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While only about 20% of people would qualify for a formal diagnosis of a mental disorder, more than 60% express symptoms of those disorders – and those symptoms can lead to cognitive difficulties.
Current mental health services aren’t targeted at young people. The few that are specialise in either complex mental health disorders, or newly emerging ones. We need a place that does everything.
Understanding of depression has advanced significantly since the first diagnostic criteria were introduced in the 1980s, but we still lack clear consensus on how this mental disorder should be explained.
Mental health care for teen mothers is not part of routine health facilities in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
Media portrayals don’t help misconceptions about disorders such as bipolar, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. So what do these terms actually mean?
Can today’s crisis in mental health be seen as the result of neoliberalism, the 2007/08 financial crisis and the austerity policies that followed?
Traditional medicine is believed to be accessible and affordable but should be made complimentary to contemporary medicine in the treatment of mental disorders.
Women who don’t get enough to eat while pregnant face a high risk of developing common mental illnesses like depression and anxiety during pregnancy and after giving birth.
Some troops in the American Civil War were struck down by clinical nostalgia.
Psychology ought to go further than just restoring equilibrium. It should help us to flourish.
Poor mental health in transgender people is primarily the product of social stigma and violence. This counters the view that being transgender is itself pathological.
Take one mental health issue, then add the label of a disorder, then see if therapists apply their own prejudices.
Robin Williams’ death earlier this week has unleashed an outpouring of grief. It’s undeniable that Williams brought much joy and laughter to the world, but he also talked openly about his depression and…
Children are increasingly being given drugs by doctors to help teachers and parents cope with their troublesome behaviour. Certain behaviours or actions by children, such as not sitting still, are being…
Given the media coverage brain imaging studies get, you might think that they are constantly revealing important secrets about this mysterious organ. Catherine Loveday thinks otherwise. She makes the point…
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Professor of Equity and Inclusion, University of Birmingham
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Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Zimbabwe
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Professor in psychology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Flinders University
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Professor of Clinical Psychology and Applied Science, Director, University of Bath and AWP NHS Trust Centre for Specialist Psychological Treatments of Anxiety and Related Problems (CSPTARP), University of Bath
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Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in History, Heritage and Classics, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Kent
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Associate Professor at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Positive Psychology, University of East London
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Clinical Tutor and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Bath
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Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Researcher in Brain Imaging, Imperial College London
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Research Officer, University of Cape Town
