Obesity increases risk of mental disorders
Obesity increases risk of mental disorders: People suffering from obesity are at a significantly greater risk of also developing mental…
psychosis
High-strength cannabis linked to addiction and mental health problems
High-strength cannabis linked to addiction and mental health problems: Largest ever study into the health effects of different types of…
Global mental health and care call to action
WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care: Report urges mental health decision makers and advocates…
ADHD Drug not linked to Psychotic Symptoms
New research provides reassurance that the most common ADHD drug is not linked to psychotic symptoms The most commonly prescribed…
Cannabis is fuelling psychoses
New NHS figures showed there were 125,290 cannabis and spice-related hospital admissions in England from April 2013 to March 2018,…
Cannabidiol could treat psychosis
A constituent of cannabis known as cannabidiol could hold promise as a new class of treatment for psychosis, according to…
City life increases risk of psychosis
City life may substantially increase a young person's risk of having psychosis, including hearing voices and feeling extremely paranoid, according to a…
If I don’t help mentally ill patients, who will?
Clinical Psychologist Emmerson Gono from MSF describes the challenges of working with mentally ill patients in a Zimbabwean prison. *Stephen…
Brief Psychotic Disorder
This is a form of psychosis, triggered by a traumatic event or stressor, that lasts a short time only. Brief psychotic disorder…
Fear
Fear is a basic human emotion which causes a pyschological and physiological response in the body known as ‘fight or…