A review of rising diagnoses of mental health conditions has been ordered by the UK government as it seeks to stem pressure ...

The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.

Focusing on who ‘counts’ as mentally ill will ultimately send us down the wrong path,” Miranda Wolpert, director of mental ...

To many people, mental illness is only when one loses their mental and behavioural organisation. This has led to the common labelling as being 'mad', and the purported causes include, witchcraft, evil ...

Defined by the American Psychiatric Association as “health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking or behavior,” mental illness affects millions of Americans, often disrupting their social ...

An estimated one in five U.S. adults live with mental illnesses, conditions that are almost universally characterized by ...

Seeing what's out there. Source: Photo by Moose Photos from Pexels It is not easy to know the experience of another person. This is especially so when their experience is of a different sort than ...

AI does not truly understand mental health trauma and, therefore, attempts to focus on oversimplistic solutions, like viewing the issue as a physical health deficiency.

Parks, libraries, recreation centers, and sidewalks, ideally, would serve to improve the quality of living for residents, but it is not that simple, especially for youth. Research by Melissa Villodas, ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and more specifically May 18 is Mental Health Action Day. Music is one of the many ways people cope with mental health issues, and can be a powerful tool to ...