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Teaching primary school children about mental health
The mental health of children is a rising area of concern and one which schools are trying to combat. The BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby reports from south London about a scheme that involves teaching primary schoolchildren about mental health through…
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Psychiatric drug side-effects search engine
To find out more about the potential side-effects of psychiatric drugs, you can use the links given below to search by either brand or generic drug-name (e.g. Adderall, Ritalin, Prozac, Paxil, Risperdal or Seroquel) or by an entire class of…
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Pets as mental health support
It’s time health services took pets seriously as a form of mental health support, a new study suggests. The research shows that not only are pets great for our general wellbeing, they can also greatly help people manage long-term mental…
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Generation meds: the US children who grow up on prescription drugs
In America, medication is becoming almost as much a staple of childhood as Disney and McDonald’s. Kids pack their pills for school or college along with their lunch money. Some are taking drugs for depression and anxiety, others for attention…
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What is Ecotherapy?
Mind – the charitable organisation – have produced an introduction to ecotherapy, a range of nature-based programmes that can support your wellbeing. Their introduction includes guidance on finding ecotherapy programmes near you, and how you can do it by yourself. What is ecotherapy? Ecotherapy…
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ADHD Nation: The disorder. The drugs. The inside story.
The publishers say: “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) will soon be the most frequently diagnosed chronic condition among children, surpassing asthma. Yet research shows that ADHD can’t be that prevalent. ADHD, a problem once thought to affect a small percentage…
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Opinion: rebadging the system
The ‘mental healthcare’ system should be re-designated (and re-labelled) as primarily a system for emotional and psychological healthcare. This is because the ‘mental’ designation is: Misleading … emotions form the core experiences (sadness, rage, fear, anxiety, despair, guilt etc.) of most…
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Street triage
A 999 call comes in. The man says he is ill, he’s hearing voices and wants to kill someone. Usually emergency services would be despatched and he’d probably be taken to an already overstretched accident and emergency department. But in…
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1 in 6 Americans takes a psychiatric drug
One in six U.S. adults reported taking a psychiatric drug, such as an antidepressant or a sedative, in 2013, a new study has found. The new data comes from an analysis of the 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which…
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