The Verdins principles affect the way offenders with mental health problems are sentenced in a court of law.
Research shows that some mindfulness-based interventions for psychotic symptoms can offer people insight into their experiences, and relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression.
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Anti-psychotic drugs work well for only about 30 per cent of schizophrenia patients. Meditation can offer them a route to self-acceptance and reduced anxiety.
Once associated with mind-control experiments and counter-cultural defiance, psychedelics now show great promise for mental health treatments and may prompt a re-evaluation of the scientific method.
Trusting our instincts is vital for better mental health.
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African-Americans are severely underrepresented in genetics and neuroscience research. That could leave the treatments of the future out of their reach.
If we could stop the high levels of bullying that adolescents with a disability experience, we could make a big difference to their lives.
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A court has ruled that pre-existing mental health problems can be taken into account.
Many graduate students report psychological distress, but the fear of stigma and other factors often dissuade them from seeking help.
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Colleges and universities must do more to combat a “culture of silence” that dissuades many graduate students from seeking help with mental health issues, researchers argue.
New suicide data indicates that years of record bloodshed in Mexico have traumatized residents in places where the violence is most concentrated.
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Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border, has suffered high levels of deadly violence for over a decade. New suicide data reveals the severe mental health impacts of living with chronic violence.
Ellie Soutter, a snowboarder with Team GB, died in France.
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Farmers experience drought-related stress. Improving their mental health enhances adaptive capacity and resilience. Drought support must address relationships between drought and mental health.
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary