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MENTAL HEALTH FALLOUT: Stress of job loss can trigger wide range of reactions, from anxiety to depression

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Losing a job can be emotional, but those who are unemployed may face a host of anxiety-producing situations on top of being out of work.

These include the frustration of not being able to find another job, having to pay the same number of bills with less income, losing identity and struggling to feel valuable, and dealing with the stigma of being unemployed — all of which can lead to serious mental issues.

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The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

People with depression often have worse physical health, as well as worse self-perceived health, than those without depression.

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New service to tackle depression and anxiety

Friday, February 12th, 2010

A team of four new therapists have been brought in by local NHS provider Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Community Healthcare, to treat patients with low intensity mental health issues like depression and anxiety.

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Bipolar risk greater for bright children

Friday, February 5th, 2010

“You don’t have to be bipolar to be a genius – but it helps,” according to The Independent. The newspaper said that a Swedish study of over 700,000 adults found that those who scored top grades at school were “four times more likely to develop bipolar disorder than those with average grades”.

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IAPT video from Islington PCT

Friday, February 5th, 2010

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Depression Is as Bad for You as Smoking

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

In a unique depression research study just published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, a group of Norwegian and English researchers quantified depression’s effect on mortality.

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‘Internet addiction’ linked to depression, says study

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

There is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression, UK psychologists have said.

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New take on depression and schizophrenia research

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Academia and industry have joined forces to investigate and find novel methods for the development of drugs for depression and schizophrenia. The NEWMEDS (’Novel methods leading to new medications in depression and schizophrenia’) project is funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a public-private partnership between the pharmaceutical industry (represented by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)) and the EU, under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Support totals EUR 1 billion which will be matched in kind from the EFPIA member companies.

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‘Three-quarters suffer depression’

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Three out of four people in the UK suffer from depression at some point but only a third seek help, a poll has found.

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Wives of deployed soldiers more likely to be depressed

Monday, January 18th, 2010

London: A new study has revealed that wives of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other mental health conditions than women whose husbands are not deployed.

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