mental illness

People with severe mental illnesses could benefit from peer support to help them manage their medication and improve their health and quality of life.

Piers Day is marking three decades of dedicated service in the field of mental health and well-being.

In a new study, researchers use a very large dataset to identify predictive brain imaging-based biomarkers of mental illness in adolescents.

Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with the condition.

The theme for Mental Health Day on 10th October 2023 is “Mental health is a universal human right”. 

Your mental health and finances may seem like two separate things, but they actually go hand in hand.

Attention-seeking behaviour refers to actions or behaviours individuals engage in to gain the attention, validation, or sympathy of others.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican representative from Georgia, tweeted a statement about the shooting, insinuating that the shooter’s testosterone level was a contributing factor.

The term “borderline personality disorder” (BPD) is interesting in psych nomenclature. Usually, psychosocial illnesses are named after their most prominent symptoms.

The English word “stigma” comes (via Latin) from Greek. It originally referred to a mark of disgrace branded onto a person’s skin.

In recent years, researchers have begun to explore the potential of blood tests to diagnose and monitor mental illnesses.

Particularly in our society, we have erected those barriers with the souls who have been deeply hurt and are deeply troubled.

Now more than ever, mental illness is at the forefront of public health discussions.

Mental illness, as a societal concern and reform, is “trending” now.

University of Surrey researchers also found that Black and Asian people were less likely to have declared a mental illness than their White counterparts.