A study published in the Journal of American College Health reveals a concerning rise in depression among U.S. higher education students, particularly among those identifying as LGBTQIA+, indicating that they face disproportionate mental health challenges.
Researchers found refugees in offshore detention face a 20 x greater risk of PTSD and other mental health problems than asylum seekers who were detained onshore
A study led by UCL and Brighton and Sussex Medical School, published in JAMA Network Open, reveals a two-way link between depressive symptoms and memory decline in older adults. Analyzing 16 years of data from 8,268 adults in England (average age 64), researchers found that depression and memory impairments seem to reinforce each other over time.
Analyzing data from 600 individuals with bipolar disorder over ten years, researchers found that even small increases in drinking can lead to lasting depressive or manic symptoms, regardless of the amount consumed. However, the reverse wasn’t true; an increase in mood symptoms did not predict more drinking, which refutes the common assumption of self-medication.
Today the government has announced its revised mental health bill will be finally put to Parliament. We've rounded up responses from the mental health sector.
A new study published in Nature Medicine has found that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a device delivering a weak electrical current to the brain, is a safe and effective way to treat depression at home.
Last week, the MQ and DATAMIND Data Science Meeting & Workshop took place in London.
Corine Driessens (pictured above) is a passionate Mental Health Data Scientist who attended the event in London as well as the associated workshop the previous day. Here, she kindly shares what it was like to attend.
There were many announcements within the budget but what do they mean for mental health research? And how might it impact the mental health of the nation?