states
A brain-imaging study offers new support for the idea that infants can accurately track other people’s beliefs. When 7-month-old infants
Continue reading »Let it go: Mental breaks after work improve sleep
If you’ve had a bad day at work thanks to rude colleagues, doing something fun and relaxing after you punch
Continue reading »3-D human ‘mini-brains’ shed new light on genetic underpinnings of major mental illness
Major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, severe depression and bipolar disorder share a common genetic link. Studies of specific families
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