‘What I see in clinic is never a set of labels’: are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness? | Mental health
Someone is shot, and almost dies; the fragility of life is intimately revealed to him. He goes on to have...
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Scientists discover first gene proven to directly cause mental illness
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly one in seven people across the globe lived with a mental illness...
‘So-called Puerperal Insanity’: Diagnosing Postnatal Mental Illness (late 19th- early 20th century) | Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS)
Join this Health Humanities Seminar with Hilary Marland. Taking case studies from London County Council asylums & Rainhill Asylum in...
Harvard Psychiatrist Says Mental Illness Starts in Your Cells
Emerging evidence points to energy breakdowns inside brain cells as the root of mental illness. This discovery challenges decades of...
‘I had her right in front of me. And now she’s gone’: how one mother lost her daughter to mental illness | Mental health
Naina Mishra seemed to turn up at the yoga studio in Euston, north-west London, out of nowhere. She wasn’t referred...
Postnatal depression warning issued as 85,000 women suffered from illness in UK last year
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on...
NYC hatches new ‘clubhouses’ for people with serious mental illness
Robert Zhou, 26, arrived in New York City from the Bay Area a few months ago filled with concerns about...
Overdiagnosis debate should not ignore social causes of mental illness | Mental health
Mental health services are overwhelmed by rising demand, evidently due to deteriorating social and economic conditions. There is little that...
How registered dietitians can support you in healthy eating, lifestyle changes and managing illness
The internet, social media and our friends are full of advice about nutrition. But much of it is incorrect or...
