What seems like a shortcut to understanding can lead you down a path of confusion and despair. There’s no substitute for professional helpThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workIn the age of information overload, where a world of knowledge lies just a click away, the temptation to self-diagnose mental health conditions has become an all-too-common trend for many people. There is an allure in online quizzes and symptom checklists that...
Warning over NHS staff mental health as national service faced funding cuts
Attacks such as the stabbing on April 13 are rare in Australia, a country of about 26 million people with some of the world's toughest gun and knife laws
Danish scientists discovered that among those with the heart condition, up to two in five people are likely to develop heart failure over their lifetime.
“Sometimes we need to ride that wave.”
New York City Councilmembers, mental health consumers and others rally to save mental health "clubhouses” outside City Hall in January. Some New Yorkers who use the clubhouses say they don’t want to lose their existing communities. [ more › ]
The knifeman behind the horrific stabbing rampage in Sydney which left six people dead has been identified as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi.
Dr Liz O'Riordan (pictured) has been floored by depression since her first cancer diagnosis. She was drawn to an article in a medical journal that said depression 'significantly impacts' survival rates.
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MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) - It was a big day in Moundsville as the ribbon was officially cut for the new facility focused on the Renner Behavioral Health Program, in partnership with the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. It's a brand new space for those seeking mental health treatment. With this state-of-the-art building, they're hoping to []
t the intersection of military global health and veterinary medicine, collaboration and innovation are paramount. This was illustrated at the inaugural Veterinary One Health International Military Symposium, Indo-Pacific (VOHIMS, IP) held recently. This symposium marked a significant milestone for the Indo-Pacific region's approach to collaboration and addressing animal, environmental, and human health connections through a One Health approach.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert Friday to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza — aka bird flu — in a person who had contact with dairy cows in Texas. A farmworker on a commercial dairy farm in Texas developed conjunctivitis last week, and subsequently tested positive for bird flu, the agency said. The positive bird flu diagnosis came after milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas tested positive for the...